Have you had your badge nicked?

[Birdman]

Even Suffolk's finest porkers don't park up for 13 hours to eat their donuts.....

 

[KillerHERTZ]

I want you to know how seriously we take badge theft around these parts. Yes, even off Vauxhalls. Astras. From a Solar car park.
Zero tolerance - that's us!

Wow, you must live in a sleepy neighbourhood for that to make your newpaper

 

[Birdman]

Wow, you must live in a sleepy neighbourhood for that to make your newpaper

Totally!
As a Londoner, I appreciate it more than words can tell!
I don't lock the car overnight. We're more likely to lose pheasants and deer to poachers than badges off our cars. Vehicle theft gets three paragraphs in the local press.
Then there was the Middleton gander-banger. And the Ipswich murderer.
Otherwise, it's usually pretty quiet at night....

 

[Silestanix]

I know it's not much compared to an MB Badge being nicked, but I've had the side '16v' plastic badges, and my renault and clio badges nicked a few times over the last 9 months or so.

It gets annoying after a while... :\

 

[guydewdney]

wrt attaching an alarm / horn etc - a motorcycle type brake switch

are perfect - the tip has a small 1 - 2mm hole in it - pull to connect the two wires. Connect, using a small spring / wire to the base of the badge. Twist / pull badge, connects wires, fires horn...

 

[Birdman]

wrt attaching an alarm / horn etc - a motorcycle type brake switch are perfect - the tip has a small 1 - 2mm hole in it - pull to connect the two wires. Connect, using a small spring / wire to the base of the badge. Twist / pull badge, connects wires, fires horn...

So what's the 1200 m/c with small tube rigging (not interested in the rigging!). Not a BMW??!!
Have you visited Branscombe beach recently???

 

[lexie]

wrt attaching an alarm / horn etc - a motorcycle type brake switch

are perfect - the tip has a small 1 - 2mm hole in it - pull to connect the two wires. Connect, using a small spring / wire to the base of the badge. Twist / pull badge, connects wires, fires horn...

I'm seriously concidering such a device

badge got nicked again this night. 2nd in a months time

 

[Fandango]

I'm lucky to never have had my badge stolen.

The kids around here are eerily polite (after living in Fulham this is a bit of a shock).

The only incident I had once is some chavs stepping over my bonnet and roof while we were in the cinema in the centre of Glasgow. I still haven't managed to get the resulting scratches repaired...

 

[garystu1965]

Some scumbag nicked my star yesterday on a visit to Whitby in Yorkshire
No damage to the car but my motor is now incomplete

When I get a new star I intend to get some of that epoxy resin and stuff it underneath so the star cannot be pulled out.

Or does the star have to be flexible in it's hole ?

Is it easy to push the new star in place as I don't need to replace the whole unit just the star bit.

 

[crockers]

Caught one lad[17ish] at midnight ish on saturday trying to rip mine off - shouted from the front door - car's about 15 yards away - he ran like a scalded cat.

His mate had a lump of 2"x2" so I went and got my Maul [like a pick axe] handle [but longer and a bit thinner] and went looking for the little darlings - luckily for them the initial shout had warned them off.

Lucky for you you didnt catch them --- prison isnt a nice place to sit thinking ...........why?

 

[crockers]

Even Suffolk's finest porkers don't park up for 13 hours to eat their donuts.....

13 hours ?? So they are part timers...:bannana:

 

[glojo]

Some scumbag nicked my star yesterday on a visit to Whitby in Yorkshire .

I know exactly where Scumbag will be this August. Is there any type of reward?

My apologies for the display of humour and I feel for you over this incident.

I'll put bamboo shoots down Scumbag's fingernails and I gaurantee I'll get a confession or three

Good luck with the repair and fingers crossed it doesn't happen again.

Regards
John

 

[NW_Merc]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merc...tegoryZ33643QQihZ017QQitemZ270132927606QQrdZ1

Maybe for those who have had their bonnet badge nicked :bannana:

I had my badge nicked and so rather than have the worry of having it ripped off again by some no mark, I went down the route of a flat bonnet badge.

 

[kbhogalW126]

I'm lucky to never have had my badge stolen.

The kids around here are eerily polite (after living in Fulham this is a bit of a shock).

The only incident I had once is some chavs stepping over my bonnet and roof while we were in the cinema in the centre of Glasgow. I still haven't managed to get the resulting scratches repaired...

They aren't called chavs in Glasgow.

We used to call them "neds" or "bams!"

 

[Fandango]

They aren't called chavs in Glasgow.

We used to call them "neds" or "bams!"

My apologies.
I was using the international colloquialism for delinquents

 

[fuzzer]

Some scumbag nicked my star yesterday on a visit to Whitby in Yorkshire
No damage to the car but my motor is now incomplete

When I get a new star I intend to get some of that epoxy resin and stuff it underneath so the star cannot be pulled out.

Or does the star have to be flexible in it's hole ?

Is it easy to push the new star in place as I don't need to replace the whole unit just the star bit.

I wouldnt bother , its a badge. It only costs about £15. Its designed to be easy to steal. If you make it hard and glue it in your only going to end up with two big footprints next to the badge with someone trying to pull it out and maybe ripping the metal out round about it .

So , £15 is a bargain as far as im concerned.

 

[garystu1965]

MY badge is the 45mm one and I can get hold of a 50mm one.

Is it easy just to pull the star bit out of the hole and plug it back in mine rather than have to replace the whole unit. I can buy two sets you see and I can keep one as a spare.

 

[garystu1965]

Anyone know if a 50mm base star can be used with a 45mm base that mine is ?

I just mean pulling the star out of it and popping it back in mine.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Ive also tried filing down a star to make it sharp eg, cutting the fingers of the nob-end nicking it.

Doesnt work, it simply causes it to splinter.

 

[ShinyF1]

Just had my star stolen - snapped on the small shaft between bonnet and star. The toerags put a lot effort in and have scratched/dented the bonnet and grille getting it off.

Probably won't bother replacing for now, and will have to put up with a nice car/scruffy front end.