How to protect your car against theft of spare parts and equipment?
- May 26, 2022
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The shortage of car and body parts makes drivers look for them in showrooms and markets. There is a lot of demand for all kinds of scammers who
The shortage of car and body parts makes drivers look for them in showrooms and markets. There is a lot of demand for all kinds of scammers who “dismantle” and “undress” parked cars in the yards and then sell spare parts. The AvtoVzglyad portal tells you how to protect your properties.
According to the insurance company Rosgosstrakh, the number of thefts of spare parts and accessories from parked cars has risen by 47% since the beginning of this year. The AvtoVzglyad portal is confident that the trend will continue, as the automotive component shortage has only just begun. Thefts may be even greater than they were in the 1990s, as fraudsters no longer stop at stealing wheels.
For example, they are interested in large body parts such as bumpers. For example, an experienced thief can easily remove the front bumper of the Opel Astra H. To do this, all you need to do is open the hood. The next is a matter of technology. The fraudster unscrews two self-tapping screws in the front fender trim, removes the radiator grille (which can also be sold, by the way) and with a light hand movement lifts the edge of the bumper on each side, pulling it slightly to the side. All.
To avoid this, many car owners already install mechanical or electromechanical hood locks. Quantity and cost depend on the car model. Such an electronic lock is installed in the break of the regular cable for unlocking the hood lock. The estimated cost of the “gadget” and installation work is 15,000
There is also a more “artistic” option, such as applying airbrushing. Yes, so that the pattern was on the bumper and on the front fenders. It is reasonable to do such a “decoration” exclusively on expensive cars, because the “car photo” is not cheap.
There is another nuance. On many machines, the front fenders are not welded, but bolted. This facilitates their disassembly and thieves will certainly take advantage of this, because there are also interruptions with the “bodywork”. This is especially true for premium cars from Europe and the US. And here the lock on the hood helps, so you shouldn’t skimp on that.
As for theft of headlights on expensive foreign cars, special anti-theft markings can be applied to the optics. It is impossible to sell a headlight with such a headlight, because it is perfectly clear that it has been stolen. Note that a similar marking is applied to the rims and even knocked out on the “bank” of the converter. And you can also close part of the exhaust system with metal protection, which will become quite a big obstacle to access it.
Another option to protect headlights is to install a special lock on it. For example, such a Russian-made “gadget” for a Porsche Cayenne costs about 29,000 rubles. The “price” is justified, because the optics of the “German” can be stolen without even opening the hood, and a headlight on the secondary costs more than 100,000 rubles.
Finally the alarm clock. It seems regular enough. But, for example, she cannot “recognize” the theft of wheels. Therefore, it is worth considering the installation of a non-standard security complex with the so-called 3D accelerometer. It detects the jacking up of the car and notifies the owner via smartphone. The price of the complex starts from 50,000 rubles, but it is justified, because just a set of cheap tires for a Mercedes-Benz crossover now costs 120,000 rubles.
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According to the insurance company Rosgosstrakh, the number of thefts of spare parts and accessories from parked cars has risen by 47% since the beginning of this year. The AvtoVzglyad portal is confident that the trend will continue, as the automotive component shortage has only just begun. Thefts may be even greater than they were in the 1990s, as fraudsters no longer stop at stealing wheels.
For example, they are interested in large body parts such as bumpers. For example, an experienced thief can easily remove the front bumper of the Opel Astra H. To do this, all you need to do is open the hood. The next is a matter of technology. The fraudster unscrews two self-tapping screws in the front fender trim, removes the radiator grille (which can also be sold, by the way) and with a light hand movement lifts the edge of the bumper on each side, pulling it slightly to the side. All.
To avoid this, many car owners already install mechanical or electromechanical hood locks. Quantity and cost depend on the car model. Such an electronic lock is installed in the break of the regular cable for unlocking the hood lock. The estimated cost of the “gadget” and installation work is 15,000
There is also a more “artistic” option, such as applying airbrushing. Yes, so that the pattern was on the bumper and on the front fenders. It is reasonable to do such a “decoration” exclusively on expensive cars, because the “car photo” is not cheap.
There is another nuance. On many machines, the front fenders are not welded, but bolted. This facilitates their disassembly and thieves will certainly take advantage of this, because there are also interruptions with the “bodywork”. This is especially true for premium cars from Europe and the US. And here the lock on the hood helps, so you shouldn’t skimp on that.
As for theft of headlights on expensive foreign cars, special anti-theft markings can be applied to the optics. It is impossible to sell a headlight with such a headlight, because it is perfectly clear that it has been stolen. Note that a similar marking is applied to the rims and even knocked out on the “bank” of the converter. And you can also close part of the exhaust system with metal protection, which will become quite a big obstacle to access it.
Another option to protect headlights is to install a special lock on it. For example, such a Russian-made “gadget” for a Porsche Cayenne costs about 29,000 rubles. The “price” is justified, because the optics of the “German” can be stolen without even opening the hood, and a headlight on the secondary costs more than 100,000 rubles.
Finally the alarm clock. It seems regular enough. But, for example, she cannot “recognize” the theft of wheels. Therefore, it is worth considering the installation of a non-standard security complex with the so-called 3D accelerometer. It detects the jacking up of the car and notifies the owner via smartphone. The price of the complex starts from 50,000 rubles, but it is justified, because just a set of cheap tires for a Mercedes-Benz crossover now costs 120,000 rubles.
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