Anti-theft ideas for fiamma awing?

[Cruz]

just bought a 2nd hand fiamma awning and was wondering if anyone had done any mods to the brackets to stop anyone just unbolting it and disappearing into the night?

here's my brackets

[Fritz]

Weld it on...........a spot of mig on the nut should hold it.

Regards


Fritz...........

[jamesc76]

Put the bolt in the other way round if you can be a pain to do up but also a pain to undo!

[Red Westie]

I must admit to having the same concerns...I bought a new F45i last summer.
I reckon you could drill and insert mills pins in to the ends of the 8mm bolts, this would give any potential thieves a right headache...

[vwsween]

Yes bolts other way works fine in mine - just need those plastic cap things inside. Bare nuts are painful.
Brian

[Mr Bean]

Yes I agree - put the nuts on the inside but use Nylock or Simmonds nuts so they need a spanner both ends. Even so is posible to unbolt it from the brackets if you open it so I fit a stubby padlock in the operating eye so as to slow the prospective thief just a tad more.
Cheers
Wolfie

[Red Westie]

Perhaps an allen bolt with nyloc lock nut.
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Martin

[Mocki]

i drilled the nuts into the bolts and added a couple of roll pins, and the screw thathold mine onto the rail shape bit were replaced with pop rivits, but mine is a older autobox.

bike racks are more at risk i recon