Security

[57effie]

If they want it nothing will stop them. All you can do is make it hard. Use multiple systems, ie steering/pedal/gear lever locks and battery isolators that are visible as well as hidden systems. Slow them down and make lots of noise and light. If you're running a points ignition, earthing the coil works well. Run a wire from the points side of the coil back to a fuse block (blade fuse is easiest) somewhere else on the car. Tape the wiring up so its less conspicuous. Run the wire thru the fuse block and to earth away from the block. With the fuse out motor runs, fuse in shorts out coil, no spark no go. A fuse block with a fuse in it is less obvious than a switch in a strange place, and all you have to have is a spare fuse. This buys time. As for noise and light, there are lots of good systems on the market. Best system will have its own battery and include motion and noise sensors, and normally open and closed switch circuits. Trouble with proprietry systems is some one has figuered out how to get around them. If you put a system together yourself you have an element of unknown. Dont go advertising the fact that you have more elaborate security, advertising will give them a heads up and time to think about how to get around it. Best they found out the hard way, most likely they will cut and run at any noise and light.

[Jonno]

at least you can find it again once it is nicked:

http://www.rojone.com.au/ezitrak_gps_vehicle_tracking.html


although I am not sure what their definition of 'low cost' is?

Jonno

[57effie]

had a mate that boobey trapped his car and end up in jail for it

I new a bloke that used to race stock cars at the speedway. He'd spend the week preparing his car and fuel it up friday ready for saturday night. The car lived on a trailer on a vacant block next to his house. He got sick of it having the fuel milked so one friday night he took the socket off the end of an extension lead and screwed the live wire to the car. He never had lost any more fuel after that. When I asked him what he would have done if he woke up the next morning to find a body lying beside the trailer he said quite casually " I'd have roled up the lead and put it away, then called for an ambulance. For all I know he just had a heart attack"

[ratbox]

my mates boobey trap made a big bang which allerted the neighbours to the guy with the badly f#%ked up foot 

it used to be safe to have an old car (no money in them) but now with increasing values seems the theives have twigged and now unfortunately they're not so safe

[57effie]

softer targets. easier to get into, started and gone.

[Gary C]

Do what the parking cops do, wheel clamp.
Even if you got the cars keys you cant move and a great visual deterent, 2 minutes to fit, no wiring.
Start your own franchise importing wheel clamps for "unlockable cars".

Gary C

[ratbox]

Do what the parking cops do, wheel clamp.
Even if you got the cars keys you cant move and a great visual deterent, 2 minutes to fit, no wiring.
Start your own franchise importing wheel clamps for "unlockable cars".

Gary C

that's one of the best solutions depending on how hard it is to remove the clamp (by the thief) no matter what you do a car that can't roll is the hardest to steal