stolen lightforce xgt with blue leans

[brendan_h]

last night somwhere inbetween 10.15 and 5.30am some prick stole my set of lightforce XGT light with blue combo covers they took both and would have taken then about 10mins to take both the wires where clean cut so look like they knew what they wanted. nothing eles was touched. my car was parked under the street light which make it more unbelevable. i also notice the locks on the doors where lose and MAY have been trying to get in. i am a 2nd year apprentice and my hard earned money went into them. i live in plumpton/glendenning. anyone with any info please email me. every little bit counts

[patrol2pathy]

I hope you get them back mate. These sorts of people should be f*#king shot. Good luck mate.

[brendan_h]

I hope you get them back mate. These sorts of people should be f*#king shot. Good luck mate.
hope i do find them. thow very slim chance. my car was right under a streetlight and the light was on.

[fj404all]

damm i hate @##%^&*# like these people i to am an apprentice and im more worries about things getting stolen from the outside of my car not the inside i never lock the car unless its raining the windows are left open(its a softop by the way) and im more worried about my 4 spotties winch hi lift aerials the worst part is it probably some other #@#%^#@ with a 4wd would be responsible for stealing yours

[brendan_h]

lol also with might i have an ariel cost me a lot of money and they didnt even touch it (i know it had mud on it)

got some more info.


i got home at around 9.45-10. my friend said he drove past my house somwhere inbetween 10-11. and stoped to look at my car. he told me the light where gone

[fj404all]

where are you from

[gqpatrol89]

Hey M8 Sorry To Hear about Your Loss There is some Low Life C#$t's About Hope You find Them Bro


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[duza]

Try doing the rounds of the Cash Converter and Pawn shops in your area. Thieves are generally not very bright, thats why our jails are so full. I once had a heap of gear stolen from my old mans house. The cops were hopeless, so I went down to Cash Converters, about 3 ks away and Surprise, Surprise, got the lot back. If you pawn or sell something to one of these stores, you have to leave photo ID info with the store. The thieves actually got over 12 months jail as it wasn't their first offence, but the Pawn shop operator did his dough.

Best of Luck, but the area where you live is not exactly Double Bay and I would be very reluctant to leave my vehicle out in the street around there.

You could try getting a decent alarm fitted. You will be able to wire the spottys into the alarm system, just like you can with a car stereo and this may be your best insurance for the next set of lights.

Ric

[brendan_h]

Try doing the rounds of the Cash Converter and Pawn shops in your area. Thieves are generally not very bright, thats why our jails are so full. I once had a heap of gear stolen from my old mans house. The cops were hopeless, so I went down to Cash Converters, about 3 ks away and Surprise, Surprise, got the lot back. If you pawn or sell something to one of these stores, you have to leave photo ID info with the store. The thieves actually got over 12 months jail as it wasn't their first offence, but the Pawn shop operator did his dough.

Best of Luck, but the area where you live is not exactly Double Bay and I would be very reluctant to leave my vehicle out in the street around there.

You could try getting a decent alarm fitted. You will be able to wire the spottys into the alarm system, just like you can with a car stereo and this may be your best insurance for the next set of lights.

Ric

yes thank for that will do that tomrow and ill even ask the guys.

as for leaving it on the streets. i now park it in the driveway and mum car behind it. as for wiring the alarm into the light how do i do that? i dont know if ill be getting a new set but if i do dad said he will pay for them

[duza]

yes thank for that will do that tomrow and ill even ask the guys.

as for leaving it on the streets. i now park it in the driveway and mum car behind it. as for wiring the alarm into the light how do i do that? i dont know if ill be getting a new set but if i do dad said he will pay for them

Ok, most alarms will have a wire which is specifically for ensuring the safety of your stereo. It is connected to the metal part of the rear of the stereo unit, which is earthed thru the wiring of the stereo. If someone goes to steal the stereo, they have to cut all the wiring going to it in order to remove it from the dash. As soon as that happens the alarm will trip because that wire is now no longer earthed. You could do the same by using that wire and attaching it to the metal part of your spotties. Just make sure when you purchase an alarm it has that feature. I found a guy in the Trading Post who supplied and fitted my alarm for an absolute pittance (Muxin Car Audio-George Gu 0414 645 996). He will come to your house or work or wherever. I've got to say that his workmanship wasn't too crash hot (he just twisted wires together etc), but for the price he charged I would not have expected anything more. I just went around next day and soldered all the joints.
Ric

[Disco98]

Thats a bummer mate, to lend a hand i can give you a new set with the covers for cost price. Just shoot me a PM if you are interested. Matt

[brendan_h]

Ok, most alarms will have a wire which is specifically for ensuring the safety of your stereo. It is connected to the metal part of the rear of the stereo unit, which is earthed thru the wiring of the stereo. If someone goes to steal the stereo, they have to cut all the wiring going to it in order to remove it from the dash. As soon as that happens the alarm will trip because that wire is now no longer earthed. You could do the same by using that wire and attaching it to the metal part of your spotties. Just make sure when you purchase an alarm it has that feature. I found a guy in the Trading Post who supplied and fitted my alarm for an absolute pittance (Muxin Car Audio-George Gu 0414 645 996). He will come to your house or work or wherever. I've got to say that his workmanship wasn't too crash hot (he just twisted wires together etc), but for the price he charged I would not have expected anything more. I just went around next day and soldered all the joints.
Ric

theres not metal on lightforce lights? only metal is the bolts and the wire.

[zook_POS]

im in the same boat mate my light force spotties were flogged last night!!
it sucks

[brendan_h]

im in the same boat mate my light force spotties were flogged last night!!
it sucks

****en ass holes. i reacon migh where planed. just because they took the bolts, nuts, start washers and the wire was clean cut

[fj404all]

****en ass holes. i reacon migh where planed. just because they took the bolts, nuts, start washers and the wire was clean cut

where were yours stolen from

[brendan_h]

where were yours stolen from

read my first post.

[team trigger]

i remember reading on the net recently in a wanted section a person was after the whole base brackets that held lightforces spotlites they needed 2 ,:confused:
a bit strange they only had the srew on lens parts not the bases ?????
i cant remember if it was ebay or a forum will do a search again to see.

[fj404all]

pretty bad when we cant even have some spotlights on our cars without them being flogged and even worse it is prob anather 4wder doing it

[RANGIE3.5]

Sorry to hear about your lights brendan,

All this talk of lightforce lights being stolen has got me worried:eek:
just the other day i was thinking what i could do about stopping bastards
stealing my lights and i had an idea i am going to drill a hole through the nuts & bolts and put a allan key screw through it with a lock nut on it roughly about 8mm if i do that to all it would make it a hell of a lot hard for them.

cheers
matt

[fj404all]

why not just give the ends of the bolts a good beatin so that they cant be undont can only be cut off

[mrbishi]

That really sucks man. I guess to help the rest of us, those who have had lights stolen were you using lock nuts (like barinuts) or some other form of security on them?

Another idea is to tack weld the end of the thread so you can't remove the bolts but you can still tighten them up if need be. Maybe mangling the end of the thread with a hacksaw could work too?

I use barinuts on my lights and am getting a mate to tack weld the end of the threads - not to say they won't be stolen but will probably deter the opportunistic thief.