A very worthy topic. Although I've never had ANY trouble with thieves. My current projekt car doesn't even have a radio though. I do have eurolocks though for my hock r's. For the record, eurolocks are very light weight. Anyone with a cordless drill could get through them. They are made of aluminum and plastic. They do completely surrround the lug bolt hole though. The best bet would be to buy 4 sets, and put one on each bolt. I saw a car like that once. Also, nobody mentioned how easy it is to pop the hood on A2's from the outside. I've seen a lot of cars with a piece of metal riveted to the front of the radiator support.
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 09:01:19 -0400 Chuck Simpson <[email protected]> writes: > Door armor plates seemed to work for me. The burglar tried to tear > up my > door handle to open the door. He obviously failed, so he gave up > and just > broke my side window to get to my stereo. He ruined my door trying. > I > ended up having to get my door repaired and resprayed because of the > damage. > > I used Euro-locks to protect my wheels. I think RapidParts sells > them. > They fill up the entire hole, so nobody could use Gator-grip style > socket to > remove the lug cover. If your wheel lock doesn't fill up the entire > hole, > then it is pretty much worthless, since any punk could use those > gator-grip > style sockets to remove multiple shaped lugs. > > Good Luck, > > -Chuck > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Reda > To: A2-16V > Sent: 7/7/01 3:56 AM > Subject: A2 Theft Prevention Methods > > Has anyone taken any precautions to make their car safer or more > difficult to steal or break into? > What kind of alarms? Alarm Sensors? Or features to look for from an > alarm? > Home made anti-theft measures? > Do Door handle plates actually work? > has anyone done anything to prevent Seats, and wheels from being > stolen? > Preventing slim-jimming? > > What are the most common ways our cars are violated? > I know if a thief really wants a car they'll take it. > > I don't want to spoil anyone's secret so I decided to start a thread > on > VWVortex (which is a little more anonymous). If you don't feel > comfortable posting on the list please post on Vortex. > Post on..... > http://forums.vwvortex.com/vwbb/Forum2/HTML/014462.html > > Thanks, > Mark Reda. > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] > with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to > [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of > your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
