Stolen front of car

[SonicShadow]

Vipers said:

Probably find his own ones on eBay, scrotes.

Good point!

[750turbo]

bristolracer said:

SonicShadow said:

Riff Raff said:

A month or so ago, my next door neighbour had the headlights stolen from his 2003 Discovery whilst parked in the residents parking area. They were so expensive to replace it was touch and go as to whether the insurance company wrote the car off.

Toerags.

Who the fk goes to their insurer for a couple of headlights? Assuming there was no other damage I bet they could have bought used replacement units from eBay for less than £100, easy as that.

Why should they? Its what you pay insurance for. Some people dont wish to buy second hand parts online and then have the grief or expense of fitting them.
I expect you can get most parts on line but most people use bodyshops and garages rather than break out the arc welder because they bumped into a bollard!

Headlamps are £215 + vat, don't forget all the other bits and bobs that may have been taken, and fitting?

Could be a tidy sum!

[bristolracer]

SonicShadow said:

bristolracer said:

Why should they? Its what you pay insurance for. Some people dont wish to buy second hand parts online and then have the grief or expense of fitting them.
I expect you can get most parts on line but most people use bodyshops and garages rather than break out the arc welder because they bumped into a bollard!

To avoid writing off (though not quite in this particular case) and otherwise perfectly serviceable car for the sake of a couple of headlights, or paying more than the cost of those headlights in your excess, and paying an increased premium in the following years because of a claim on your record? It's a no brainer for anyone who can operate basic hand tools.

For a petrolhead maybe but theres some out there for whom a screwdriver is a weapon of mass destruction

ralphrj said:

sprintst said:

2008 Astra VXR Red
Every thing from below grill and headlights taken on Wednesday night from Wellingborough presume it has been taken to repair damage to another car

Interesting - a Corsa VXR had all 4 wheels stolen overnight in Earls Barton a couple of days ago so possibly the same gang.

Coming to the badly modified thread sometime soon?

[rallycross]

Things like VXR, R32 and S Line models suffer from this as chavs want their crappy base level motor to have all the bling bits on, just like the real thing "its a VXR innit bruv".

Used to happen a lot in London to M3 Evo's with f/bumpers and door mirrors vanishing in the night!

[e21Mark]

I woke up one Sunday, to find the grills, lights and front bumper had gone from my 323i BMW. Wasn't sure what made me suspicious but drove along to the local site and there they were! The site was behind the Kent traffic Police headquarters in Kent, so they took them back for me.

[Gilhooligan]

I once had the fog light covers stolen off my mk2 Clio. They were the standard colour coded ones. My car was one of those piss gold coloured ones too. So not that common I guess.

[theguvernor]

Similar happened to the company i work for.
We have 10ft high metal gates at the front, CCTV covering every aspect of the car-park.
Scrote climbed the fence on the back of our carpark that adjoins another business.
Drilled the bonnet catch & stole all the injectors & various other bits out of the engine.
We watched CCTV back & you could see him creeping in to do it.
No doubt stolen to 'order' or fix one of their vehicles - oddly enough the business that backs onto us is a dodgy car garage!

[MonkeyBusiness]

Riff Raff said:

A month or so ago, my next door neighbour had the headlights stolen from his 2003 Discovery whilst parked in the residents parking area. They were so expensive to replace it was touch and go as to whether the insurance company wrote the car off.

Toerags.

I believe this is very common on Discoverys. A friend of mine who works at a Land Rover dealer says they regularly see thefts of head lights. Don't they simply lift out?

[maxdb]

Whilst not on the same level - I have had a coloured wing mirror cover stolen from a Citroen C1. It's so p***y it's unbelievable. That's why I rarely bother with visual mods as there's always some b*****d that either wants to either key it, damage it using other means or steal it.