Attempted Theft Victoria Dr

[okooko]

Last night after staying late at uni studying found out my car got broken into and underside of the dash on the driverside totally ripped apart and all, my stuff was everywhere with bits and peices of the panels on the floor.

Happened during 6-1am on victoria dr north adelaide, a police report has been made however i doubt they can do much anyways. Had the raa check it and said my immobiliser saved my car. Car was already jacked to 'on' postition only needing the remote to activate , then away it goes.

Car is 93 r32 gtr stock spec

Slightly dissapointed police patrols took more than 2hrs to come by apparently they were rather occupied for the night.

So now its at home after disarming the immobiliser in the garage and will be for a long time to come. Had no valuables in the car, didnt even take anything ( head unit still there) took my cheapo torch though....

No external damage to body, ive got no idea how they got in, perhaps wire n hook past window, no forced entry.

Wondering if any guys on sau know how much this would be to fix up??

The starter( thing the key goes into) has been ripped off mount, underside panel us bent/ ripped off with force and will need replacing. The indicator lever is lower than usual, perhaps steering column been rotated somehow. And just other buts and peices if plastic missing, wiring seems intact although hanging loosely everywhere at the moment

very unfortunate just letting you guys know that parking in a public place isnt probably the best idea, at least not til late.

Any info regarding replacement costs, how hard it is to get these parts and possible places that can fix this would really help. Or if anyone else has had this happen to them lemme know.

Thank guys

[rhys5169]

dude that sucks, best of luck getting it sorted

[Krishy]

^^^ look on the bright side that your car didnt get stolen.....best of luck with getting it all sorted out mate

[Nightcrawler]

That really sucks .... but sorry to tell you now but parking anywhere overnight in North Adelaide is vehicular suicide. It is the no.1 place for stolen cars in the whole of SA. If you had a Club lock on, chances they wouldn't have even bothered trying - I always use my Club lock as a visual deterrent.

How did they get past your alarm? If you don't have an alarm, then you shouldn't be allowed to own a Skyline.

[Damo_R34]

start sourcing the parts you need from places like JIS, JMS etc, then just tidy up all the loose wires yourself, shouldnt be too hard to fix.

[nicr4wks]

I'm always suspect of victoria/war memorial during the day let alone even thinking about parking at night, always smashed window glass and other crap along them.

As has been said check out JIS/JMS, also the for sale section of SAU as you might find someone wrecking a 32 you can get cheap parts off.

If you're referring to the key barrel go speak to a locksmith (the key cutter in your westfield is not a locksmith, try Australian Locksmiths, Knights Locksmith) a secondhand barrel will have a different key combo and you'll either need to get it re-keyed or have 1 key for your doors and another key to start the thing.

[steveP]

i know the pain. happened to my car, but they smashed a window after trying to pick the lock and f**ked up a door handle. DVD head unit and amps gone. then they tried to steal the car and totally f**ked up everything, ignition barrel and steering lock was f**ked, indictor mechanism broken. everything was in pieces and car didnt start.

luckily there was one front cut of a legnum in SA. i needed to replace the steering lock, ignition barrel and the whole column indicator/head lights bit as the original one wasnt fixable. then had to get all my locked coded for the new key/barrel. ur situation sounds like a similar instance of my car. a mobile lock smitch can do it. i got Craig down at Glenelg Locksmiths to fix it all. did a top job.

Edited October 23, 2009 by steveP

[writeoff]

That really sucks .... but sorry to tell you now but parking anywhere overnight in North Adelaide is vehicular suicide. It is the no.1 place for stolen cars in the whole of SA. If you had a Club lock on, chances they wouldn't have even bothered trying - I always use my Club lock as a visual deterrent.

How did they get past your alarm? If you don't have an alarm, then you shouldn't be allowed to own a Skyline.

A bit harsh Andrew.

The guy is a uni student and probably only has 1 car.

There is stuff all parking around uni if you plan on staying late and most of the paying parking places close before 1am.

Most public transport would have stopped by 1am.

I've personally seen someone get through a club lock with one decent kick.

The guy said that his immobiliser saved his car. Alarms are useless - all the do is create noise which everyone ignores. Immobilisers are what prevent thieves from stealing your pride and joy.

I saw a guy at Southern Tech when I was having my R32 GTR dyno tuned who had a R33 GTR that had its engine removed. The car was parked at his house and someone broke in and tried to steal it - with no engine! They stuffed up the passenger side locks, the ignition barrel and (I think) the plastic underneath the dash plus screwed up his wiring. Tough on a guy who was already having his engine rebuilt.

Good luck Unit Zero - I hope it all gets sorted without causing you too much grief. Not the most ideal thing to happen just before exams.

[chef_stagea]

thats no good man

i work close to there and drive up there everynight at like 11 or so...

only prob is had yesterday off lol sorry to hear

[kb-r33]

damn sucks to hear. atleast your car didnt get stolen. goodluck with all the fixing up

[okooko]

Cheers for all the replys, it really sucks when stuff like this happens to your own pride and joy but if its going to help others out there to look after their cars more and to prevent this happening again, then i guess its all worthwhile and me being the guinea cop (and not the only one by the sounds of things, SteveP unfortunate with his car aswell)

Krishy - yeah i agree stolen vehicles are totally another story, luckily it was still there and drivable too

Nightcrawler - i kinda agree with Writeoff about the alarm, i was saving up to get one in good time, coz i dont usually drive it around i didnt see the need to have one, however may have helped in this situation. but then again perhaps the bandit may have been aggro'd and kicked in a couple of panels from frustration? (which would be more costly to fix and all)

but definitely going for an alarm and club lock after this ordeal, thanks for the advice

at the end of the day, im glad it wasnt damaged like exterior which would be costly to fix, nothing was stolen (apart from torch lols) just looks like a mess but still drives =)

will take some pics when i can stand looking at the mess again, until then, keep safe and your cars also!

[mid life crisis]

insurence ?

[mid life crisis]

double post sorry

Edited October 23, 2009 by mid life crisis

[JD_CEF]

i got some underdash panels in great cond still, will help ya out, just let me know

[MikeyGTRmike]

I saw a guy at Southern Tech when I was having my R32 GTR dyno tuned who had a R33 GTR that had its engine removed. The car was parked at his house and someone broke in and tried to steal it - with no engine! They stuffed up the passenger side locks, the ignition barrel and (I think) the plastic underneath the dash plus screwed up his wiring. Tough on a guy who was already having his engine rebuilt.

He's a good mate of mine the drilled into his door to get it opened, he was so lucky his engine was in the shop.