A new video posted on the Crime Air Network Twitter page shows thieves stealing the headlights of a pre-facelifted, fifth-generation VW Polo GTI in less than five seconds – all in broad daylight.Two men jump out of another Polo and seem to just pull out the headlights from the white Polo GTI parked outside a home in a residential area.
Most GTI models, either Golf or Polo, come factory with LED headlights.
Another reader, Johann Kurfurst says: “Our 2019 Polo TSi had its headlights stolen at my wife’s workplace in November last year, not even the xenon lights.
It happened a week after the Polo was returned from the Panel beaters after someone reversed into my wife and just a week before someone pushed me off the road in a traffic circle in my Touareg.
“As per our previous article on badge theft, a simple deter of the crime could be to use cable ties for extra protection, at least for badges, as this proves to make the job a little more difficult for criminals.