Question about theifs.
31 August 2006, 11:42 AM
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Question about theifs.
It was mentioned in another thread (in this forum) That gold wheels make a subaru stand out more and more likely to catch they eye of a potential theif.
I was wondering, there are a few scoobs out there now with various stickers etc on them, which *do* stand out, like a sore thumb in a lot of cases
Now , would a stickered up scoob catch a theif's eye and make it more of a target to be stolen etc OR would it put a potential theif off stealing it because it is more noticable and identified easily by the graphics?
I was wondering, there are a few scoobs out there now with various stickers etc on them, which *do* stand out, like a sore thumb in a lot of cases
Now , would a stickered up scoob catch a theif's eye and make it more of a target to be stolen etc OR would it put a potential theif off stealing it because it is more noticable and identified easily by the graphics?
31 August 2006, 12:06 PM
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I really dont think gold wheels make a scoob stand out any more than normal, i think a lot of them stand out pretty much as they are, big spoilers, bonnet scoop's etc
Not sure really on the stickers front, I think they would probably think twice about taking a stickered up scoob, as I dont think they would want to spend 8 hours in a lock up peeling stickers off, then polishing off the residual glue, unless stolen to order to be shipped abroad
Plus whilst being driven/towed away it would be much easier for the police to spot
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I really dont think gold wheels make a scoob stand out any more than normal, i think a lot of them stand out pretty much as they are, big spoilers, bonnet scoop's etc
Not sure really on the stickers front, I think they would probably think twice about taking a stickered up scoob, as I dont think they would want to spend 8 hours in a lock up peeling stickers off, then polishing off the residual glue, unless stolen to order to be shipped abroad
Plus whilst being driven/towed away it would be much easier for the police to spot
31 August 2006, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by *Sonic*
i before e except after c
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I really dont think gold wheels make a scoob stand out any more than normal, i think a lot of them stand out pretty much as they are, big spoilers, bonnet scoop's etc
Not sure really on the stickers front, I think they would probably think twice about taking a stickered up scoob, as I dont think they would want to spend 8 hours in a lock up peeling stickers off, then polishing off the residual glue, unless stolen to order to be shipped abroad
Plus whilst being driven/towed away it would be much easier for the police to spot
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I really dont think gold wheels make a scoob stand out any more than normal, i think a lot of them stand out pretty much as they are, big spoilers, bonnet scoop's etc
Not sure really on the stickers front, I think they would probably think twice about taking a stickered up scoob, as I dont think they would want to spend 8 hours in a lock up peeling stickers off, then polishing off the residual glue, unless stolen to order to be shipped abroad
Plus whilst being driven/towed away it would be much easier for the police to spot
second that.......
i took my stickers off 2 weeks ago, and sunday night, some ****** had a go at my car when i was in the shop....
Come on, really, who was going to steal my car a few weeks ago lol
john
31 August 2006, 12:13 PM
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Think it's more the scoop on the front and the wing on the back that make them stand out more than Gold Wheels.
That, and there that ******* ugly to look at, you can't miss them
That, and there that ******* ugly to look at, you can't miss them
31 August 2006, 12:15 PM
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second that.......
i took my stickers off 2 weeks ago, and sunday night, some ****** had a go at my car when i was in the shop....
Come on, really, who was going to steal my car a few weeks ago lol
john
i took my stickers off 2 weeks ago, and sunday night, some ****** had a go at my car when i was in the shop....
Come on, really, who was going to steal my car a few weeks ago lol
john
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31 August 2006, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec'c'57
Any thieves after mine will be brave... It wakes ESSEX up when the thing is started.... 
31 August 2006, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by EVOLUTION
i dont get it????
Atkinson/Mcneal signed the bonnet in germany.... Ah yeah because i have a C/F one here to go on there soon.... 
No pics on here just yet but will sort one...
31 August 2006, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec'c'57
Atkinson/Mcneal signed the bonnet in germany.... Ah yeah because i have a C/F one here to go on there soon.... No pics on here just yet but will sort one...
Jess managed to nick the wheels off this one when no one was looking.
She's been having a nose under the bonnet as well.
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01 September 2006, 12:17 AM
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In many cases , the gold wheels combined with tinted windows make the car stereotyped as the archetypal "drug dealers car" . . Therefore will repell potential theives!
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. . . But on a serious note, gold wheels attract attention from everyone ! Coz they are just so damn cool!Whether its a factor with thieves . . .Doubt it!
. . .. . . But on a serious note, gold wheels attract attention from everyone ! Coz they are just so damn cool!Whether its a factor with thieves . . .Doubt it!
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Originally Posted by WRX300MAN
Is it fitted fitted with anti-theft Fluffy Dice?
in her Laguna
01 September 2006, 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by EVOLUTION
lol
my stickers are all but gone now, all that remains is a little bit of glue here and there lol
my stickers are all but gone now, all that remains is a little bit of glue here and there lol
OMG STICKERLESS
i too was once stickerless 
01 September 2006, 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by EVOLUTION
love those wheles,
looks well smart that, with and without the decals
looks well smart that, with and without the decals
They are no longer on mine now thou but yes they are very nice