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[3gencivic]

Shitty deal man. You should just go out and buy some of those motion sensor flood lights and replace the flood light with like a...headlight (highbeam on) or some other halogen lamp so if someone is dinkin around with it they blind him and hopefully deture him. you could probably hook up a camera to start filming when the sensor goes off as well (might take a little ingenious wiring).

as for the wiring harness...screw it. Its better to just re-wire it. Replace that factory 'headphone' wire with some actual speaker wire (nothing more than 14ga). Its not too difficult to rewire and its time well spent.

Damn dude, i hope that or those thieves get their asses caught. If i was in your neighborhood, i'd be fookin paranoid and be sleepin out in my car 

ok maayabe in sayingth ewrong thing if you look in th earea the radio gose there is a langth of wire tha thas all you need for the radio formthe fuse box. then it splits to the heater contols and motor well its riped righ tback to the split so to start wireing in a new one is going to be a SOB to do its doable but a pain.

the motion stuff dont work, learned that the first time.

camera might work i have some i can do that and i have all th estuff to do it and 400 vcrs to tape it. i am buged what i hate my cars have been hit 4 times now and my moms cavalier never.
mind you a cav is a newer shit box but come on im going to make a sign to post out by my gerage saying " I HAVE NO MORE STERIEOS YOU STOLE THEM ALL"

[Hollowman]

im going to make a sign to post out by my gerage saying " I HAVE  NO MORE STERIEOS YOU STOLE THEM ALL"

Haha.. At least you still have your sense of humor.. There isn't much you can really do except get a decent alarm to scare them a bit.. Problem is, if they really want to get in, they will.. A self powered siren is a good thing to buy with the alarm.. There was a post on the CRX resource about some door pins that lock the doors shut so they won't open.. They are controlled by the alarm system.. An interesting idea..

[3gencivic]

i have learned the pin idea is bad if they wont whats in side th efirst time the did it they punche dth eloocks so hard they fell out. so the actually bent the top othe door frame down about 8 inchs away from the frame ofhte car to get in side the car.

[down4ce]

I had an nightmare last night because of this I was at a car meet in a bad area and I went to look at the cars, lots of cool rides and saw a big 4wd school bus do a burnout. When I return to my car the whole interiors gone including the steering wheel and all thats left is shreded carpet and a portable drill. And to top it off the front end of my car looks like someone drove over it with a bulldozer
lets just say I was damn glad when I woke up. TT

[85c-rex]

this post has convinced me to put in an alarm....I just put in a 15" powerbass sub and a HiFonics 1000 watt amp...and i kinda like them...

-Alex

[lemons]

Shave the door handles and have a remote door opener?

Do they make a senser that goes off when, say a window breaks? If they go put oine on EVERY window.

[MandJ]

Just a (late) thought--some areas allow you to register serialized items with the local PD (high theft items like stereo equipment). Though it won't prevent another break in by itself, it will make it harder for the thieves to sell or trade stolen equipment and if you have a picture as well, it's proof positive that it was in your car...

[3gencivic]

yes that is here thatas why i need ed the resetis and the serial numbers.

[3gencivic]

update on car

well i just got back form icbc and it looks ok so far, i have to get the guy more info and he has to find info too but it looks like i only have to pay 6.50 so far thats for the locks. then for the sterio if it works out i will get full return too. i have the reseat form the pervieous owner so hes phoneing to verify and i have to go to a store that sells pionner and have them check the serieal number for it. and bring info saying the sterio and speckers were in my crx when bought and info saying the crx is mine since its a diff erent veical then what the clam is on. the car harnnes i have to fix myself. o well bu tnothing going in it till i get a alarm put in and im thinking to have the door handels shaved too.

[katulu]

heh, I've been pretty lucky, I haven't had anything stolen recently

my cutlass was broken into a few years back, but all they did was break a window, and busted the column, but they didn't know how to get it started, they took my remote for my stereo, and that's it

my cavalier has over 2g in stereo equipment in it, and nobody looks twice at it, tho, when I had the enkei 17's on it, I was coming home from work in my rex at 2am and saw a bunch of kids kneeling by the wheels of my cavi, I hit the high beams, aimed at them and punched it (heh, with my paceshitter exhaust, the cops did show up, neighbors called them) and I never saw them again.....;P~