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Possible: Internal Anti Theft Protection
GN Vehicle Protection have had 3 enquiries recently about rear boot area internal window protectors for the D3 commercial & standard car. These would fit internally on the boot lid and side windows to prevent theft from the boot area..
As I have said to the relevent parties the product will have to look good and also be functional in terms of fit and not take up too much space. You do not want to put anything that looks bad in a car worth up to £50k.
We have made some general enquiries and we believe these would work out around the £400.00 mark including fixings - based on a quantity build.
I am personally not sure if they are A: Needed or B: To costly. I'll open up a sign up of interest and we'll see how the thread goes
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27th Oct 2009 1:14 pm
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Would need to be a lot lower than £400
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These would be for the side windows behind B and C pillars but not for tailgate or front windows.
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27th Oct 2009 1:26 pm
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Re: Possible: Internal Anti Theft Protection
NeilD wrote:
I am personally not sure if they are A: Needed or B: To costly.
Probably been a few windows put in amongst the membership over the years so would be a good idea, especially for those members carry loads of tools or computer equipment everyday.
Have you any idea on the fitting kits - will there be much cutting/ drilling involved to get them attached? What size is the mesh? somemore details would be good A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
27th Oct 2009 1:27 pm
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Warren,
Rear Boot Lid + 3rd Row Windows. Assume another guard in place behind the 2nd row - ie a dog guard.
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2nd row windows would be good too - many commercial owners have taken off the blanking plates on those windows to aid visibility A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
27th Oct 2009 1:32 pm
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Good point Tanters
My thinking was the middle guard plus the three rear windows would create a 'box' effect on standard cars.
On the commercial front I can see the middle row would need to be protected.
Just couldn't work out immediately as my dog guard is out of the car at the moment. Now understand....Might be interesting as it develops.......
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27th Oct 2009 1:47 pm
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seen this and thought it might give an idea of whats been talked about - from a FFRR but .........
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27th Oct 2009 10:07 pm
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I would be interested if the price was a lot cheaper.
I am interested for two reasons, neither of which are security:
1 To protect the windows when the car is fully loaded
2 So that I can fit kit to it (side windows) ie Maglite, Fire Extinguisher etc.
I'm not sure how you can make it secure enough to be a security device, I would think that the weakest point will be the fixings. Also how secure is the dog guard / load guard?
To give you an idea I'd think about £100 would be what I would be willing to pay, but you may not be able to make them cheap enough, but I guess if they were cheap enough then you'd obviously sell more!D3 HSE MY05 Auto
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