Im building an impala thats going to Brooklyn, NY and would like to know anybodys security features that they have... Another ignition switch hidden in the glove box?... I live in a small town and no one steals much around here... other than crack heads stealing my batteries out of my cars... Ideas? What you guys have?
The simplest way is to install an ignition "kill" switch that opens up the ignition circuit. The possibilities on how to do this are endless based upon your own ingenuity. All my cars have them. I'm not about to tell the world how I've done it for obvious reasons. Trust me when I tell you, you'd never figure it out. Installing a separate ignition switch is way too difficult. A "kill" switch is much easier. Anybody familiar with aircraft proximity switches?
Well, I put in a kill switch, will be using 2 different lug nut locks and will be using a club when I park. I may be over the edge with security but I don't think you can be too safe anymore. I figure if they look at my car and see all the **** they have to get through they might move down the block and get the 20 other silver camrys.
Put a boot on it. Take the coil wire with you Lock/chain the hood. Get an agreed value policy An 8 year old from Brooklyn will be able hot wire around anything faster than you could tell them how to do it.
The car is going to belong to an 18 year old... So the coil wire and etc will probably be over his head (hes not mechanical)... Clubs I know are a joke... lets see where to hide a switch...
Brooklyn isn't so bad. But I hope he has a garage to park it in to protect it from the reckless taxis and snowplows.
i always take my steering wheel off and lock it in the trunk. those kill switches are a joke. all you need is a jumper wire to byp*** them. i also insure the **** out it.
Capacitive or inductive? Can't say I'm familiar with "aircraft" prox switches, but I do deal with prox switches quite often. (I'm an industrial maintenance electrician.) Roger
Any clever kill switch you can think of can be jumped with a hot wire to the coil and a screwdriver at the starter, you do know this right? I don't care if its a million dollar kill switch either. So I knew someone who had a little magnet they had to put on the dash to start the car. Pretty cool I thought, I've seen cigar lighters be the switch, seat belt couplings or ****ons, plain as day on the dash nitrous arm switches, extra knobs, foot dimmers, really its all in your imagination. You could involve a secret switch to control a hidden relay for main battery power too.
All these switches are great ideas until they get a rollback and take off with it to get it started at their place.... Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
when i worked at Rutter's we sold and installed some of the Digital Guard Dawg systems. P***ive keyless entry/push ****on start.. basiclly you carry a sensor on your person and the car doesn't unlock or start without that sensor present. lots of newer high end cars come with similar. pretty StreetRodderish so it fits right in at Rutter's. here's the DGD stuff i listed on their site when i worked there http://ruttersrodshop.com/c-881811-digital-guard-dawg-2-go-keyless.html but don't buy from them. it's now cheaper to buy direct.... http://www.digitalguarddawg.com/automobiles-trucks and since i don't want to send any business their way anyhow.
Years back I was watching an interview of a guy that had been considered one of NYC top car thieves and he just laughed at any over the counter "theft deterrents". The ONE he said worked with the most effect was a fuel line or fuel pump (if electric) time delay switch. A pre-set time of a couple minutes or so would let the thief get it out onto the street and when it died no sane thief would hang around trying to get a stolen car started again. I agree you just can't defeat a roll back.
got this from an article, hagerty insurance is the source of the info. Parking lots are by far the most dangerous place to leave a collector car, with nearly 43 percent of Hagerty-insured collector vehicles reported stolen from various types of parking facilities. Keeping your collector car at home is safer, but not entirely safe, with 18.3 percent taken from driveways and 10.9 percent stolen from garages. To better protect your collector car, Hagerty suggests that owners adopt the "layered approach" to vehicle protection proposed by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)-in short, the more layers of protection you provide your vehicle, the more difficult it is to steal. Professional thieves can steal any car given enough time, but you should make them work hard to get yours. Start with the simplest layer of common sense. We often forget that an unlocked vehicle with a key in its ignition is an open invitation. > Remove keys from the ignition. > Lock all doors and close all windows. > Park in a well-lit area. > Be mindful of the areas where you leave your vehicle for extended periods of time unmonitored. > Don't leave tempting items like cell phones, briefcases, purses, cash or other valuables in plain view on a seat or dash. > Be sure the locks in your cl***ic are operable; if not, repair them. Your second layer of protection should be a visible or audible warning device, which alerts thieves that your car is protected. These could include: > Audible alarms > Steering column collars > Steering wheel and/or brake pedal locks > Wheel locks, tire locks and/or tire deflators > Theft deterrent decals or identification markers in or on the vehicle > Window etching and/or laminated gl*** Your final layer of theft protection is a recovery system. Hagerty's data shows that most stolen collector vehicles are never recovered. From a sampling of 334 collector vehicles reported stolen, only 79 were recovered, and only 20 of those were recovered with no damage. The average damage payment on recovered vehicles totaled close to $10,000
a simple shut off will probably do that on most carb'd stuff. i pull the fuse to the pump on my vw with the stroker engine. it'll crank and run on whats sitting in the bowls of the dellortos. though you'd never drive that cold natured ***** off before it ran out hahahaha....
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