thieving scumbags tried to break into my car lastnight...

[hainesz]

the fcuking little bastard$ trashed my drivers doorlock and the car can now be opened with any key or even a butter knife... lucky they didnt get me stereo system the alarm must of gone off... now i am left with the problem of my car not being safe and easy to open... can any one tell me if mk4 rear door handles will fit my mk4 3 door (so it wont have any locks??? also has anyone got any who isnt far from me... hemel hempstead M1 Jct 8???

[T_J_G]

Get the lock replaced and you can get a delock kit which cover the key whole but they'll need spraying.

[RnP]

i feel for you mate, where was it parked ??

hope the gutless twits get caught so you wrap a brick round there heads

[jtomlin]

bastards! im sure i read somewhere that de-locking was illegal and you have to have a lock on the drivers door, or maybe that was de-handling? hmm not sure

[hainesz]

it was right outside my house and it happened about 9.30pm on a busy road and no-one saw nothing... does any-one know if the rear handles will fit??? ill be waiting tonight with the trusty baseball bat

[hainesz]

fatherless sons! im sure i read somewhere that de-locking was illegal and you have to have a lock on the drivers door, or maybe that was de-handling? hmm not sure

yeah that de-handling thats illegal

[oliver07]

had mine done last week new lock from vag 42. plus vat 5 mins to fit

[Josho]

Just be careful, if the battery goes flat, then you are stuffed. Altough I now know a trusty way of getting in.

[sambo]

You shouldn't need a lock barrel.

Providing your handle isn't damaged you can de lock it. It involves taking the lock barrel ou and replacing with a dummy. Behind this there is also an extremely important metal disc which needs to be inserted to prevent it happening again. The cap's just cover all this which can be painted.

It is a very poor design flaw which cn only be fixed by the above method. The de lock kits can be bought from ebay for about £14 IIRC.

Did it to mine before something happened, and was amazed at how poor the design was. You can effectively disarm the alarm, open the door and wind the windows down with a screwdriver...  

Won't go into detail on a public forum as it could get into the wrong hands!

P.S if the battery goes flat you can enter through the rear hatch (pardon the expression) via the key and lock, nothing to worry about with that lock , nice and secure!
Sam

[hainesz]

You shouldn't need a lock barrel.

Providing your handle isn't damaged you can de lock it. It involves taking the lock barrel ou and replacing with a dummy. Behind this there is also an extremely important metal disc which needs to be inserted to prevent it happening again. The cap's just cover all this which can be painted.

It is a very poor design flaw which cn only be fixed by the above method. The de lock kits can be bought from ebay for about £14 IIRC.

Did it to mine before something happened, and was amazed at how poor the design was. You can effectively disarm the alarm, open the door and wind the windows down with a screwdriver...  

Won't go into detail on a public forum as it could get into the wrong hands!

P.S if the battery goes flat you can enter through the rear hatch (pardon the expression) via the key and lock, nothing to worry about with that lock , nice and secure!
Sam

yeah just ordered the delock kit from ebay for £14...only problem being is my car is not safe untill theyve been delivered and fitted...are they hard to fit???...any links on how 2 guides on here with pictures???