Stolen rear bumpers...a new trend?
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Bizarre sight this morning, two of the three 3-series E46 sport coupes on my road missing their rear bumpers. Nicked overnight. Is this a new fad? Hard to do without making a huge noise i'd guess? Mine wasn't touched - it's on a 53 reg plate which may or may not have made a difference as the other two were on 54. Weird.
Hoodies used to nick the M-Tech kit from the E36 all the time.
I suppose this is their natural path – then onto the E90.
All will be on egay in a few weeks.
I believe you can replace the bolts used with the anti theft type.
Although they would make a right mess of the car, still trying to get them off! As we know they are not the sharpest bunch.
Alliteratively you can wire the bumpers up to a 240v mains and watch the fcuker fry! (Please do not try this at home)
Hope your is safe from these low lives.
I suppose this is their natural path – then onto the E90.
All will be on egay in a few weeks.
I believe you can replace the bolts used with the anti theft type.
Although they would make a right mess of the car, still trying to get them off! As we know they are not the sharpest bunch.
Alliteratively you can wire the bumpers up to a 240v mains and watch the fcuker fry! (Please do not try this at home)
Hope your is safe from these low lives.
A friend of my sisters had the front end knicked off his 5 series a few years ago....lights, grille and lower "sport" bumper set. Thing was it was in a hotel car park with security cameras - but they didnt pick anything up - yeah right...!
Not a new trend but still daft nonetheless. Not the same thing, but the wife had a CTR and some scrotes kept nicking the Type-R badges off it... at £15 a go for a set its not expensive, but gutted each and every time they did. I mean, for £15 you can buy them from a main dealer and have them perfect with all of the sticky stuff on the back....
Not a new trend but still daft nonetheless. Not the same thing, but the wife had a CTR and some scrotes kept nicking the Type-R badges off it... at £15 a go for a set its not expensive, but gutted each and every time they did. I mean, for £15 you can buy them from a main dealer and have them perfect with all of the sticky stuff on the back....
Well, they came back. This time for the front bumper off another 3-series sport coupe. A new victim, not the previous two that lost their back bumpers a few weeks back.
So that's 3 out of the 4 on my street. Mine's not yet been touched but it feels like only a matter of time...! Bar setting the car up with 10,000 volts feeding the bumper mounts so i could fry the little shites if they ever tired and unbolt it, there's little I guess anyone can do.
BTW, this is happening in London, N8.
So that's 3 out of the 4 on my street. Mine's not yet been touched but it feels like only a matter of time...! Bar setting the car up with 10,000 volts feeding the bumper mounts so i could fry the little shites if they ever tired and unbolt it, there's little I guess anyone can do.
BTW, this is happening in London, N8.
Doesn't just happen hear, take a look at this thread :
www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79798
www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79798
dick dastardly said:
RobbieM-Evo said:
Hoodies used to nick the M-Tech kit from the E36 all the time.
Happened to mine and to a close friend. When getting it sorted and speaking to the body shop I was amazed by how easy it is to remove them. A design fault which BMW will address in the future I hope.
Me too last October/November time.
I put it down to the fact that E36's are relatively cheap now (therefore affordable for chavscum) but still quite expensive to maintain (comparatively).
Rear bumper, skirts, side-trims and (strangely) the mirror GLASS equalled a 2 grand insurance claim
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