my neighbors headlights were stolen from his 997 Targa. He parks it outside, no garage.

Now i notice he puts the nose of the car almost against the house to deter any more thefts, and yes....Miami

 

All they have to is pry open the hood? Thats a lot of body damage. Prying up the hood, given it is aluminum, is certainly easier than steel. Maybe its time to print some stickers that say "Tamper with this car and it will explode, *****-#*(#!"


Or was the car unlocked?

 

I am pretty sure that with a large screwdriver blade or pry tool, the headlights will pop out. See, these guys dont care much about scratching the paint or denting the fender.

 

they only steal it for the bulbs/ballasts/balancers.

the housing units get thrown away and the above are retrofitted to other cars.

porsche has someof the best bulbs (philips) and their balancers are dynamic (active) is probably why they get targeted more.

 

oooouuucchh. maybe slightly used is better way? try LA dismantler in CA. Maybe they have some

 

They actually they managed to open my hood, dont know how. The car was locked. No visible damage on the hood.

 

Thanx bud, will do.

 

I have had this happen many times . Not on this car . First ... look at this article from 2004. I will write another post while you read. http://www.search-autoparts.com/sear....jsp?id=109550

 

Ok -- My 2002 996 had the entire front bumper torn off in a public lot . Two big holes were left where my lights were . My 2005 997S had the lights taken so many times that i sold the car and decided to lease a BMW 330i for a little Porsche hiatus .

A neighbor a few miles away on my jogging path and forum member who posts infrequently Krown05 had his taken too. One time while he was getting a hair cut . He lost his three times.

It's actually DECLINED now than in past years . In 2004 the 996.2 lights were so easy to take that they could pop right out. The body shop I went two at that time was getting at least three porsches a week . Other cars too BMW Infiniti . Mercedes -no . Too hard to take .

On my 02 car i got a pager alarm but it screwed up the electical system.

Now --I ONLY park in areas where my car is watched . Even if someone doesn't think its being watched --it is .

If you MUST park randomly -park next to a Bank with cameras .

So why do they take this ?
From what the cops and body shop told me at that time --they place your lights in Hondas and Acuras which don't have them .

Good luck--

 

This is crazy...I have never heard of this.....!
Now I have another thing to worry about and I am already to scared to leave it anywhere due to door dings....GREAT...why do I own this car!
Sorry to hear about this....!

Stacy

 

Now THIS is something I'd really like to get to the bottom of. Is there a way to shimmy the hood release? Could they be getting a tool past the seal that manages to trigger the manual release inside the front or reaching the electronic release for the front via the drivers side door switch panel w/o unlocking the car?

 

If there was a way to modify the light so they wouldn't pop out so easily the low lifes would probably do more damage to the fenders trying to remove them than the lights are worth. Don't really know if there is a solution. What's the theft rate on the non-Xenon lights ? Not sure they are worth stealing.

 

As a matter of fact there is. You simply chain a 100 lb Pit Bull (of course a mean one) to your front bumber. It's an easy mod; I'm sure it'll work most of the time.

On the serious side I thiink we can expect more crime and BS in this economy. It pisses me off to no end when some dumb f**k steals anything from me. Mr. S&W and Mr Glock might work but you'd be in more trouble then the poor SOB that's stealing. Maybe under the new stimulus plan the government will give everybody so much money they won't have to steal. (lol).

Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

i thought our cars have a factory alarm? why don't they work in this situation????

 

There's no shock sensor, just an intrusion alram for the interior and a motion detector for the interior.