Stolen Custom Fpv Rego Plates

[shane3]

Hi to all, as the title states some *** hat last night stole my custom number plates off my FPV BA GT while it was in the drive way, Narre Warren South 3805, The car rego is GT0915 (build no#)

The plates have been reported stolen !!!!!!

They have taken both plates front and back, they drilled holes in the perspex plastic covers that were stuck on to the rego plates to get to the screws, the perspex plates were siliconed to the plates, as a result of the the plates being reported stolen (unless recovered) will never be able to be used again so it's a real **** off (Vic roads will not reissue "stolen plates")

[strik9]

that blows mate. they wanted them to come prepared. local teenagers know dout. what a pain.

[Kryton]

You wont see them again.
They are sitting above the bar in someones shed.

[Yellow_Festiva]

They won't re-issue stolen plates??? What a joke. They are probably being hung in some persons man cave... doubt they were taken for a petrol runner as they obviously went to some lenghts to get yours..

Edit: Beat me by 2 minutes Davway

[Shonky.]

that's a bit of a stab in the ****

I reckon based on your story if mine went missing I would just detatch them (return to a regular plate) for a month or two and then request them be remade with a colour change

Can you go back and say they have been recovered so you don't loose your build number (even if you had to get one of those novely plate manufacturers to replicate your missing ones)

[Booger]

It's a bit late for the OP but what are the screws you can get that once they're on you can't unscrew them again. My personalised plates will be coming in a couple of weeks and I don't want the same thing happening to me.

[jaydee]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

They won't re-issue stolen plates??? What a joke. Edit:

If they reissued them he would be getting pulled over every 5 mins because they're listed as stolen, and any offences committed with the stolen plates, he would be getting the please explain letter.
Just wouldn't work unfortunately.

[csv8]

Originally Posted by Booger

It's a bit late for the OP but what are the screws you can get that once they're on you can't unscrew them again. My personalised plates will be coming in a couple of weeks and I don't want the same thing happening to me.

Bunnings etc have one way screws...

[Feathers]

I had one way screws put on my plates 2 years ago. One day at the local shopping centre, NSW Police and NRMA were offering them as a free service.

I very much hope the panel beater who did my bumper resprays removed them with the correct tool. I can see they're back on again, but they look tampered with.

[au adam]

Stolen plates can be re issued in Vic,friend had his car stolen and after a while he got them removed from the stolen plates list.They were remade and re issued to another car.

[JK47]

I had my car stolen and never recovered,went to the RTA and they reissued me the same plates again.
Got pulled up twice by those camera's that check plates,police asked me for the event number and changed it on the computor,never been pulled over since .,was about 4years ago may have changed now...NSW.......J K.

[flooded one]

thats pretty sad. you spend money on stuff and a***holes steal stuff!!!!

[Lightning Strike GT]

In QLD i have 2 sets nicked -
Event 1 while the car was at the station during the day - reported it got the QP number and reordered it thru PPQ (it was found on an abandoned car in Beenleigh about 3 weeks later) and the police actually returned it back to me
Event 2 rear one pinched of the car at the inlaws reported it go the QP number and had another one reissued thru PPQ - to date it has not been found and I have not had any issues with the police - transport dept or any one yet
Both time it cost me $55 for a remake from PPQ

[munkky]

will keep a look out in the northern side of melbourne for the scums

[Ben73]

According to someone I use to be friends with, if you 'plate' a car with a custom plates, you get more points then just a regular plate. Apparently.

Yep the games people make up when they have nothing worthwhile to do.

[GT0132]

I can't see any reason why anybody would want to steal these.

They can't stick em on their own car and register it with those plates and if their motive is to use stolen plates to use in association with criminal activity wouldn't you be better off using standard plates rather than custom plates in order to avoid the attention?

[Elks]

Originally Posted by au adam

Stolen plates can be re issued in Vic,friend had his car stolen and after a while he got them removed from the stolen plates list.They were remade and re issued to another car.

100% correct. I had my plate stolen off my fairlane. The police gave me a letter to drive with in case i got pulled over. Vic roads re issued the plates. It cost me a few bucks but all good.

The police seem to think they would be used to steal some petrol at a self serve station then discarded.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by Elks

100% correct. I had my plate stolen off my fairlane. The police gave me a letter to drive with in case i got pulled over. Vic roads re issued the plates. It cost me a few bucks but all good.

The police seem to think they would be used to steal some petrol at a self serve station then discarded.

I was thinking that was the case. Why punish someone for another persons wrong doings?? I don't believe for a second that a person with re-issued stolen plates would get pulled over all the time either as whatever system they use to tell they are stolen would also be able to tell that they are now also on another car of X make, Y model and Z colour. And the chances of those details matching with the car the stolen plates are on is next to zip.......

To the OP, push to get the plates again.....

[Smoke Pursuit]

QLD Reissue them... We have had some pinched off company cars (fancy words etc on them) they just do them again (charge $250 tho).

The plates on my GT cost me $3400 and people wonder why I won't take it to public places .... :S

[aussie muscle]

The RTA need to start offering those shown on Fifth Gear. they are stuck on and if you pull them off they come apart. making it useless to the thief.

With more reliance on number plate readers like toll and speeding cameras, theft is going to be a popular crime.

[ACEz]

Hmmm I might just go pop down to bunnings and get some one way screws ! Then silicone the plate cover onto the plate !

[shane3]

I have spoken to Vicroads and they will re issue the plates, will cost me abour $70-, and the cops are sending me a letter to state the plates had been reported stolen, as to the screws, they were the tamper proof ones, they have ripped out the thread in the bumper, to get the plates off.

[SPArKy_Dave]

Use small machine thread screws, and large flat washers with nyloc nuts on the back.

(Flat washers with a large footprint, but with a small hole in the middle.)

Be a pain to install, but damn difficult to remove. They couldn't rip those out of the bumper easily.

[stupa]

Or go one further and use button head cap screws and drill the center?

[au adam]

Pop rivet

[GhiaEB]

Originally Posted by SPArKy_Dave

Use small machine thread screws, and large flat washers with nyloc nuts on the back.

(Flat washers with a large footprint, but with a small hole in the middle.)

Be a pain to install, but damn difficult to remove. They couldn't rip those out of the bumper easily.

The problem with that is they will stuff the bumper trying to pull them off. You'll end up with leaver marks and scratches all around the plates as the try to pull the screws through the bumper or boot lid.

Personally I'd rather pay the $70 and get a new set of plates then the $400 excess to repair my car.