Theft prevention, What do you use ?

[desertryder]

Now I have this awesome new truck and I tend not to take it into town and leave it at the mall.

I have no alarm. Do these truck get stolen more than Fords LOL ... .

If I had an alarm blowing in my front yard I couldn't hear it anyway.

What do you all use to secure your truck? Is " THE CLUB " still a usefull item or is there something else you use to secure your truck?

What is the best thing to use for theft deterent?

 

[pwknapp]

I think about half a dozen toggle switches in series for a pre-igniton power supply would do the trick. I've installed some for the clutch switch and it sure makes the wife call when she forgets which ones to throw.

 

[FourBarR]

i have the factory security system. according to the manual it has fuel cut off, in addition to horn blowing and lights flashing. i also have the club, and installed a flashing LED up by the head light switch. my final item is a ball valve on the main fuel line back by the tank ,just before the lp.

 

[Sarge]

:--) A dealer installed alarm, and a Smith and Wesson . 45 :--) The latter works really well :-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[Cigar John]

Two Doberman Pinschers

 

[Joe G.]

A San Diego cop told me once that thieves laugh at the club because it is so easy to defeat. I have two theft delay switches. One is in plain sight with a misleading label. It kills the fuel solenoid. The other is hidden. It kills the starter.

 

[Sarge]

The simplest solutions are always the best... ... ... .

 

[moolie]

quad 4 way cam

i have a quad system and i keep one on the rig and it's got motion detection full screen actually caught a guy in my hemi last summer my lady left the door unlocked it was like 5:00 am i came out of the garage and he was done i didn't realize he was stealing anything yet he said he was looking for a smoke i slapped his face and then socked him good called the cops because the slippery little puke got away and the cops didn't do a damn thing and every day i look at these losers in the neighborhood hoping to catch a glimpse but he's kept a real low profile. The cam system works well though of course only can use at home but they have them from lorex for less than 400

 

[EricBu12]

Heres what I use



http://www.autolock.com/Unbreakable_Auto_BL.htm

 

[catoiler]

I just leave it unlocked and hope someone will make at least a block before it breaks down! :-laf

 

[rweis]

I use a magnetic reed switch mounted behind the knee panel. You have to have a magnet placed in the right position to close the switch which is connected to the clutch jumper (ETC).



I leave the magnet in the console. The magnet looks very inconspicious. Let someone try to figure that one out. You could find the magnet if you knew what to look for. Then have to figure out what it is for. Then have to figuer out where to place it. By then I think they would go else where.



Bob Weis

 

[Bandit1]

i love my truck but that is why i pay insurance. my insurance company treated me very well when my old blazer got stolen, just keep it locked, if a thief wants the truck they will get it somehow, however i do like that magnet idea. pretty cool, my luck i would loose the magnet and be stuck my self

 

[dwolf452]

Where can one buy that magnetic switch ?

 

[bmoeller]

http://www.standexelectronics.com/switch.htm

 

[DieselTweaker]

GLOCK,,,,need I say more

 

[justinp20012500]

A well placed hole under the door handle in our rams will give anyone easy access. I had my broke into that way two weeks ago.



I have a factory security system, with a ball valve on the frame.



O ya, I just got done putting up a surveillance camera on the garage eve.





Justin

 

[patcarman]

well,actually i usally leave mine running in the winter,like if i go in the store or walmart or sompthing,most people know me and wont bother it,and if they dont know me and take it, they better keep it cause it will be a bad day for them and theyre famlyies when they r gone... that and the fact that i have a really cute and should i say muscular bull mastiff named lucy that looks kinda mean... if they only knew!

 

[RKrueger]

I inquired on this problem at Tims Trim in Rochester, NY and talked to the owner at some length. (Tim)

He told me that I had to do a few things to achieve the most protection:



1. They would install the latest, most secure system that would iinterrupt the start circuit (somehow), fuel shutoff, and an alarm if I wanted.

2. As I have a locking Hard Tonneau Cover, they would install a 12 volt battery in the rear, which would power the system.

3. They would securely route the wiring through the frame members where it was most difficult to get at, if at all.

4. He said that I had to find a way to lock the front hood down, chain, bracket, etc.



The last point became the stumbling block for me, but he was adament that to give me the protection I was asking for, I had to do this.

He told me this procedure, as elaborate as it was, would only stop the semi-serious thieves once. If they really want my truck, they'll get it, especially after they run into any stumbling blocks on the first attempt.

I know of one such dually that the thieves just backed up a quiet flatbed in the middle of the night, and loaded up the whole truck. Never seen again.



So the bottom line of the conversation was that I should button down the hood, and he would take care of the rest. Problem was though that I never found a way to do this. I'm surprised somebody hasn't come up with something yet. Hmmmmm..... maybe a good time to send a request to Geno's.



Robert

 

[Todd T]

My truck has some sort of removable plug on the knee panel under the steering wheel. if removed it kills the ignition. I bought it this way, and have never used it.



I'd just as soon have the truck take no keys at all. just a toggle to power it up and a push button to start it. I hate keys and locks. The only thing i hold that dearly is my kid's and wife's lifes, the truck, you can have!



they're making more every day

 

[DieselPuter]

Proffessional Car thief

As a professional car thief (Auto Repossessor) I think I have a little insight as to protection for your car from theft. Most car thiefs are kids looking to joy ride. The professionals know all the tricks mentioned above belive me I have seen them all. And if you think that you will hear a professional in your driveway at 3 am and come out with a gun you are sadly mistaken. I have taken thousands of cars from peoples driveways in the middle of the day and the middle of the night who thought just that. Here are some steps that I have personally taken to protect my truck.



1. Have your truck re-keyed, with your vin number, a few bucks, and a few minutes I can have a working set of keys to your truck, not hard to do. I can do it online or dummy up some registration and get it from the dealer. If you re-key your truck the thief will not be able to get a "key-code" and have a working set of keys made. Any locksmith can do this for around $150 bucks.



2. Cover your dash vin number.



3. Hidden kill switches are very effective, but hid them very good. The locktronics thing can be defeated with a paperclip, I carry a magnet with me for the magnet alarms, these are worthless to stop a pro. Do NOT set them up as a fake switch, I see a lot of people use the high beam/turn single lever as a kill switch or a fog light switch or a blank rocker switch on the kick panel. A professional knows these tricks, my ignition kill switch is a rocker switch mounted underneath my amp under the drivers seat and the wires are tied into the amp wires, it looks like a part of the amp, I have never seen it done before. When you splice a kill switch wire into the factory ignition wire bundle use onion tape to tape as much of it as you can (onion tape is impossible to rip, it has to be cut or unwound, which takes time) Cover the onion tape with black electrical tape and put as many zip ties as you can fit the whole length of the bundle of wires (40 or 50), this will slow down the thief big time as he will have to cut off 2 layers of tape and a bunch of zip ties to find where you spliced into the factory ignition wire. Time is the best defence to stop a thief. I saw this trick on a F-150 and it took me over an hour in my shop to bypass his home-made kill switch, and this was with good lighting and proper tools and no pressure of someone coming out with a gun.



4. Disconnect your hood latch opening lever, its hard to disconnect a alarm, siren or battery quickly if you can't get the hood open. I just use a pair of pliers to pull the wire when I need to open the hood.



Just my opinion but I would think that CTD's are not stolen by kids to joy ride, they are professionals with orders looking for CTD's or other full size deisels, lots of money to be made in used parts. I have seen some chop shops here in Modesto that can strip a full sized truck in a day and dump whats left out in the country on the side of the road... ... ...