GregS wrote:
> In article <voOdnX06H48Kz4rVnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, ChrisB
<ChrisB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> ruens wrote:
>>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:22:17 -0500, ChrisB
>>> <ChrisB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>> (...)
>>>
>>>> No ****. One of my police officer friends told me how sophisticated
the
>>>> thieves were regarding the LS1 thefts in the state. He then went on
to
>>>> tell me how the thieves have tow trucks in the New Orleans area, and
>>>> seem as though they are towing vehicles for legitimate reasons.
>>>> Uniforms, papers, you name it.
>>>>
>>>> Although I can't stop someone from stealing my car, I want to make
the
>>>> bastard work to take mine! I already have a super stealth car alarm
>>>> install planned where the brain won't be where a thief would expect
it
>>>> to be (unless he feels like disassembling the interior of the car)
and I
>>>> am thinking of going with a non-traditional method to prevent the
>>>> vehicle from running, in addition to the starter interrupt! The only
>>>> downside to this is I easily see my install taking close to 16 hours
due
>>>> to the re-routing of the wires and the not so standard location of
the
>>>> brain. No shop around here would take on that monumental task, plus
it
>>>> wouldn't be worth the labor they would charge anyhow!
>>> In addition to hiding the brain, you should consider a backup battery
>>> and a few backup sirens. A hidden alarm brain alone is useless if the
>>> battery wire is cut or removed.
>> Oh, I am definitely going with a battery backup! Every alarm I ever
>> installed had one, so this will be no exception.
>>
>> I am also going to use a couple of pain generators inside the cabin, as
>> Matt suggested! That delayed trigger is also a good idea.
>>
>> Of all the ironies, a friend of mine who works as an installer at Best
>> Buy has been telling me what I should do! He said that they, Best Buy,
>> don't do starter disables because they were forced to pay too many tow
>> charges, yet he told me that I need to disrupt the starter AND
something
>> else (fuel pump and/or ECU) because the starter disable would not stop
a
>> thief from push starting my car! I just find it ironic that he is
>> making suggestions of how to protect my vehicle yet he doesn't install
>> those protection features as a "professional" installer.
>
> I would not ever disable the starter. It gives the thief
> something to do. Creates a larger noise and time delay. Just disable the
fuel
> or ignition.
>
> greg
That is what I meant by starter kill.... I usually break the ignition
circuit somewhere other than the ignition harness in the steering
column. I am of the opinion that splicing close to the key just gives
the thief the information he needs to hot wire the car! Hell, 15 years
ago I used to base my alarm installs off of the shoddy installs that I
saw other "professionals" do! I am still shocked to see that the
installs today are just as shoddy, except now they don't even disable
the vehicle.
I guess the factory immobilizer circuits are supposed to keep the
vehicles safe..... Oh wait, I almost forgot that the real thieves
already know a way around those too.
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