Problem with actually having the lock barrel there is that the thieves pry the barrel out and do a whole lot of damage in the process. This happened on one of my previous cars(they also managed to turn the dash into a jigsaw puzzle when trying to remove the stereo...must have been real pros )
cheers, Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:34 PM Subject: Re: removing door locks > Not a bad idea I guess, but if you leave your lights on one night and drain > the battery you might have some trouble. > > Another idea is to simply disconnect the key-barrel-thing from the lock. The > idea being theives mess around for a while trying to force the lock, get fed > up when nothing happens and go to the next car. > > > > Rod Fowler > > > > > > > > > >From: "Adam Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: removing door locks > >Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 12:41:57 +1000 > > > >Has anyone tried removing/welding up the door locks on their 1600? > > > >I personally wouldnt' mind giving it a go as it would make the 16 a little > >harder to break into. It also looks alot neater, what are peoples thoughts > >on the idea? > > > >cheers, > >Adam > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to > http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_mobile.asp > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
