Kill Switch Anyone...?
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Kill Switch Anyone...?
Has anyone, or does anyone know if the LC500 can have a kill switch installed? Specifically, I'd like to install a fuel kill switch, but am open to suggestions. I've heard of some vehicles that have a safety feature that detects if a wire is cut and that could potentially damage something in the memory of the computer...? I've also seen videos of someone installing a 2 way switch that will blow fuses which I like, but it wasn't on a Lexus. I own a 2021. 
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Sorry but i have never understood kill switches, its got to be put in a convenient place so you as the owner can get to it easily , which means that finding it shouldn't be to hard.
So its going to probably be within the drivers reach, more than lightly somewhere under the drivers foot well.
perhaps things are different in the US, ( you are allowed to shoot them ) but in the UK thieves have no problem in hunting around you car looking for security fetchers, while you are filming them, while you are being threatened by someone wearing a helmet with a base ball bat.
So its going to probably be within the drivers reach, more than lightly somewhere under the drivers foot well.
perhaps things are different in the US, ( you are allowed to shoot them ) but in the UK thieves have no problem in hunting around you car looking for security fetchers, while you are filming them, while you are being threatened by someone wearing a helmet with a base ball bat.
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Has anyone, or does anyone know if the LC500 can have a kill switch installed? Specifically, I'd like to install a fuel kill switch, but am open to suggestions. I've heard of some vehicles that have a safety feature that detects if a wire is cut and that could potentially damage something in the memory of the computer...? I've also seen videos of someone installing a 2 way switch that will blow fuses which I like, but it wasn't on a Lexus. I own a 2021.
There are at least two good aftermarket kill switch type removable plugs/security systems. RAVELCO and IGLA. Both installed by professionals. I had/have RAVELCO on two vehicles due to high theft rates of their supercharged 700+hp Hellcat or hemi engines. (RAM TRX and Wrangler 392.) I’ve heard that the IGLA system may be the better of the two, being harder or impossible to bypass.
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Having this one installed today on my 2024 LC. Was recommended to me by a former police officer. It can also be reported to your insurance company for a deduction on your premium. It's basically an advanced killswitch.
https://www.ravelco.com/
https://www.ravelco.com/
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I had LoJack installed on my car in 1995, and it had the functionality where you had to push the rear defroster button to start the car. It was easy to start the car, but not obvious enough where a thief would know.
There also used to be a shop called Ultra Smith where they did stuff like that and made hidden compartments that would only open, or ignition turned on, when you hit a series of buttons. I know that a bunch of other shops like that had people go to prison when laws were passed against creating such things to smuggle drugs. (It was a crime for the actual shop technician.) I’m not saying that I knew a guy with a hidden gun compartment in his Ferrari 348 where you had to turn the stereo on and lower JUST the passenger window, but I’m not saying I didn’t.
Anyway, I wouldn’t mind a kill switch activated like that, or my car 30 years ago, but I’m not big on ones where you need to do a lot for it to work or have a key to lose.
There also used to be a shop called Ultra Smith where they did stuff like that and made hidden compartments that would only open, or ignition turned on, when you hit a series of buttons. I know that a bunch of other shops like that had people go to prison when laws were passed against creating such things to smuggle drugs. (It was a crime for the actual shop technician.) I’m not saying that I knew a guy with a hidden gun compartment in his Ferrari 348 where you had to turn the stereo on and lower JUST the passenger window, but I’m not saying I didn’t.
Anyway, I wouldn’t mind a kill switch activated like that, or my car 30 years ago, but I’m not big on ones where you need to do a lot for it to work or have a key to lose.
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Having this one installed today on my 2024 LC. Was recommended to me by a former police officer. It can also be reported to your insurance company for a deduction on your premium. It's basically an advanced killswitch.
https://www.ravelco.com/
https://www.ravelco.com/
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“easily bypassed” is a misnomer. A thief would need to be highly skilled, have all the right equipment at hand, break into the car AND have lots of time. Like everything, anything can be defeated with enough time, know-how and the right tools. Just like a nice flatbed can be used to hoist any car fairly quickly and efficiently. The key is to make a theft time consuming and more difficult than on the next car. Use layers to frustrate a thief and make him move on. To each his own.
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“easily bypassed” is a misnomer. A thief would need to be highly skilled, have all the right equipment at hand, break into the car AND have lots of time. Like everything, anything can be defeated with enough time, know-how and the right tools. Just like a nice flatbed can be used to hoist any car fairly quickly and efficiently. The key is to make a theft time consuming and more difficult than on the next car. Use layers to frustrate a thief and make him move on. To each his own.
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I disagree to a certain extent. There are numerous videos on youtube of someone using a few wires and a circuit tester to get the car started in under a minute or two. After reading this thread I literally found these video by searching within 30 seconds. I agree that every deterrent helps when stopping car thieves from jacking your ride, but many of these professional car thieves do their homework. A minute or 2 is a short amount of time with $20 worth of equipment to steal a car. I wouldn't consider that "Lots of time and highly skilled" as you stated.