DIY: Gps tracking for your car

[kelton]

http://www.instamapper.com/diy.html



I dont want to hear anyone say there car has been stolen and you dont know where it is anymore lol.

[kouzie]

I don't get ...I must be dumb.

[Hondalover]

My old step dad put one of these on the bottom of my mom's car when she divorced him...
lmao

[lil_dcb7]

this is pretty bad ass!

[sunburn]

this is pretty bad ass!

Agreed!

I am planning on doing this to our new van , after reading the diy

[Luna92]

I have the exact same phone that I use to use when I worked construction .

Either way preaty sweet. But does the phone have to be on all the time.

[Phempa]

this has been around for a very very long time now.


definitely a good DIY-LoJack type system.

Hardwire the phone's charger into the vehicle battery, hide the thing very well, and you'll foil any thieve's shady plan and hopefully get them locked the fuck up!!!!

[Night Wolf]

would it work if it were under metal?

[cvc7chris]

it would be five *****'s if you didn't have to pay for the monthly plan..fuck that..

[drummersteve7]

beats gettin your car stolen if you have a ton of mods to it.
you say fuck it, but really, should be worth it in the long run.

if it works correctly.

[cvc7chris]

well yeah if you have a car that's heavily and expensibly modded. i wouldn't do it to my beater though...

if it really is .35 cents a day, it isn't bad at all...

but still free is always better ^_^

but these days you can't get shit for free


btw!! i just tested this application on my droid..and you can download the application for any iphone or android phone from the actual cellphone. and it works pretty damn good. the online page displays a map like "google maps" of your location along with coordinates, time, date, speed, ect...works pretttty good..still have to test it while i drive or w/e..

and another thing..wouldn't having the phone wired to your car battery, drain your car battery? kinda defeats the purpose

[kelton]

and another thing..wouldn't having the phone wired to your car battery, drain your car battery? kinda defeats the purpose

No, because when the car is off its not charging, unless you have it hooked up to charge constantly.

[The G-Man]

No, because when the car is off its not charging, unless you have it hooked up to charge constantly.

If you wire it to 12 volt constant it would. Plus, what happens when you go on a vacation for a week and then somebody steals your car by towing it? The car has not been on, and the cell phone battery sure as hell is not going to last that long.

[fatboy1185]

You'd just have to check the location online and make sure the car hasn't moved.

[MikeW]

And what if thieves steal and/or disconnect your battery? After seeing shit like this, that'd be the first thing id start doing.

Is this thread in leiu of Omar's recent happening..?

Also, as mentioned, some phones will lose signal in certain areas or building, etc.