bobandjanie
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Beware thieves ! Donosti Aire San Sebastian
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Saw this as well - possibly on the same Spanish Facebook group. I was trying to find some info on proplates to post on that group but couldn't find anything in Spanish for them.
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bobandjanie
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Yes I was trying to remember who fitted those plates, I think it was Riverbankannie.
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just testing the water. 
Bob.
Jim
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These are the plates,
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In the short term you can use a ratchet strap fastened across and secured to both internal door handles. Other straps are available.
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Very effective. Used this method for many years.
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Heosafe locks stop that,,BUSBY.If your planning on parking at this aire.
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Lots of motorhomes are being broken into, one night 7 even when people are asleep inside, making a small hole under the handle.Bob.
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What if you are out of the MoHo?
Riverbankannie
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Yes we fitted them - after the break in! We were in Sitges south of Barcelona. Our minute “ding” under the handle was barely visible to the naked eye. Far smaller than those in the photo.Yes I was trying to remember who fitted those plates, I think it was Riverbankannie.
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Fitting Pro-plates to Fiat Ducato 2015 model
Promised description from husband. It will probably take a few posts to add the photos. Fitting Pro-Plates to Fiat Ducati doors I have just finished fitting Pro-Plates with studs to the manual locking doors (driver’s door and rear “barn” door) of a FIAT Ducato. Although it wasn’t a...
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These appear to be very simple to fit and without removing the door-card. Anyone any experience of these?
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Proplate is a clever, innovative range of security products designed specifically to protect the vulnerable area surrounding the door handle/s normally targeted by thieves. Made from stainless steel and installed in minutes, this product requires no drilling as they are secured to the vehicle by slotting behind/around the existing handle using the silicon sealant supplied. In most instances, there is no need to remove the manufactures internal door card either. Favoured by many fleet operators, this is a very cost effective solution to a very common problem. Proplate offers an ideal deterrent helping to prevent break-ins but is equally suited for re-securing a door/s after a theft has been attempted.
About £40 a door. https://garrisonlocks.co.uk/van-loc...ucato-chassis-cab-2006-onwards-proplate-p3176
Their blurb, my highlighting
Proplate is a clever, innovative range of security products designed specifically to protect the vulnerable area surrounding the door handle/s normally targeted by thieves. Made from stainless steel and installed in minutes, this product requires no drilling as they are secured to the vehicle by slotting behind/around the existing handle using the silicon sealant supplied. In most instances, there is no need to remove the manufactures internal door card either. Favoured by many fleet operators, this is a very cost effective solution to a very common problem. Proplate offers an ideal deterrent helping to prevent break-ins but is equally suited for re-securing a door/s after a theft has been attempted.
About £40 a door. https://garrisonlocks.co.uk/van-loc...ucato-chassis-cab-2006-onwards-proplate-p3176
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Jim,
I bought a VW LT35LWB HR for my then business that had slightly larger [and thicker?] plates fitted to cab, side and back doors. Since I was working on my own for a week at a time on a cash sales basis in Shopping Centres, I was often unable to get to the bank until I got back home, so I needed the van to be secure!
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I very much doubt that a crim would be able to punch a hole in the door without waking me. Never mind any noise, just the movement of the m/h would wake me up. (I don't drink alcohol ).
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gerry mcg
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I fitted the proplates to my x290 Globecar, the thread is here
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HeoSafe Deadlocks and Proplates
I like to do what I can about security and particularly when we are asleep in the van so having read about the ease with which the latest Ducato door locks can be broken into and how the quarter light can be cut out easily, I decided to do 2 things:- Fit Proplates to the existing door handles...
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bobandjanie
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Janie doesn't drink alcohol, we also have a dogI very much doubt that a crim would be able to punch a hole in the door without waking me. Never mind any noise, just the movement of the m/h would wake me up. (I don't drink alcohol
they both take alot of waking up under normal circumstances. Bob.Subscribers do not see these advertisements
This is where the argument for one door wins. One substantial door 1 obvious Heos and one not so obvious.
Whatever you do still leaves the windows to be got at, so get a safe as well.
Whatever you do still leaves the windows to be got at, so get a safe as well.
gerry mcg
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I thought fiat have addressed this weakness in new vans recently by adding the anti manipulation plates around the mechanism on the interior of the doors. ( I'm sure I saw a photo somewhere)
However iirc, it was aa covert defence and there is no evidence of the uprated lock security visible from the outside, so there is a chance the criminal will attack the door in an unsuccessful attempt to actuate the lock and cause damage to the door skin anyway.
One of the advantages of the proplates is they are an overt statement that the locks are protected, so don't waste your time attacking them.
It's about bringing a deterrent. In a campsite or aire with multiple targets, they are likely to move along to a softer, easier target, so they do their job by acting as a deterrent
However iirc, it was aa covert defence and there is no evidence of the uprated lock security visible from the outside, so there is a chance the criminal will attack the door in an unsuccessful attempt to actuate the lock and cause damage to the door skin anyway.
One of the advantages of the proplates is they are an overt statement that the locks are protected, so don't waste your time attacking them.
It's about bringing a deterrent. In a campsite or aire with multiple targets, they are likely to move along to a softer, easier target, so they do their job by acting as a deterrent
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You can still leave the straps in place and use the hab door.
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Was it only MHs with cab doors that suffered or were some 'A' Class broken into as well?
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That's where heosafe come in plus non smash film on your front cab windows.A determined thief will get in anywhere but don't make it easy for them.BUSBY.
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Tuesday 1st of june,,,,BUSBY..
I fitted ProPlates all round on the last van. For a Ducato, cab doors, side door and rear door all require access to the inside of the door from the reverse side. It's not technically hard and just requires some torx bits and some small ratchets. But it's bloody fiddley. I dropped the bolts inside the doors soooo many times. And it's hard to get everything in place without the cables detaching. Took me a full day to do all 4.
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Just before me (fingers crossed).
Love this aire and stayed there many times in the past. More security on the van
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I fitted ProPlates to our PVC for that reason - I wanted the Crims to know the lock was modified. When I fitted mine (2017 model) I found that Fiat had indeed fitted reinforcement as the images show. The middle image is the Fiat plate.
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We strap our front doors together then go out the hab door..
Lock the milenco behind us.
Same as when sleeping.. the milenco can be locked from the inside or out.
Straps across the doors and dog kipping on the front seat.
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When I say straps I mean tie down straps not ratchet straps,as these would take to long to remove in an emergency.
That is interesting. Only problem with the Fiat fitted ones (I guess our '69 plate Ducato will have them) is the thieves cannot see them. Hopefully, the visible deterrents the blue pulsing lights from the Vanbitz Growler, the Heosafe locks and the Thule locks on the garage doors will persuade them to go elsewhere.
I've never had reason to remove in a emergency but I keep an arborists 'rescue' knive close by that would cut through the ratchet strap I use across the doors when I'm overnighting out of the way.
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