Yeh, here is the picture of my cruise control.

You know, I just discovered that I have all my windows etched with my VIN number. Does this come standard with EVO's?

 

well since I'm putting pictures up, here is my car.

 

Is that the Rostra unit? What model, which model wand, who installed? Me want!

 

Window etching is a dealer trick to "insure" your car and jack up the price. Its stupid and just costs money.

 

Is that the electric or vacuum one? I am interested in getting cruise installed, just haven't done any homework on it yet.

 

Same one my buddy had on his eclipse.

 

Most car insurance companys will etch a windows for free. If the thief has too replace all the windows on car it will cost over grand and they are less likely to steal the car since they loose profit. If they miss an etch window there is better chance of Police returning your car.

My insurance company Liberty Mutual will etch for free.

Peace,

Snoop

 

yeah you probably got ripped off ... the dealer probably snuck the window etching dealer option in there... when they asked if i wanted it i felt out denyed it even when they tried so hard to convince me it was against the law NOT to do it lol

 

I didn't get ripped off, since I bought this used and I don't etch my windows usually. I got my mom's bmw etched... although all bmw 5 series and up has that included.

But thanks for thinking I'm a complete idiot. Maybe I've got the extended warranty too.


I heard that too snoop. It's too much to replace all windows for theives, so if they're planning on selling that car after changing the vin plate, they can't or wont.

i'm so tired.....

 

Moving to S&S.

 

Most thieves steal cars so they can resell the parts. They aren't looking to resell the whole car. So they steal your car, take off theparts they want and quickly dump the hulk in the nearest alleyway within 12 hours.

What good did that window etching do for you? It might get that hulk recovered and ID'd more quickly for the police...But that doesn't mean anything to you. Either way, you end up with a totaled/theft recovered car. ie...Windows etched or windows not etched, you end up with the same result.

Those vin etchings are just one more place a thief can look on your car to get the vin#....so he can go to the nearest dealership and have a proper key made up.

SC~

 

That is the Rostra wand, I had that installed first, then switched out to a different rostra unit that to me looks more modern, soone else on evom has a different Rostra unit from the wand or the one I have. Do a search I'm sure you can find all about it.

It is electronic unit.

 

Nice, How much and does it comes with all the parts needed to work on the car? I might be interested on getting one too if it was a reasonable price.

Edit: Just found a distributor in Downey, Cali that carries Rostra cruise control and they quoted me $400 installed. Just the parts are $276+tax. Here is the info on the cruise control:

04 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION

CRUISE CONTROL
250-1223

Control Lever: 250-3421,250-3742
Adapter: NA
VSS Wire: LOCATION 2 22PIN CONNECTOR
VSS Wire Color: BLACK/YELLOW
VSS Pulse: 4000
VSS Tach Wire: NA IF MANUAL MUST USE CLUTCH SWITCH 250-4206
Tach Signal Wire Color: NA
Brake Switch Positive: RED/BLACK
Brake Switch Negative: GREEN

 

yeah it may be a "trick", but when i got the window etch, it costed me around $100, however my insurance went down about $100, so in my situation, it pretty much paid for itself. just my .02 cents

oh yeah, and nice cruise control install. real clean! good job!

 

it's fun to play with it when you drive.