$$$$How easy are these SC's to get stolen$$$
06-29-10, 10:07 PM
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06-30-10, 01:36 AM
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I have a pretty hilarious story. One of my friends took the ECU out of his car every time he parked the car outside overnight or was parked in an unknown/bad area. It was in a Honda with motor swap and he hooked the ECU up so it was easily detached. He had the windows bashed in twice and the ignition forced, but the car never got stolen lol! 
06-30-10, 03:30 AM
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I had my coupe stolen about a month or 2 after I installed my 1j single 5 spd. Had to have been someone I knew because very few people knew I went from na_t to 1j. They either towed it or had a key made a the dealer.
06-30-10, 04:26 AM
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no one is safe from thieves unfortunately, if they want it bad enough they will take it, a tow truck is all it takes, but for the common criminal that wants stereo equipment and various crap left in the vehicle the best defense is a good brand name 2 way paging alarm system installed by pros that know what there doing and are trusted in the community, because remember the best thieves are also installers and there are alot of shady ones that will program an extra remote to your car after they've installed your system, i should know im an installer and ive seen the worst of it, not to scare anyone but just trying to show you should never let your guard down and think just because a car is not the most common stolen vehicle that its not gonna happen to you
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06-30-10, 08:30 AM
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I been considering bags for this main reason. =)
- Car would not be towable as you cant even get under the car to attach the hook and even if you do tow it would make so much noise because you be scraping all bumpers and metal frame parts you would catch anyones attention.
- Cant even stick a jack under to lift the car to steal your rims as well. I think VIP is my new security system =P.
I believe we have been troll'd My Integra was stolen and stripped twice. I went with a car that doesnt have a history of being stolen as much.. because parts are not really fast/easy to sell. Remember theives steal for quick cash. All our parts are 2x 3x a honda part = hard to sell. Honda parts can be sold for highschoolers lunch money.
- Car would not be towable as you cant even get under the car to attach the hook and even if you do tow it would make so much noise because you be scraping all bumpers and metal frame parts you would catch anyones attention.
- Cant even stick a jack under to lift the car to steal your rims as well. I think VIP is my new security system =P.
I believe we have been troll'd My Integra was stolen and stripped twice. I went with a car that doesnt have a history of being stolen as much.. because parts are not really fast/easy to sell. Remember theives steal for quick cash. All our parts are 2x 3x a honda part = hard to sell. Honda parts can be sold for highschoolers lunch money.
06-30-10, 08:48 AM
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Good luck stealing my supra. First off when I park in a public place I turn my steering wheel all the way to the right or left, then pull my key out, turn the wheel a little, and lock my steering column. Have fun trying to get that on a tow truck. I wont go into all the details of my alarm, but when you come up on my car, everything is dead and there are several redundant kill switches.
There are only three systems that have power and you'll never know it. Two of them are there to detect if someone has entered the car, the 3rd activates my GPS tracker and sends an immediate message to my cell phone with what was triggered. It is a silent alarm, but I can activate it remotely if I don't think I can get to the car in time.
Also if you do manage to get the car on a flatbed, or if you manage to get the car up in running in the 20+ minutes it will take you due to all the redudancies I will know exactly where the car is going through the GPS tracking. And not it's no lojack which is a peice of crap radio tracker.
So don't **** with a supra. The whole system ran me around $500 for everything, and I pay a small monthly fee for the tracking service. So how hard a car is to steal is entirely dependent on how hard you make it to steal.
And most importantly- install your security yourself!! Have some patience and take the time to do it right. Don't do it by the book, the more "custom" and unique your alarm is the harder it will be to disable
There are only three systems that have power and you'll never know it. Two of them are there to detect if someone has entered the car, the 3rd activates my GPS tracker and sends an immediate message to my cell phone with what was triggered. It is a silent alarm, but I can activate it remotely if I don't think I can get to the car in time.
Also if you do manage to get the car on a flatbed, or if you manage to get the car up in running in the 20+ minutes it will take you due to all the redudancies I will know exactly where the car is going through the GPS tracking. And not it's no lojack which is a peice of crap radio tracker.
So don't **** with a supra
. The whole system ran me around $500 for everything, and I pay a small monthly fee for the tracking service. So how hard a car is to steal is entirely dependent on how hard you make it to steal.And most importantly- install your security yourself!! Have some patience and take the time to do it right. Don't do it by the book, the more "custom" and unique your alarm is the harder it will be to disable
Last edited by Klaus; 06-30-10 at 08:51 AM.
