Theft deterrents

[green ej8]

sorry nofx about your car.and i am actually glad the is an officer in the club welcome and enjoy your stay (not being sarcastic)

 

[B16A2_CIVIC]

^^^^^ hey amy will that help

ima buy another one so i have 2 boots

 

[mercuryrising]

Ive never had the boot on, but Ive heard you just have to deflate your tire a bit and it will slide off.

 

[B16A2_CIVIC]

Ive never had the boot on, but Ive heard you just have to deflate your tire a bit and it will slide off.

nah not this one its like a clamp it goes around the tire and the rim

 

[Blazed]

Unfortunately thieves evolve. Lo Jack also has a new system that will alert you if your car is being driven without a sensor chip that you carry on your key chain. They can contact you several different ways i.e. cellular phone, pager, text message, e-mail and the list goes on. This helps you to report it to the police sooner and get the Lo Jack signal activated sooner. Nothing is 100%.

The down side to systems like the Viper and other after market systems is that the viper operator has to call you and determine your car was stolen. He/she then calls the local police department and tells the dispatcher. The dispatcher then relays the information to the officers over the radio; information can get fubar that way.

Also the information only gets to the agency the operator is on the phone with, other nearby agencies are left in the dark. Let’s say that your car is stolen from the mall in City A. The operator will call Department A and report that your car was stolen and where it currently is. Department A says, we'll meet the victim and take the police report but the car is now in City B, you need to call Department B and tell them where the car is. The operator has to hang up and now call Department B; meanwhile the car is still moving and could be in City G by the time the call gets through.

Once a Lo Jack signal is activated it is sent to all Lo Jack tracking units, if you're in range you are going to know where the car is. This allows multiple agencies to converge on the cars location and work together on recovering it rather than playing phone tag.

in range? whats the range for lojac?

 

[j_fukin_t]

Here is your best bet: don't think many ppl would try to break in w/ this guy in there


no but on the real, a prox sensor and hook your horn up to the alarm instead the siren, as we all know honda horns are annoying as hell

 

[Panathrasher]

in range? whats the range for lojac?

First of all I would like to thank everyone for the warm welcome to Club Civic, I appreciate it. As far as the range for Lo Jack is concerned it uses cellular phone towers to triangulate the cars location. If you get a signal for your cellular phone Lo Jack will work. I can't speak for the exact distance but the city I work in is about 10 to 15 miles from the Tijuana border crossing and we get signals from cars that unfortunately have all ready made it across. So the range isn't too shabby. In case you're wondering what happens to the cars that make it across, CHP has a team that works with the Mexican Police to recover those cars. I hope this helps.

 

[Panathrasher]

nah not this one its like a clamp it goes around the tire and the rim

What does that do to your rim?

 

[Blazed]

What does that do to your rim?

that's actually a great device..
alpha lock i believe its called...

its made out of metal that goes around ur tire and thru the wheel so no1 can drive the car without taking it off first..
i believe a lot of police and shreiffs dept. use them if they cant tow a car they put the locks on until they resolve the tickets/disputes over the car...


btw...post some pics of ur car in the member rides section

 

[Beelzebubba]

You can always get some serious heavy duty chain and chain your drive axle to an object that won't move. 100 year old oak tree, bridge support, cop car at Krispy Kreme...etc... Now that's not going to keep a thief from trying to drive off but at least your car will be near where you left it...with a broken drive axle mind you...but still there.

but seriously, I like that boot! Won't do crap for your stereo but at least your car will still be there. My only concern is that the tow companies will see it and assume that they can just impound your car because parking enforcement booted it.

 

[JDMsta]

Does anyone still pad-lock the steering wheel column right by the brake pedal anymore??? I heard thats really good, if they get as for as starting it, they'll break the column as they try to drive off?

 

[NOFX]

Oh yeah, when I said a steering column collar, I didn't mean one of the red commercial ones that lock around it. I meant I'd want something actually welded around the steering column to protect it. Yes, I know it'd be a pain in the ass to work around, but oh well. I don't usually have to access it anyway.

 

[io_303]

Oh yeah, when I said a steering column collar, I didn't mean one of the red commercial ones that lock around it. I meant I'd want something actually welded around the steering column to protect it. Yes, I know it'd be a pain in the ass to work around, but oh well. I don't usually have to access it anyway.

I had to install a jeep with one of thoes on it the other day, and that was a b***h an a half....I never want to do that again. But I got most of the connections up in there so that it would be hard to mess with if someone does try to steal it.

 

[radarblips]

That's what I mostly thought too. My car was stolen two days ago though.

I'm really sorry to hear that, good that it's recovered though.

 

[Panathrasher]

You can always get some serious heavy duty chain and chain your drive axle to an object that won't move. 100 year old oak tree, bridge support, cop car at Krispy Kreme...etc... Now that's not going to keep a thief from trying to drive off but at least your car will be near where you left it...with a broken drive axle mind you...but still there.

but seriously, I like that boot! Won't do crap for your stereo but at least your car will still be there. My only concern is that the tow companies will see it and assume that they can just impound your car because parking enforcement booted it.

Krispy Kreme donuts suck.

 

[HP Civic 2]

I have a Viper with the pager...only beef I have with it is the range sucks.

Can anyone clear up what a kill switch does and how it works?

 

[NOFX]

Do a search and you should be able to find lots of stuff on kill switches. There should be a fuel kill switch how to on here too I think.

 

[io_303]

I have my second kill switch set up to throw the ECU into limp mode

 

[B16A2_CIVIC]

that's actually a great device..
alpha lock i believe its called...

its made out of metal that goes around ur tire and thru the wheel so no1 can drive the car without taking it off first..
i believe a lot of police and shreiffs dept. use them if they cant tow a car they put the locks on until they resolve the tickets/disputes over the car...


btw...post some pics of ur car in the member rides section

what raza said ^^^^

and it doesnt cratch your rim it has a plastic wraping around the metal so it wont scratch and it call alpha lock just like raza said alot people have it in jersey

 

[anekin007]

lojack and one of these baby when u find them