how do you protect your WRX?
07-30-2003, 03:15 AM
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how do you protect your WRX?
guys i was just wondering how you keep your WRX's safe from carjackers. i use autolock but sometimes its just doesnt feel enough, what do you guys use to feel secure about leaving ur baby in a parking lot for a couple hours.?
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07-30-2003, 12:08 PM
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lo-jak
If they want it, they will take it. Nothing you can do. But lo-jak can help you get to where it is after they take it. Also really good insurence helps to ease the mind.
07-30-2003, 07:29 PM
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Re: lo-jak
Originally posted by wvjnky
If they want it, they will take it. Nothing you can do. But lo-jak can help you get to where it is after they take it. Also really good insurence helps to ease the mind.
If they want it, they will take it. Nothing you can do. But lo-jak can help you get to where it is after they take it. Also really good insurence helps to ease the mind.
07-30-2003, 08:05 PM
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lo-jack is a GPS unit that the cops can use to track your car. Apparently they say that it cuts recovery times in about half. I think the website says like an average of 3-5 hours from when you call the car is recovered. I personally am going to go with one of those computer chip ignition kill switch. Does anyone know where to get one of these. I know they were big a few years ago, when my mom bought her honda they offered her one, but I figure if I can hide it somewhere in the car it would be almost impossible for someone to find it then disable it and then steal my car before someone notices. Just my thoughts.
Stephen
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07-30-2003, 08:10 PM
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What about that unit that I saw on tv where it hooks under your brake pedal? It was red. I remember them saying that if you can't depress the brake pedal then you can't put the car in gear... that would be fine and dandy for the guys that are driving the autos out there but for manual...? I remeber though they couldn't get any tools by the foot well because there wasn't enough space.. They even had a chrome one so it could match your cool looking riced out civic that they had on there..
I thought that was pretty good. They showed it kicking the club's ***.. The even shot at it with a shotgun slug and it didn't mess up...
Anyone have something like that?
-Nigel
I thought that was pretty good. They showed it kicking the club's ***.. The even shot at it with a shotgun slug and it didn't mess up...
Anyone have something like that?
-Nigel
07-30-2003, 09:01 PM
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NewShocker, it's called the brake club and it runs about $30 something...my bro got it for his Honda Accord and apparently it's worked fine. Dunno if anybody's tried to steal it yet but personally, I don't like it. I just think it is too bulky and heavy...it's kinda annoyin to have it around when u get in the car too. He got it off the net if you want one but I'm not sure what the website is.
07-31-2003, 05:13 AM
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Try Disclock
It won't prevent a car-jacking but for simple theft I recommend a Disclock. I bought one and it seems very very sturdy.
Made in England, kinda difficult to get over here, but there is one importer. They cost a little over a hundred bucks.
http://www.disklok.com/
Made in England, kinda difficult to get over here, but there is one importer. They cost a little over a hundred bucks.
http://www.disklok.com/
07-31-2003, 10:12 AM
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FYI, lo-jack has nothing to do with using GPS.
lo-jack is an excellent system, because the car finding is directly in the hands of the law enforecement, but there are alot of things that can go wrong with it.
lo-jack is only active when you report the car theft. They enter your vin into a database which then activates a low-power transmitter hidden in your vehicle. At this point, its up to shear luck whether or not a cop (with a lojack tracking receiver) gets close enough to your car for it to activate the cop's receiver. I'd estimate roughly 1 in 5 cars are lo-jack receiver equipped. You can tell which cars have it by the 4 antennas on the roof or the trunk arranged in a square shape.
The cops don't receive the best training on Radio Direction Finding (RDF) techniques and it usually takes at least 3 lo-jack equipped cars to find the transmitting vehicle. Helicoptors are often equipped too, but that can both make things easier and more difficult.
If anyone is really interested in quick *recovery* of a stolen vehicle, checkout www.findu.com and http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=k4hg
There was one instance in Canada where a guys van was stolen so that the crooks could transport some stolen property. The guy called the cops and told them exactly where his stolen van was and the cops swooped in. The stolen property that they were loading into the van tied them in to a string of robberies. Pretty Cool stuff.
Mike
lo-jack is an excellent system, because the car finding is directly in the hands of the law enforecement, but there are alot of things that can go wrong with it.
lo-jack is only active when you report the car theft. They enter your vin into a database which then activates a low-power transmitter hidden in your vehicle. At this point, its up to shear luck whether or not a cop (with a lojack tracking receiver) gets close enough to your car for it to activate the cop's receiver. I'd estimate roughly 1 in 5 cars are lo-jack receiver equipped. You can tell which cars have it by the 4 antennas on the roof or the trunk arranged in a square shape.
The cops don't receive the best training on Radio Direction Finding (RDF) techniques and it usually takes at least 3 lo-jack equipped cars to find the transmitting vehicle. Helicoptors are often equipped too, but that can both make things easier and more difficult.
If anyone is really interested in quick *recovery* of a stolen vehicle, checkout www.findu.com and http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=k4hg
There was one instance in Canada where a guys van was stolen so that the crooks could transport some stolen property. The guy called the cops and told them exactly where his stolen van was and the cops swooped in. The stolen property that they were loading into the van tied them in to a string of robberies. Pretty Cool stuff.
Mike
07-31-2003, 01:43 PM
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steering wheel locks are not as reliable as the autolock which locks to the brake for automatic tranny or to the clutch for manual tranny. steering wheel locks can be easily cut
the lo jack is does use a satelitte to track, it has 83% recovery rate or money back which is a good deal to me.
the lo jack is does use a satelitte to track, it has 83% recovery rate or money back which is a good deal to me.
07-31-2003, 02:17 PM
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I almost got the lo jack too, I like it, but it was a little expensive. So I got a regular ol alarm (ugh) just for the insurance deduction, plus I got the windows etched (a little more money off) - done for free at my local police department.
So far as cutting steering wheel locks. Sure, most can be easily cut. But check out that Disclock - it is metal "clam" that encases the entire wheel, plus it has a bar that sticks out tangentially (like a "club") so it keeps the wheel from turning.
Anyhow, a Disclock, in my opinon, would be EXCEEDINGLY hard to cut-off. Very very difficult in my mind.
No I don't work for them by the way. I'm just really impressed with the product. It's solid.
David
So far as cutting steering wheel locks. Sure, most can be easily cut. But check out that Disclock - it is metal "clam" that encases the entire wheel, plus it has a bar that sticks out tangentially (like a "club") so it keeps the wheel from turning.
Anyhow, a Disclock, in my opinon, would be EXCEEDINGLY hard to cut-off. Very very difficult in my mind.
No I don't work for them by the way. I'm just really impressed with the product. It's solid.
David