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Aug 25, 2006 2:30:48 AM
- Vincenzina
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Aug 25, 2006 11:58:05 AM
- rhino
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Re: Xenon stealers should be taken down BIG
Yes I'm trying to outsmart the off duty mechanics (I mean bad guys) around my neighborhood. Yesterday I saw another 997Scab a few blocks away with its lights missing 
. I wish I could turn my car into an old school slant nose or paint those black outs the same color as the car. I don't know what to do; maybe I should try an aftermarket alarm??? or get an AMV8 Vantage.
. I wish I could turn my car into an old school slant nose or paint those black outs the same color as the car. I don't know what to do; maybe I should try an aftermarket alarm??? or get an AMV8 Vantage.
Re: Xenon stealers should be taken down BIG
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rhino said:
don't know what to do;
Hey buddy I wish we were neighbors. I'd (we'd) find a way to attach those suckers with 1/8 inch aviation cable and looped crimps so that they'd have to be un fastened from the trunk interior. Put a warning lable on the fender saying the things don;t just pop out anymore andd are fastened from the inside with cables/chains. Would be Eaaaaaaasy to do. GD things just slide out after retaining clip is depressed (or so I'm guessing from the photos I've seen. I KNOW with a little know how and ingenuity your new ones can be theft proof by fasteneing them in so only having trunk up allows access to attachment points.
We should be pi**se at POrsche for not correcting this GROSS DEFECT since they knew about it from the 996 era.
As far as damage to fenders is concerned, I BELIEVE the crooks can getthem out without ANY damage and once they see they are not coming out "normally" they will [censored] of and go somewhere else leaving maybe just a minor scratch on your car.
Re: Xenon stealers should be taken down BIG
Thanks bud 
I'm going to try an aftermarket alarm and have them wire the sensors directly to the light brackets hopefully that stops them. I would like to run some live wires so the thieves get electrocuted, but then I would probably get in serious trouble forcing me to be the one stealing headlights because my boss doesn't want a murderer in the company.
I'm going to try an aftermarket alarm and have them wire the sensors directly to the light brackets hopefully that stops them. I would like to run some live wires so the thieves get electrocuted, but then I would probably get in serious trouble forcing me to be the one stealing headlights because my boss doesn't want a murderer in the company.
Re: Xenon stealers should be taken down BIG
The most effective solution would be a code chip, similar to what all the radios have now. If disconnected from the car (or if the battery is disconnected), you have to enter a code to make the lights work at all. Given the price of the lights, this would be pretty small change.
Re: Headlight black outs
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dreamcar said:
The joke is, the headlights are retained by a piece of cheap bent wire no more substantial than a coat hanger. Found that out when I took the light units out of my car to switch from RHD to LHD for driving in Europe.
Yeah I was thinking of slathering them with an epoxy paste and sliding them in to harden solid. THEN when the lights MUST come out for maint, just cut thru the sheet metal from inside the trunk to detach them.
Aug 26, 2006 1:10:43 PM
- Vincenzina
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Re: Xenon stealers should be taken down BIG
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rhino said:
Thanks bud
The wire catch in the back should help alot.. I think you should eletrocute them. I will vouche for you. Remember, they will fall dead on the side of your car..soo walla.. One less ignorant MFer to deal with...right? Rhino your cool out there in Florida..
. They have 'sonic' alarms I heard for motion??? I think clipping them in with wires will work though.. 
Aug 26, 2006 2:04:30 PM
- tincanman99
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Aug 26, 2006 2:50:43 PM
- MMD
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Re: Get Them Etched With The Car's VIN
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tincanman99 said:
I read that this helps. So what exactly are these people doing with the Porsche lights? Do they use the whole light or are they disassembling them?
I hear they gut them and sell parts to ricers so they can ungrade their cars' headlights
Aug 27, 2006 1:07:22 AM
- tincanman99
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Re: Get Them Etched With The Car's VIN
Bastards.
I have heard this is happening to Audi's, Nissans and several others. There was an epidemic up in Boston of them stealing them from Audi's. Costing thousands in damage.
I have heard this is happening to Audi's, Nissans and several others. There was an epidemic up in Boston of them stealing them from Audi's. Costing thousands in damage.
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tincanman99 said:
I read that this helps. So what exactly are these people doing with the Porsche lights? Do they use the whole light or are they disassembling them?
I hear they gut them and sell parts to ricers so they can ungrade their cars' headlights
Aug 27, 2006 6:26:31 AM
- Joost
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Re: Get Them Etched With The Car's VIN
I wanted to replace the lights with the blacked out plastics (paint them the same as the body color) and then put the zenon lights in place of the ones used for fog lights. Then keep the factory headlight assembly in storage until I am ready to sell the car and put it back to stock.
Aug 27, 2006 5:33:30 PM
- MMD
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Re: Get Them Etched With The Car's VIN
The fog lights work very well alone, so I figured if I replace them with the xenon bulb and put blank covers on the light openings I would be alright. After thinking about it for a while I am going to try the aftermarket alarm. I will take pics from my phone and post them today.
Re: Get Them Etched With The Car's VIN
That actually sounds like a reasonable solution. Drive with just the fog lights. If the police question you on it tell them that you have gotten tired of them not caring much about repeated reports of stolen headlights, and can't spring for your deductible every other week to replace them.
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