The Rig

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my god, anyone else palyed with the barrels on the igntion,shocking !

Got a barrel from a scrap yard and didnt have a key, so split it all down and swapped over the parts inside to suit my key,how easy was that, but my concern was, how feable the ignition barrel is, i mean, with a bit of fiddling, you could prob turn the igniton with a fat blade !!

jap crap indeed !

its only the immobilisor stopping our cars from going.........

and there not great

rant over

scooby-tc

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lol so their not easy to nick then

satancom

Which is why imports are so bad.. no security onm them so first thing you do is put an alarm/immob on them! Stealing any car without an alarm/immob is easy... not just scoobies!

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

your missin the point tho, the tumblers have so much play on them, its the worst lock ive ever seen on acar, i only had toswap 3 tumblers to get the ignition barrel out of a legacyuk car to fit my WRX key !

3 tumblers !

theres so much play in them you can usea nice flat blade to turn some of the barrells !!!

siraff

i think it goes for most jap locks TBH. the ones on my lexus are seriously good but every other jap i've known has been appalling. thing is, in japan there's little need for them. the car crime rate is quite low and there's a lot of stigma associated with stealing a car so very few people do. i suppose there's more social value there so they're more proud. its also why a lot of the imports come with standard security (unless fitted by the importer).
shame the theiving ******* over here dont have the same mindset really.

jimboturbo

Now even easier to nick thanks to this information being put on the internet!!

siraff

you having a laugh? i cant imagine a theif that wouldnt try to screwdriver the lock as a first effort and most that are going after scoobys will know how to get round a cat 1 alarm/immob as that'll be expected (on most ins its a requirement).

jimboturbo

You've lost me.

flashgordon666

ive always thought if i was a criminal, breaking into a car is **** you bend the car back, alarms ****, you could pick the ignition lock so thats ****, but i couldnt even think where to begin on an immobalizer. And if i was going to go to prision id prefer to chance nickin a new scooby then a 10year old one.

siraff

i meant even the most stupid theif would try the screwdriver first so putting that info on here wont make a difference. the ones that stand a chance of getting the cars will know all about the barrels, door locks and cat 1 that most will have on top of the usual steering and handbrake/gearlever locks already so, again its not news to them.
now if there was a post about how easy 99% of so-called cat-1's are to get around i could see a fair few going missing as that info isnt readily available unless they've already been to prison.

C17RPA

well if your car is your pride n joy then make it hard for these people to nick your car,loads of bits n bobs out there i have

newbiefreddy

what size screw driver should i use? thinking of going for a bit of a spin at the weekend.
Also what size brick should i use for the window or is the same size flat blade good for the door lock to.



I hate threads like this

green un

prison for nicking a car! thats a joke, a caution, referal order or community service at the worst. you would need to nick it and do a good earner in it for prison.

police they dont get no better than that.

powerman1

Any chance of your address please and usual time your scoobys parked up...only for general interest

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

ha ha
People are so blarzay,a bit of advice to people and they have a pop !

well,im glad i did/said what i did to warn people who think there cars are safe, there not.
after playing with the tumblers it brings home how the threads "car stolen with cat1 alarm on" begin.

removal of steering wheel is my next step i think,pop off steering wheel here we come....................

powerman1

I used to worry about my scooby being pinched but now I just take a few common sense precautions..parked in the garage at night and be careful where its parked during the day.The rest is up to the insurance company if it dissapears...8 years now without a problem..touch wood

olliecampbell

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At least Tennis ***** dont work on them!

flashgordon666

i dawt criminals are on here and even if they are they know more then you would know.

Shark Man

Sod the ignition barrel....look a bit further down the steering column...there's a connector...bridge that (or plug in a new switch) and away you go

Now, what you have to make sure is that your alledged "cat 1" (or CAT2 immobiliser) alarm doesn't tap into those wires that run down the steering column...especially on the ignition switch side of the connector.

Thatcham states that immobiliser connections should be made away from the steering column....guess what lazy installers do?

And some even use scotchlocks - which is just asking for problems and unreliability

s70rjw

iTrader: (2)

Think you're a bit confused...Courts sentence people..Police don't .

neil278

one word disclok (think thats how they spell it)

rabskyline

my evo4 had anti jacking and i locked my keys in it...took a small screwdriver to the boot lock and pop ! easy as pie....went to scrappies and got a replacement one for 3 quid ! same as proton and lots of other ****e ! it was held in with a slim U type slider...absolute junk !!

green un

sorry officer your right