All up in my Grille!!!

[ausspace87]

I discovered this whilst washing my car at the weekend. Some a-hole has attempted to remove the grille from the front of my RS. They have completely bent the metal base plate, which now rubs against the bumper; which is also damaged from the implement they used to lever the grille.
All I can say is that they are incredibly lucky I didn't catch them in the act...

[cbay]

what c**ts!!! do you know when or where it may have happened?

[gldgti]

It was me!

ok, no it wasnt

That really sucks. I wonder why though... do kids these days really aspire to have a Skoda grille hanging in their bedroom?

[ausspace87]

I'm not sure where it happened, most likely in a shopping centre. Hopefully they wont attempt it again after discovering that Skoda knows how to screw their cars together!

$73.00 for a new grille base plate which was in stock at Trivett. Now just have to drill the pop rivets out and fit the new one...

[Tigger]

or you could have had mine...I am replacing my grille with the hex pattern one from superskoda...

[ausspace87]

or you could have had mine...I am replacing my grille with the hex pattern one from superskoda...

The grille is not damaged, just the black metal base plate. Took about 30 mins to fit the new one. Not sure why Skoda uses pop rivets to secure it, you can't get the back of the rivets out of the inside of the bonnet once they have been drilled out! Rattle city!

[Mysticality]

My god... :/

Why would somebody do this? :S

[Wolfgang]

Useless idiots.

Had someone steal two of my plastic tyre valve caps a few weeks ago. WTF???

[dArK5HaD0w]

Useless idiots.
Had someone steal two of my plastic tyre valve caps a few weeks ago. WTF???

that used to happen to me heaps when i had my astra. had 2 different sets stolen!! fcukers!!
funny though, with the skoda tyre valve covers - not one missing.....touch wood.


ausspace87 - glad the fix wasn't too much of a pain to get done, and part was readily available.

[K1W1]

In Melbourne there has been a spate of the plastic overs that go over roof rack mounts on many Japanese cars being stolen.
My daughter had two taken from her Suzuki and the dealer said that they had had a huge run on them from all makes. These things go in cycles it will be something else in a couple of months.

[Mysticality]

In Melbourne there has been a spate of the plastic overs that go over roof rack mounts on many Japanese cars being stolen.
My daughter had two taken from her Suzuki and the dealer said that they had had a huge run on them from all makes. These things go in cycles it will be something else in a couple of months.

My mother drives a Transit for work which doesn't fit well.down.the drive way in the backyard.
Some local youths walked past it one night and smashed the windows in.
At least its a van, not a bus, with the windows all down the sides!!