I am sure many of U have seen this thread just entered today: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...-x-stolen.html
While this a real downer for our EVO brother, stv1.8t, it raises the question as to the best method to preclude this from happenning to the rest of us. While LowJack (sp?) will get UR car back but probably not in one piece and it appears that the EVO X alarm system can be sidestepped/averted as a deterant. My question is what is the best approach to prevent the car from actually being stolen from the spot it was parked in? Perhaps a hidden kill switch coupled with the wheel lock so even if they fryed the electronics they could not back it onto a flat bed truck. I know the argument is any method devised can be overriden by a determined thief. However, I am looking for things, relatively inexpensive things, that could be done to either stop or create a significant time delay and hassle resulting in the likelihood of abandoning UR car and move on to easier pickings, like an M3...anything but the X. All thoughts and ideas are welcome for I, for one, am willing to put in the bucks to stop this sh****t from happening. Thanks for UR help and suggestions!

Later, Ken

 

I know some people that unplug the battery and takes the ecu out of the car just to be safe. As for my I park it in the garage.

 

You could try things like:

Valet mode- even if they get the car going they aren't going to go too far.

Quick release hub for a new steering wheel- If they have no wheel to steer with it's kind of hard to take the car anywhere.

A properly setup alarm- Alarms installed by any old shop are setup in a way that's not very special. Not saying installers don't install alarms well, but they don't take the extra time to go through extraordinary lengths to hide things. As they shouldn't because they don't get paid for that.

Like take my brother for instance, he's an installer for a living so he does his own cars. You have to see what he does on his own cars. The brain is hidden in places you would not believe and the wires and relays are hidden and tucked in places that would make it borderline impossible to figure out. He also takes the wires and separates them, attaches them to wires that they normally wouldn't be near and wraps them up in a way they look factory. So even someone with knowledge in the alarm field would still have a crazy hard time figuring his wiring out.

Cars like his Supra (which has a sick alarm setup) he feels it's necessary to take the extra precaution because it's a car that people see and want. But again you won't find this at most installers because they don't get paid to do that nor do they have that kind of time.



At the end of the day though a determined and knowledgeable thief will be able to circumvent almost any deterrent. Also common sense goes a long way. Parking in well lit spots. Parking where you can see and hear things going on around the car (park in your garage if possible at your home).

Also luck plays a factor!

 

^I'd have to agree with SRTR, it just takes a little bit of common sense and maybe one of these -

 

garage
pitbull
9mm

has worked well so far.

I don't think there's any way to truly protect your car. And LoJack doesn't work in buildings and its old school every thief worth a crap can disable it.

However, I thought about this. Get a $10 a month ad-on to your cell plan, wire it into your trunk or somewhere no one would look, and use one of the carrier's programs to track it. Most cell carriers have a service where you can track any phone on your computer, or even on your phone, for kid safety. I'm sure it would work fine for evo safety.

 

The old NASIOC Trunk Monkey needs to be reborn as a Trunk NINJA. Basically, if anyone messes with your car, the Trunk Ninja jumps out and kicks the freaking crap out of the criminal.

 

How, and how well does the anti-theft mode work on the Cobb AP?

 

Doesnt matter if they tow it to strip it - which is how most of these thefts work nowadays.

If you want serious theft deterrant, check out Honda Tech's ITR forum. Lots of people jack Hondas cause it's easy money.

 

Kinda like the movie "The Hangover" lol. But naked!

 

IMO, the best ways to protect yourself against theft are:

Common Sense
Vigilance
Insurance

I can't think of anything outside of the extreme that is going to stop a pro thief from rolling your car on a flat-bed and having it dismantled before dawn--especially if it's parked outside. I still remember stories from my Acura days of people having their Integra Type R's stolen from locked garages. Just remember it's a car, and don't base your piece of mind on nothing ever happening to it.

 

Sounds like a good idea, if you're in the market for an AP.. park car, flash ECU to anti-theft, take AP with you. Just not sure if another AP could be used to reflash or not.. plus, it really wouldn't stop anyone from loading your car onto a flatbed to take to a chop-shop.

Being armed might help, but only if you live in a Castle Doctrine state (LINK), where using deadly force to protect your property is legal.

 

Many pros will use a flatbed to tow your car without any thing going off. If you really want to be safe, get a Clifford Intelliguard alarm with backup battery, tilt sensor, and motion sensor. It will sense if the car is tilted due to being towed or pulled up a flat bed. It will also sense motion in the vehicle if someone breaks a window. The backup battery is in case they cut the power to the car. It also comes with ignition kill and regular shock sensor. Optionally, you can even add a wireless fuel pump kill switch. That disables the fuel pump while the alarm is enabled, and it's wireless so no thief could follow a set of wires to find that you have a switch on the fuel pump. Clifford alarms are also designed to fail in an open state, so if they somehow ripped the brain of the alarm out, the car would not run. This sounds like an ad for Clifford lol, but if you really want to protect your car, look into it. Having a pager alarm that notifies you when anything goes off would also help.

I had Clifford alarms in two of my past cars, but now that I garage my evo nightly, I just count on having full coverage insurance in case anything happens

 

this is a stupid question, how does anyone protect there car. you may want to consult an expert but i hear rumors of things called car alarms to protect our cars. also we have man made caves i believe they are called garages. this thread is a fail.

 

take a section of your UICP with you if you're that worried about it. it will just get stripped anyway.

 

Ok, I have insurance but I really do not want to count on having to use but it is there. Also, I do not have a garage or a big light under to park. What I was looking for was some relativley easy way to prevent the car from being started and locking the wheels full lock to preclude rolling on a flat bed. Seems pretty straight forward but I do not know if this is naive to think this can be done. In the thread to which I referred earlier a post said that you can create a severe electrical surge which will blow UR alarm system by frying everything and then simply role the car on a flat bed. So yeah maybe it is a lame thread but I thought there might be something better than LoJack which only helps U find the car after its gone and probably stripped.

Later, Ken