Tip Against Having You Stereo Ripped-Off
11-11-2004, 08:23 PM
#21
buy a european car like me and u will never get your stuff stolen , window maybe broken , but the central locking =locks ALL doors and can not be open with out the remote control , just for u jackers the locks turn on in under 3 mins time , if your good enough when i get back ill beat the shhhhhhhh out of whoever i find stuck inside locked down
11-13-2004, 10:53 AM
#22
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 756
Remove your face/back panel all the time.
Duct tape some razor blades to the back of your head unit. If a thief gets in and reaches his hand under the dash for your HU, he gets ****** up. Do the same to all your equipment in places that you can't see, but would reach your hand if you were stealing. Don't forget they're there next time you need to service your system yourself
Be creative, there's other options than just razor blades. IF you get to your vehicle one morning and find blood everywhere, find a new place to park, buddy's not gonna like you to much and will now have a vendetta for your ***.
Alarm. With starter disable. Don't cheap out, get a good one.
Steering wheel club. Ya, they can just cut the steering wheel, but it's another deterrant. LOCK it, don't just set it on like some dorks I've seen.
Never drive into your area of town with system booming. Mine gets shut down about 1.5km away from my area.
Never drive to a destination where you're going to be parked for a while, with the system booming. Like, if you're heading up Macleod Trail to the Saddledome for a concert, shut that system down when you get to cemetary hill, if not sooner. If you're heading to the bars for the night, shut'er down as soon as you're near the area.
(If you live in a lousy area) Keep your vehicle "Plain Jane". No neon, no clear lenses, no coloured bulbs, no "VTEC" stickers, no ground effects, no fancy wheels, no chrome wheel trim, etc. etc.
Park in a garage. ALARM THE GARAGE TOO. If it's in a garage, all they have to do is get in there, and then they can take there time, no risk of being seen by passerbys. If the garage is alarmed, they may not bother.
Mount speakers in a plain fashion. Mount sub box so it can't be seen, my sub is just a box, you can't see the cone or the back or anything. No plexiglass either. Make the sub box extra heavy, mine, being 2 inches thick MDF everywhere, is 111 pounds. You won't be running off with it. I also hang a canvas tarp midship in the van so that you can't see the box through the windows, that hangs about 4 or 5 inches off the floor so sound can move... All you can see is the port at the bottom.
Mount all amplifiers under seats (van, not car). My rear seat is bolted to the floor, none of those quick release hooks. You want my amps? You're gonna need air tools & a hoist.
Fill mounting screw heads with glue or buzZz them out with a drill. Same with bolt heads, use a grinder to shave the hex into a nice round head. Need to get them off yourself one day? For the screws, you can pick the glue out with a pick or cut the heads off with an air chisel. For the bolts, Vise Grips, or air chisel again, or you can punch a line into it to get it going with a large screwdriver.
Remove all cd's from your vehicle every night. I keep mine in a binder that I carry in & out of the house. My removable panel on my HU fits in the case too.
Stealth is everything when it comes to security.
Duct tape some razor blades to the back of your head unit. If a thief gets in and reaches his hand under the dash for your HU, he gets ****** up. Do the same to all your equipment in places that you can't see, but would reach your hand if you were stealing. Don't forget they're there next time you need to service your system yourself
Be creative, there's other options than just razor blades. IF you get to your vehicle one morning and find blood everywhere, find a new place to park, buddy's not gonna like you to much and will now have a vendetta for your ***.Alarm. With starter disable. Don't cheap out, get a good one.
Steering wheel club. Ya, they can just cut the steering wheel, but it's another deterrant. LOCK it, don't just set it on like some dorks I've seen.
Never drive into your area of town with system booming. Mine gets shut down about 1.5km away from my area.
Never drive to a destination where you're going to be parked for a while, with the system booming. Like, if you're heading up Macleod Trail to the Saddledome for a concert, shut that system down when you get to cemetary hill, if not sooner. If you're heading to the bars for the night, shut'er down as soon as you're near the area.
(If you live in a lousy area) Keep your vehicle "Plain Jane". No neon, no clear lenses, no coloured bulbs, no "VTEC" stickers, no ground effects, no fancy wheels, no chrome wheel trim, etc. etc.
Park in a garage. ALARM THE GARAGE TOO. If it's in a garage, all they have to do is get in there, and then they can take there time, no risk of being seen by passerbys. If the garage is alarmed, they may not bother.
Mount speakers in a plain fashion. Mount sub box so it can't be seen, my sub is just a box, you can't see the cone or the back or anything. No plexiglass either. Make the sub box extra heavy, mine, being 2 inches thick MDF everywhere, is 111 pounds. You won't be running off with it. I also hang a canvas tarp midship in the van so that you can't see the box through the windows, that hangs about 4 or 5 inches off the floor so sound can move... All you can see is the port at the bottom.
Mount all amplifiers under seats (van, not car). My rear seat is bolted to the floor, none of those quick release hooks. You want my amps? You're gonna need air tools & a hoist.
Fill mounting screw heads with glue or buzZz them out with a drill. Same with bolt heads, use a grinder to shave the hex into a nice round head. Need to get them off yourself one day? For the screws, you can pick the glue out with a pick or cut the heads off with an air chisel. For the bolts, Vise Grips, or air chisel again, or you can punch a line into it to get it going with a large screwdriver.
Remove all cd's from your vehicle every night. I keep mine in a binder that I carry in & out of the house. My removable panel on my HU fits in the case too.
Stealth is everything when it comes to security.
11-24-2004, 07:29 PM
#23
Hey guys don't forget the old buy a used o.e.m deck from the wrekers and make a fake face plate cover. You can keep your hu in place and it is very convenient. Use stock locations and grille cloth to hide them shiny tweets. If your car looks like a feature in Pasmag, then you know the bad guys figure you got a system. Remember, showing off will attract good and bad.
12-01-2004, 11:09 AM
#25
4000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 4,655
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12-09-2004, 09:14 PM
#26
50 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 56
hey man, all those fancy lights under your car and all them tweeters hangin' from the roof are bound to attract the boogeyman. Lay low keep it all stock lookin', and hide the head unit behind a dummy plate. I have never been ripped...not since I started doin' this stealth s**t anyway.
12-10-2004, 12:05 AM
#27
Cheddar
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 558
Got razors on my equipment, too. Gonna redo the system next week.... better get the kevlar gloves out again. Pain generators.... do they still make them?
My car is locked in the garage at night with the power to the garage door opener turned off. At work I park right outside the front office (fought long and hard for that perfect parking spot).
I know most people don't have the luxury of arranging safe places for their cars, but if I didn't, I wouldn't be puttin' any system worth stealing in my car.
My car is locked in the garage at night with the power to the garage door opener turned off. At work I park right outside the front office (fought long and hard for that perfect parking spot).
I know most people don't have the luxury of arranging safe places for their cars, but if I didn't, I wouldn't be puttin' any system worth stealing in my car.
12-24-2004, 06:48 PM
#29
1000 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 1,145
I just dont have any wires showing at all, and my speakers are in the OEM placement inside the doors, so they cant be seen. It looks like I dont have anything fancy in my car at all, when the back seats are up. Not only that, but here in Calgary, as well as a few other places, there is a phenominal alarm installation company called "Quinn Security" I have a "This car is protected by Quinn Security" sticker in the two front windows, and nobody ever touches my car. I sometimes forget to lock the doors, even with valubles present in the car, and nobody still even thinks twice. so I bought some more of those stickers for my other car too, even though I dont have an alarm in that one, since then Both cars have been perfectly fine.
11-18-2006, 09:15 PM
#30
0 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 9
Dont post your house phone number on any forums. www.Canada411.ca is a nice easy website to reverse that phone number and come up with your adderess.
If you are giving out a number give a cell number or just tell them to email you
If you are giving out a number give a cell number or just tell them to email you
