Just wanted to make some suggestions and get some suggestions as my car's been broken into many times:
-Tint your shit...I'm going with smoke soon.
-Get rid of the interior trunk latch...it doesn't lock, even if you lock it.
-Secure your box to your strut towers w/thick, strong cables, and get rid of that back seat opener in the trunk...theives will prob. be surprised by the stuck box and at worst make off with your subs. From there, you can mount the amp between the box and the back seat, where it's basically permanently secure, or
-Mount your amp and box to a secured board by cutting holes in the board and mounting everything from the bottom, or with round bolts on top and the nuts under. Theives will have to break something to get anything out, as the whole thing won't leave the trunk in one piece, and the round tops of the bolts won't let them unscrew anything.
-Get an installer to install flash cameras to go with your alarm...digital if you think its worth it. Cameras on the dash are cool, but an even better idea would be to install some outdoor facing ones on each side of the car, so that whenever someone approaced the car their picture would be taken, along with any car or tow truck they might have come with. Now that I think about it, a full kit with proximity sensors and multiple still photo cameras would be the absolute best security solution; and for the truly insane, an integration with LoJack service to send your email or phone pics from your car would be the best way out, as you could identify the perps and have evidence, and call the cops if you're not near your car.
Some even crazier ideas I have include passing a strut tower bar through the box, mounting the amp upside down on the rear deck and mounting amps in the spare tire well or under the carpet behind the box. You have to make it not worth a thief's time to get your system out...and there's a lot of simple stuff we can do, even in our unsecure cars. Nobody want's CB7's in NYC (knock on wood) so I won't get a crazy alarm, although I am a big fan of the cameras; if someone's stealing the last thing they want is their pictures taken, and it could be set up to flash 4 times and only take one picture.
Furthermore, if you have a lens setup in the engine compartment (i know, i know) and the system hooked to a hidden battery, if they go as far as to try and clip the main battery you'll get the asshole who tried to do it too. I truly think there's no bigger deterrent...although they might just tow it away for the high tech security system! A decal saying "Theives will be photographed" is probably a nice touch too.
Beyond that other obvious stuff like a hidden ignition kill switch and maybe taking your headunit with you if your car's gonna be parked for a long time (why not?), what do you guys suggest?
-Tint your shit...I'm going with smoke soon.
-Get rid of the interior trunk latch...it doesn't lock, even if you lock it.
-Secure your box to your strut towers w/thick, strong cables, and get rid of that back seat opener in the trunk...theives will prob. be surprised by the stuck box and at worst make off with your subs. From there, you can mount the amp between the box and the back seat, where it's basically permanently secure, or
-Mount your amp and box to a secured board by cutting holes in the board and mounting everything from the bottom, or with round bolts on top and the nuts under. Theives will have to break something to get anything out, as the whole thing won't leave the trunk in one piece, and the round tops of the bolts won't let them unscrew anything.
-Get an installer to install flash cameras to go with your alarm...digital if you think its worth it. Cameras on the dash are cool, but an even better idea would be to install some outdoor facing ones on each side of the car, so that whenever someone approaced the car their picture would be taken, along with any car or tow truck they might have come with. Now that I think about it, a full kit with proximity sensors and multiple still photo cameras would be the absolute best security solution; and for the truly insane, an integration with LoJack service to send your email or phone pics from your car would be the best way out, as you could identify the perps and have evidence, and call the cops if you're not near your car.
Some even crazier ideas I have include passing a strut tower bar through the box, mounting the amp upside down on the rear deck and mounting amps in the spare tire well or under the carpet behind the box. You have to make it not worth a thief's time to get your system out...and there's a lot of simple stuff we can do, even in our unsecure cars. Nobody want's CB7's in NYC (knock on wood) so I won't get a crazy alarm, although I am a big fan of the cameras; if someone's stealing the last thing they want is their pictures taken, and it could be set up to flash 4 times and only take one picture.
Furthermore, if you have a lens setup in the engine compartment (i know, i know) and the system hooked to a hidden battery, if they go as far as to try and clip the main battery you'll get the asshole who tried to do it too. I truly think there's no bigger deterrent...although they might just tow it away for the high tech security system! A decal saying "Theives will be photographed" is probably a nice touch too.
Beyond that other obvious stuff like a hidden ignition kill switch and maybe taking your headunit with you if your car's gonna be parked for a long time (why not?), what do you guys suggest?
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