Car security

[ss dave]

Recent posts got me thinking about my garage and car.
1. I'm going to connect my home ADT security to my garage, armed and door opens: alarm and cops.
2.Turn on my hidden kill switch when parked.
3. Hidden GPS tracker.
Another thought, bolt or pour a pole holder into the concrete behind the car in the garage, when parked slip the 3 ft pole into the holder and lock it in. Won't be able to back out car. Remove when needed. No chains to cut, mess with. In my garage the car wouldn't be able to be moved.

[67 455 Bird ragtop]

Thanks for letting us know what you are going to do to protect your car. I can start planning now

[vp23271]

Unfortunately at the end of the day, if a proficient car thief wants your car bad enough he is gonna get it. But I think you have the right idea! The more difficult/time consuming you make it for him to get your car, the more likely he will just move on to the next possible car.

The hidden kill switch is an inexpensive way to help safe guard your car. GPS is something I am also considering when my project is done. Something I do when I go on vacation is lock the garage door from the inside. I have an extra set of locking sliders and some beefy pad locks. It won't stop a thief, but it will slow them down, maybe long enough for one of my neighbors to call the police.

If you decide to go with an alarm system on the garage door, make sure you have a long enough delay to disarm it after you get home.

I once heard, that one of the biggest problems with home alarms is the home owners get complaisant or tired of arming/disarming the alarm.

[monza]

On your alarm, make sure you have it armed separate from the house.
That way you can be home and your garage is alarmed (detached garage), just finished that with ADT myself.

[Rolling_Thunder]

I have a HK UPS... nuff said

[monza]

I have a HK UPS... nuff said

berreta, glock, ar16 in no particular order but some times you might not be home...

[Steve1968LS2]

When I re-do my garage I'm installing these...

a floor anchor by Kryptonite..

http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Produc...scid=&pid=1161

Or even better.. set into the concrete!

http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Produc...scid=&pid=1162

This is SO going in my garage.. Near one of the lower control arms

That anchor combined with this chain... being under the car would even make it harder to defeat (would suck to lose the keys! lol)

http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Produc...=1002&pid=1169

I figure it can hurt and time is death to a car thief.. they want to get in and out in a hurry.

They had better hope I'm not home though or I will open the gun safe and bring down the wrath of God.. lol

[Steve1968LS2]

I have a HK UPS... nuff said

You too? Which one? I have the (no longer made) stainless full sized .45

[Damn True]

Wish I'd thought of that set-in shackle when we were having the garage floor poured.

I may have to cut a hole and go with the steel pole behind the car.

.357 Mag revolver m'self, but lately I have been looking at a Kimber .45

[vp23271]

More Locks and Chains

http://www.lockitt.com/index.html

[Steve1968LS2]

Wish I'd thought of that set-in shackle when we were having the garage floor poured.

I may have to cut a hole and go with the steel pole behind the car.

.357 Mag revolver m'self, but lately I have been looking at a Kimber .45

Both Kryptonite and the guys below make anchors you can add to an existing floor (they bolt in).

http://www.lockitt.com/lockdown.htm#TaffynaclesBoltdown

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

remember the sticky idea i had?...

im going GPS, killswitch, glock, floor anchor, no steering wheel.. etc.

[Damn True]

Both Kryptonite and the guys below make anchors you can add to an existing floor (they bolt in).

http://www.lockitt.com/lockdown.htm#TaffynaclesBoltdown

A number of solid looking solutions there.

This looks good too:
http://www.sounddistribution.co.uk/p...recnumber=2954

Combine that with:

[ss dave]

That post is exactly what I was thinking, put it behind the car and then you don't have to mess with the chains. Chains are easy for a bike but a car..I guess you could run it thru a spoked wheel fairly easy.

[ss dave]

Or use the post to anchor the chain! uh, uh? lol

[Chad-1stGen]

I take my commander 950 ECU out of the car most times when I leave it unattended.

[got_hp?]

I take my commander 950 ECU out of the car most times when I leave it unattended.

but that doesnt stop them from dragging it up a flatbed


i wonder what percentage of thieves actually drive the car they stole away from the crime scene, and how many use some sort of trailer or towing setup.

[Steve1968LS2]

Or use the post to anchor the chain! uh, uh? lol

A post is just another thing to hit in the garage. Also, if the lock and the chain are somewhat under the car it will make it that much harger to get bolt cutters on them (or get good leverage)

That post is exactly what I was thinking, put it behind the car and then you don't have to mess with the chains. Chains are easy for a bike but a car..I guess you could run it thru a spoked wheel fairly easy.

Chain around the frame.. around the lower control arm.. around the trans crossmember.. etc.

[StRacerDuke]

When I re-do my garage I'm installing these...

a floor anchor by Kryptonite..

http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Produc...scid=&pid=1161

Or even better.. set into the concrete!

http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Produc...scid=&pid=1162

This is SO going in my garage.. Near one of the lower control arms

That anchor combined with this chain... being under the car would even make it harder to defeat (would suck to lose the keys! lol)

http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Produc...=1002&pid=1169

I figure it can hurt and time is death to a car thief.. they want to get in and out in a hurry.

They had better hope I'm not home though or I will open the gun safe and bring down the wrath of God.. lol

Just don't store your hot wrench next to your car if you use these

[Chad-1stGen]

but that doesnt stop them from dragging it up a flatbed


i wonder what percentage of thieves actually drive the car they stole away from the crime scene, and how many use some sort of trailer or towing setup.

Yup but at least I know that is about the ONLY way they are getting the car. At home I park in an underground garage so w/o power it would take probably 7+ guys to push out of the garage to a flat bed (my driveway is STEEP!

Not to long ago I was visiting a friend in San Diego where he lives in a town house community. My car was there about an hour when I walk outside and see a big dually with a flat bed trailer parked in front of my car. Friend says he never saw the dude before. I moved my car into his garage lol.