Phil
Member
Some thieving scum bags have mashed up the lock on the drivers side door of my beloved Punto Mrk.1, but luckily didnt get in. Must have been wanting to nick my 10 year old cassette stereo! If they did they would have realised that the car has a Cat 1 alarm immobiliser, I guess they thought that the flashing led was fake or something. This was parked outside an open estate agents in the middle of the day.
So I'm now going to buy some stickers to put in the windows, the installer recommended that it wasn't wise to use the manufacturers stickers so he didn't fit them.
But I'm not sure what to do about the lock, the key will no longer fit, and because I have the remote blipper, that's not a major problem for me. But I guess it will make it easier for someone in the future to break in with the dented in door/broken lock. I read elsewhere on this site that you can only get full lock sets from a Fiat dealer so that's going to be expensive, I'm guessing that claiming on the insurance will bite in to the excess and no-claims.
Has anyone been through this before, would de-locking be the answer and how much approximately would it cost?
So I'm now going to buy some stickers to put in the windows, the installer recommended that it wasn't wise to use the manufacturers stickers so he didn't fit them.
But I'm not sure what to do about the lock, the key will no longer fit, and because I have the remote blipper, that's not a major problem for me. But I guess it will make it easier for someone in the future to break in with the dented in door/broken lock. I read elsewhere on this site that you can only get full lock sets from a Fiat dealer so that's going to be expensive, I'm guessing that claiming on the insurance will bite in to the excess and no-claims.
Has anyone been through this before, would de-locking be the answer and how much approximately would it cost?