Lukes Mk4 swb low roof

[woody]

THAT'S BAD NEWS MATE TROUBLE IS NOW YOU HAVE TO CHAIN EVERYTHING DOWN, THEY NICK IT EVEN IF THEY DON'T WANT IT. WAS IT A FACE OFF CD PLAYER IF SO THEY PROBABLY WON'T GET A FRONT FOR IT.

[crazyscoot]

ba##**ds Makes my blood boil its an old well used saying but......"if i EVER catch one of them!"

[OxtonyxO]

sorry to here that some b*****d had your cd player away ive had two nicked from two different cars in three years need to wire the van to the mains that will stop them

[100ps_drw_hicube]

what can i say sorry to hear that luke hope you didnt ring the old bill as it wouldnt do any good i remember when my dads mk3 got broken into they cut the rubber of the rear window to get in they then placed the glass on top of next doors car b****rds took 2k worth of tools mate get a ford cd player no one seems to nick them

[AndyG]

fitted a CD player

bad idea!!!

Woke this morning to a nice suprise some thieving low life had decided my cd player would be better in his possetion

on the good side they didnt damage the locks, they cut the rubber out of the window, i even found the window in one piece!
on the bad side they also took my cd wallet with about 40 cd's in

[Valsheda]

fitted a CD player

bad idea!!!

Woke this morning to a nice suprise some thieving low life had decided my cd player would be better in his possetion

on the good side they didnt damage the locks, they cut the rubber out of the window, i even found the window in one piece!
on the bad side they also took my cd wallet with about 40 cd's in

Sorry to hear that mate, do you think someone saw you fitting it ??

Time to set up a web cam so you can see what AR**HOLES are snooping about at night

[Luke]

mabe a webcams a good idea - just realised somone had took the ford badge off the front it was there yesterday dunno why they took it! cant say it was exactly mint
the cd was my own fault in a way it had a pop off front but it had broke a while back so i superglued it- as it was still fragile i only took it off in high risk areas

just fitted the side door- pain in the neck but ive eventually got it to shut like the old one!!!

[AndyG]

Don't talk to me about badges

They pinched all mine

Bought some new ones now too afraid to put them on

What do you do

Webcam/camera's a good idea but nothing's ever happened at the house (yet) It's always while I'm on call

I've had my mirrors stolen But at least they did a neat job (didn't damage the painwork)

And having had the rear door lock forced with some kind of screwdriver/lever on my '96 van, I decided then that I was better off without and had it removed, welded and painted. Then did the same for my current van before they tried that one as well. (Central locking)
Also noticed that my 2000 van has internal reinforcement plates to help stop the 'drill me here' syndrome

While I still had my '96 van I noticed that the post '96 vans had an extra reinforcement collar fitted around their locks, so these were fitted without delay on the remaing front doors. Anything to make it even slightly more difficult in the hope that they'd move on to an easier target.

Front quarter windows are also a favorite. Changed three on my '96 van. Have become quite an expert replacing these.

A four legged friend might be the answer

But I prefer the Idea of electricution or is that spelt electrocution

I'm now looking for a "touch" sensitive alarm before I put my badges on can anybody help in this aerea

[Luke]

also found they have cracked the drivers mirror i dont usually have a problem with this sort of thing and im hopeing its a one off i dont think the badge/mirror and the cd theft are connected i reckon its just a coincedence!!! hopeing anyway

Also i fitted the rear seats full details here in this thread!!!

[Luke]

I fitted a "sports" steering wheel last week here's the piccs





It was just an old wheel i had knocking around its 14" but unfortunatly it obscures the view of the dash and the dish is not deep enough, as can be seen in the second pic and my hands keep knocking the wipers on
im gonna take it off till i can get a 15" one with a better dish, the boss i used was a astrali transit mk1/2 one and i modified the column to fit it by grinding away the rasied splines the other way is to modify the boss as explained in this thread

[FredTransit]

Sorry to hear about your braek in Luke, maybe you should have stuck to a casette player, nobody wants those now, not even the Pioneer ones.

[Luke]

Fitted a cassette player now its one out of me sierra ghia, its half decent but i doubt its worth much

also eventually took the small steering wheel off the other day talk about light steering, got so used to it it feels i now have pas

and ive bought a near/side rear arch repair panel, got that to fit this summer i'll take some photos while im doing it!!!

[Luke]

Just fitted my banner!! Go here if you want one for your van!!


I must say it was easier than i thought - helps to have a hand tho!!

So if you see me out and about there will be no doubt its me - so give us a flash!! - just the headlights tho!!

[Valsheda]

Looks good Luke, glad to see yer giving Sophie some driving lessons, you must have some big blocks on the pedals for her

[crazyscoot]

looks cool Luke do the wipers catch it? i take it, it is on the outside?