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Theft Proof??? - How to keep the thieves at bay.

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Theft Proof???

Has anyone hooked up an electronic fuel pump with a cut-off switch? Similar to an ignition cut-off? I want to hook one up since I got my truck back from those bitch-ass thieves. I want it 100% theft proof & I dont think an ignition cut-off is enough. I dont have EFI so I'll have to buy an electronic one and hook it up. Too damn bad we cant have the theft proof they have in Russia where it burns the thieves legs w/ propane upon stealing it!!!!! Anyone have any suggestions??????

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ok i have a lot of experience with thieves. i must first describe my truck it was a nissan 720 with the back window and everything below it cut out making it like a pathfinder wannabe. well they climbed into the back and stole everything they could see radio amp subs even my truck trader. next morning i walked outside to see everything was gone. i called the cops they did all that investigating bs tried to get prints but thats impossible cause i bed-lined the whole truck. then they told me it was my fault for making my truck an easy target . wtf? so i replaced the stereo an decided id cage up the rear so people couldn't get in. i thought all was well like 2 weeks later it happened again only this time i caught them in the act. i ran outside but they were gone by the time i got there this prompted me to rig some home alone type devices meant to cause pain and the loss of maybe some fingers. first i welded spikes made from all thread onto the only place anyone could crawl threw the cage. then i made a trip to the hard ware store and bought some rat traps, and mice traps then called a good friend and went to work. we put the rat traps under the dash where you have to reach to disconnect the stereo, then we set up the mice traps all over the inside after a week of no luck catching the (rats) we decided to crank it up a notch. i glued close to 12 razor blades to the backside of the stereo along with the rat traps. then i stopped setting the mice traps. then the next day i hit pay dirt blood on the dash and all three traps had been set off. i called the cops turned out they caught the guy stealing from another car with deep cuts all over his hands that had been taped up so the moral of the story is don't steal from people... i think anyone caught stealing should have there fingers cut off:flipoff2:
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ok i have a lot of experience with thieves. i must first describe my truck it was a nissan 720 with the back window and everything below it cut out making it like a pathfinder wannabe. well they climbed into the back and stole everything they could see radio amp subs even my truck trader. next morning i walked outside to see everything was gone. i called the cops they did all that investigating bs tried to get prints but thats impossible cause i bed-lined the whole truck. then they told me it was my fault for making my truck an easy target . wtf? so i replaced the stereo an decided id cage up the rear so people couldn't get in. i thought all was well like 2 weeks later it happened again only this time i caught them in the act. i ran outside but they were gone by the time i got there this prompted me to rig some home alone type devices meant to cause pain and the loss of maybe some fingers. first i welded spikes made from all thread onto the only place anyone could crawl threw the cage. then i made a trip to the hard ware store and bought some rat traps, and mice traps then called a good friend and went to work. we put the rat traps under the dash where you have to reach to disconnect the stereo, then we set up the mice traps all over the inside after a week of no luck catching the (rats) we decided to crank it up a notch. i glued close to 12 razor blades to the backside of the stereo along with the rat traps. then i stopped setting the mice traps. then the next day i hit pay dirt blood on the dash and all three traps had been set off. i called the cops turned out they caught the guy stealing from another car with deep cuts all over his hands that had been taped up so the moral of the story is don't steal from people... i think anyone caught stealing should have there fingers cut off:flipoff2:
The thieves in my neighborhood are more vindictive, they would have burnt your truck to the ground.
The thieves in my neighborhood are more vindictive, they would have burnt your truck to the ground.
true in most places they would have burned my truck to the ground, but the thieves here are stupid hell. i watched a dumb a$$ steal a 5 gallon gas can i keep my used motor oil in and he poured it into his car. im not dealing with smart thieves just idiots with sticky fingers. btw if the can had fuel in it it would have been diesel i currently drive a samurai or my dads ford. the samurai wont get hit by thieves it has nothing to steal except for the whole car, but fuel, coil, lights, and everything else runs off toggle switches that aren't labeled.
You guys all have great ideas. I like the fact that someone pointed out a back up plan could just stop the engine, not like a physical barrier like a chain or switch. I live in NJ and go to school in philadelphia. There is a way that costs 0$ to stop many many possible thefts - just take some distributor wires and put them in your pocket! I do it all the time. Its like having a second, hidden, key. And its not like they can break something or bypass it easily ( granted they dont carry the same wires in their back pocket ) Also, someone stole my spare tire cover and boy i dont really care for the spare its pretty much useless, but it looks ugly. So i bought a new cover, glued it on, and glued on razor blades and fishing hooks on the inside.
For my manual 79 CJ7 I just bought a motorcyle disc brake lock and put it around the clutch and the brake pedal. They either have to put it on a trailer or they have to drive it around in 1st gear. As soon as they clutch to shift, the brake pedal is going down with it! :D

Not the best, but sure is easy to put on and take off - and with no top and doors, a bright yellow lock on the pedals is easy to spot in a Jeep on 35"s and will usually cause them to forget it....as has been stated before - if they REALLY want it, they will get it :shaking:
1st - Along with my Viper alarm, I installed multiple 130db piezo alarms in the cab of my F350 tow rig. Some are under the dash, deep in the a/c vents, under the seat, rear cab wall, and glovebox. There are 9 total. They cost just a few dollars a piece at radio shack, and are ear piercing! When they all go off it is almost impossible to determine where they are all coming from. It's unbearable to stay in the cab with that many sirens going off.

2nd - I wired my ignition kill switch to my seatbelt sensor. My thinking was, what thief in all their haste to steal a car will actually apply their safety belt?! It's been broken into 4 times, and never once has it be moved an inch.

3rd - I hard wired a GPS equipped cell phone (that is on my cell phone plan), to a charger tucked up under the dash of my truck. It's always on, and on the charger. So if the power is cut, it still has 12-16 hours of standby time. I also use http://free.3dtracking.net/ to track it via Google Earth. It's basically a cheap/free version of Low-Jack.
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There are a lot of good ideas here. I have two ignition switches. They can fiddle around for a while trying to figure them out.
i don,t know how it was done, but a friend used a relay. hooked to the starter . you had to turn on his lights to start his truck. maybe some one electric savy will know how. i would use this and a radio with and electric anta.turn the radio on first to get the signal to relay.to open the starter signal:D
Always been a fan of wiring up the ignition so the cigarette lighter had to be pressed in for the truck to start. Just don't leave it in the car but not in the lighter part. :)

Or just make your rig such a pile, no one would want it. :p
my rig is pretty much a pile the only thing it had goung for it was the 37inch boggers and the straight body and the one time a go on vacation some one jacks it drives it a mile and steals the tires and beat my passenger door and fenders in the process the wierd thing is my battery was toast so it had to be either jumped or tow started
How about a pre-recorded message of your voice at normal decibel level that begins when the door is opened? "That is correct officer, he is trying to steal the truck right now and I have my rifle aimed at him"
Yeah that will stop them :shaking:
Yeah that will stop them :shaking:
Did I say it would stop them?
It is only a possible deterrent to a punk kid that may be after a stereo etc. My idea was no different than this guys Viper alarm post.

flashes and the siren would say"YOU"RE IDENTITY HAS BEEN RECORDED! PLEASE STEP AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE!" They would usually run.
we had a truck in at our shop that had a magnetic immobilizer installed. when i went to move the truck my service manager was giggling away when i was cursing it would not start. its something i would really consider installing in my own rig.
you could screw some razor blades under your hood so when they open it they get their shit fucked up.some one was stole my old mans battery at a bar one time.so he screwed some razor blades under the hood and what do you know,the stupid mother fucker that tried to steel the battery the second time got his shit fucked up cus their was blood all over the front of his truck.that will be something that dude never forgets.:D
Good lord guys, I have not even taken the keys out of my truck for months! Where the hell do you live???? Is it really that bad outside Iowa?
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