Having had a look at my 16V Golf, I can see that a) the scallies who broke into it forced the passenger side lock and b) this can be done with a bog standard flat screwdriver, by me, not normally known for my car stealing abilites
Does anyone know of improved locks for old Golfs or modifications to stop this?
GSF sell a metal plate to go on the inside & stop that way in.
It's shockingly easy, isn't it?
Like another poster said, you can buy a plate that fits under the handle. It also covers up the damage.
Got a part number? I've heard of anti slim jim plates, but this is just putting a screwdriver straight into the lock (ie, into the keyway) and twisting until something breaks (presumably the pins shear).
You're thinking armour door plates. Already got em.
Fit a five lever household door dead-lock or a purpose designed but more expensive auxiliary lock from a car shop.
mrcheerful
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Golf 3 92-98 87545 £19.95
Whether they do one for the Mk2 I don't know - you'll have to ring 'em.
So did they do something different to the normal pry-under-the-handle trick then? I thought ADP's stopped that...
Like I said, put a flat bladed screwdriver into the keyway (ie, the hole the key goes in) and twist.
Lock is shagged - probably been broken into lots and lots of times.
Or hasp, staple and padlock, as on Mr Bean's Mini? ;-)
No, those are too easy to force as they are too exposed.
mrcheerful
Need a non destructive method of testing the ones on my current car then...
I'd prefer to keep things looking standard as possible. I happen to like the way the car looks. I'll do a post mortem on the lock tomorrow...
it all depends which is more important. to keep them out or the original appearance of the car (assuming they leave it there)
mrcheerful
There is no realistic chance to stop this, the brute force will always win.
The only known effective "modification" against this is to disconnect the locks (by removing the link inside the door) and install some kind of remote (dirt cheap nowadays, much more comfortable and you get some sort of alarm as a bonus). But then, your car probably has a lot of windows.....
p.s. If you do this, just don't forget some kind of emergency entry possibility, in case your battery goes dead (for example, additional wires directly to the door lock actuators hidden somewhere accesible from outside).
My Scirocco was broken into once (smashed window), and my mk2 Golf GTI more times than I care to remember. On the Golf, fitted plates, then they put a screwdriver behind the plates, then I gave up and left it unlocked. Nothing ever stolen (nothing in it!) except sweets.
About 2 years ago I bought a mk3 GTI. Never touched. I figure they use the earlier Golfs as some sort of 'apprenticeship' ;-)
Rob
Seems to ultimately work on any old car that one, had my passenger one done last year that way but they got no further than setting the alarm off.
Yeah I had one of my back ones carefully pried out one night for the CD changer, made change from just cutting the rubbers or smashing the glass as you'd expect.
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