Stolen Car 1998 black T/A. What deterrent u use?
09-19-2011, 09:13 PM
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You'd think with the gps and all the cell phone apps someone would think to link the two together. So that if you park your car, lock it, and hit a button on a key fob to arm the sytem. Then a place like lowjack, onstar or whatever monitors the vehicles position by gps. If the car moves more than x amount then the owner gets a call or text alerting them. If the owner doesnt respond for whatever reason for x amount of time the cops get called to the vehicle. Ive never checked in to any of those systems. Maybe this already exists. Just sayin.
as it happens... You CAN do this. http://www.instamapper.com/diy.html
I'd suggest starting there. There are a LOT more in-depth things you can do... I have something similar hidden in my car, I can pull it up while I'm in the mall on my smartphone and view where my car is in the parking lot on google maps.
You may not like the idea, but head over to team-integra.net. Older integras are prone to getting stolen, so there is a LOT of good antitheft info on that site.
Battery cut-offs, fuel cut-offs, multilayer alarm install diy's... There's a guy who has it set up so that he gets a text every time his car alarm goes off or his car moves. Those guys know their ****.
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10-02-2011, 03:35 PM
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My car was a pretty decent target at my last apartment. It was flour bombed, egged, and successfully broken into once. Thankfully they just used a coat hanger and slid the lock on the door and didn't damage the car. I also have my factory alarm set to go off instantly when anything is opened. They took off and my car was left alone after that. But it made me increase my security on my car.
IMO, car alarms don't do anything. When was the last time you heard a car alarm going off and DIDN'T think "If that f'er doesn't turn that thing off...". People are so used to them nowadays that they just ignore them.
So my 'security' is very simple, but, I think, very effective. I changed the factory alarm to go off instantly if any door / hatch is opened. The instructions for that is in the owners manual. I installed a hidden kill switch that disables the ignition system. This way even if they do break the column and try to hot wire it, the car still won't start. I also removed the slide locks and the bars they attach to inside the door. Now the only way to open the (locked) door is to unlock it with my remote, or my key. If someone tries to coat hanger it again, there's no slide lock to hit, and the buttons don't work when it's armed. If they decide to break a window to get in, they'll have to climb their happy *** through that broken window to get in. And even then it still won't start if the kill switch is armed. I'm thinking by that time they're probably gonna give up and walk away. So at worst all I have to deal with is a broken window.
IMO, car alarms don't do anything. When was the last time you heard a car alarm going off and DIDN'T think "If that f'er doesn't turn that thing off...". People are so used to them nowadays that they just ignore them.
So my 'security' is very simple, but, I think, very effective. I changed the factory alarm to go off instantly if any door / hatch is opened. The instructions for that is in the owners manual. I installed a hidden kill switch that disables the ignition system. This way even if they do break the column and try to hot wire it, the car still won't start. I also removed the slide locks and the bars they attach to inside the door. Now the only way to open the (locked) door is to unlock it with my remote, or my key. If someone tries to coat hanger it again, there's no slide lock to hit, and the buttons don't work when it's armed. If they decide to break a window to get in, they'll have to climb their happy *** through that broken window to get in. And even then it still won't start if the kill switch is armed. I'm thinking by that time they're probably gonna give up and walk away. So at worst all I have to deal with is a broken window.
10-04-2011, 09:57 PM
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IMO, car alarms don't do anything. When was the last time you heard a car alarm going off and DIDN'T think "If that f'er doesn't turn that thing off...". People are so used to them nowadays that they just ignore them.
So my 'security' is very simple, but, I think, very effective. I changed the factory alarm to go off instantly if any door / hatch is opened. The instructions for that is in the owners manual. I installed a hidden kill switch that disables the ignition system. This way even if they do break the column and try to hot wire it, the car still won't start. I also removed the slide locks and the bars they attach to inside the door. Now the only way to open the (locked) door is to unlock it with my remote, or my key. If someone tries to coat hanger it again, there's no slide lock to hit, and the buttons don't work when it's armed. If they decide to break a window to get in, they'll have to climb their happy *** through that broken window to get in. And even then it still won't start if the kill switch is armed. I'm thinking by that time they're probably gonna give up and walk away. So at worst all I have to deal with is a broken window.
So my 'security' is very simple, but, I think, very effective. I changed the factory alarm to go off instantly if any door / hatch is opened. The instructions for that is in the owners manual. I installed a hidden kill switch that disables the ignition system. This way even if they do break the column and try to hot wire it, the car still won't start. I also removed the slide locks and the bars they attach to inside the door. Now the only way to open the (locked) door is to unlock it with my remote, or my key. If someone tries to coat hanger it again, there's no slide lock to hit, and the buttons don't work when it's armed. If they decide to break a window to get in, they'll have to climb their happy *** through that broken window to get in. And even then it still won't start if the kill switch is armed. I'm thinking by that time they're probably gonna give up and walk away. So at worst all I have to deal with is a broken window.
I liked your approach to the whole subject.
Any security: an alarm (pretheft) or gps tracking by on star (post theft) are best at slowing down thief.
