Aftermarket security?

[Guest Anonymous]

I was wondering what security devices everyone uses on their car, ie alarms, kill switches, club/autolock. I'm pretty nervous about leaving my tii in some places, so any help would be great.

[Guest Anonymous]

I have found that if someone really wants your car it is goung to be taken (I have had a couple cars stolen, one from a locked garage).

In my humble opinion, get the car appraised and have lots of pictures, Make your insurance company aware of the appraised value (gonna cost a few dollars). Then if the car is stolen you can replace it.

[Guest Anonymous]

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[Guest Anonymous]

1. Hidden switch to turn off the fuel pump...easy to wire in as the terminal for the tii fuel pump feed is under the dash on the driver's side. Thief would get a few hundred feet on residual fuel pressure, then the car would die. Then he'd bail.

2. The old "hide in plain sight" trick. Take your (for example) rear window defroster switch and disconnect the defroster wires from it, then use it to power the fuel pump. So to start the car you have to pull the switch out and turn the key to start. Add a defroster switch somewhere else. Thief might find the new defroster switch and think it was the "hidden" switch but no luck--he'd just defog the back window and the engine would still die...

Good luck

Mike

[Guest Anonymous]

battery and a semi-hidden fuel shut-off valve under the passenger seat. Car won't even crank with the switch off, and even if somebody took the time to remove the back seat and tear apart the heavy cover over the back of the switch to bypass it, the car won't run long without fuel.

Years ago, a cop assigned to a vehicle theft detail told me that the single most effective anti-theft device (at that time at least) is one that causes a vehicle to stall in traffic and refuse to restart - he said that since a car stalled in traffic draws immediate attention, no car thief is going to stay with a car that 1) won't restart and 2) has any evidence of forced entry or theft related damage.

Fuel shut-offs work great on carbureted cars, since the car will run for a short distance on the fuel in the float bowl, then die - less effective on an injected car as the shut-off will only keep the engine from starting due to fuel starvation.

For an injected car, probably the ideal would be some sort of timer relay that would let the fuel pump run for 30-90 seconds, then shut off permanently until power to the relay was cycled or bypassed via a hidden switch.

[Guest Anonymous]

(used a Dremel tool to grind it out, then filled the gap and covered most of the strip with epoxy so the gap doesn't show) that lives in the glove box - if the car has to be left in what seems to be a really risky place, the bogus rotor goes in (good one goes in my pocket), along with switching off power and fuel.

Even if a thief gets past the battery shut off, it's unlikely he's going to take the time to trouble-shoot the no-start or think fast enough to check the rotor (much less have a replacement on hand!)

[Guest Anonymous]

when i had only 1 glass pac, i could get an entire parking structure shrieking/flashing, now , not as many. I like the proximity sensor cars that broadcast through external speaker" step away from the car" , sometimes in 2 languages! : i use a club for short term, battery disconnect/ coil wire removal for long term, and prudent parking policy always. BUT: live in constant paranoia: solution- only go out to places where i can hide among the Porsches and M cars and Ferraris. Best option: GT Grant wheel hub removal: park and carry steering wheel to dinner. makes for interesting table conversation.