Question about all the stolen supra's

[lewis15498]

Boxing your car in is a great way to help prevent theft of the car. That way they have to get the other vehicles out of the way before they can take it. somebody wants to steal my supra they gotta get my landscape trailer out of the way, if somebody wants to steal that they have to get my shitbox truck out of the way. If nothing else it slows them down.

 

[ZoomZoomZoom]

I get the impression that the majority of the time the thief knows the car and knows the owner. Especially so in LilMissMKIII's case, and the car on the east coast that was sitting in the back of a garage with the engine out of it. This means the thief can take the time to study the situation, and come up with a plan. I think those that get their stereo and steering wheel cover stolen (Razoe) are victims of a petty thief who happened upon an opportunity. Thieves that go after the whole car are much more sophisticated. IMHO (and it is humble) the best way to protect your Supra is watch where you park it. I am very lucky that I get to park mine inside my home. Even so, there are no guarantees.

One of my clients is a tow company. They tow for the city. There's nothing that can stop 'em from picking up a car.

 

[Supracentral]

There's nothing that can stop 'em from picking up a car.

I repoed cars in another life. There are some things that can stop a guy with a tow truck and a set of door tools, but they are fairly extreme.

They all boil down to making it impossible to get the car, or making it impossible to tow it if you do.

One guy tied a vicious dog to the car, another slept in it... You get the picture.

All in all, a competent crook with the right tools can have your car in under 2-3 minutes. Sometimes under 30 sec if he's good and the circumstances work out.

Using a dynamic wheel lift wrecker is fast, especially if you know how to grab the tires with the jaws so you can tow it for a few blocks before having to put the straps on.

I could write a book about the crazy shit I saw doing that job.

I get the impression that the majority of the time the thief knows the car and knows the owner.

That's true of a lot of crime, and doubly so for car thieves. We've had several instances of it here that I'm aware of. (And a couple of people on the thieves list are in jail for it too)

 

[giterboosted]

Ok well it seams that even tho our cars are not worth a whole lot in stock fair shape.. why are they getting stolen ? Im going to guess becaue they have alot of money in aftermarket parts.. so.. all the cars that have been stolen.. did ALL of them or most have tons of money in aftermarket parts on them ? If thats the case then they must know whats under the hood.. and was wondering if the fourms not just sm but all the supra fourms are a outlet for thieves to look for high dollar cars... Just sucks that so many get stolen and they are not worth alot only the fast go go parts are.. what is everyone input ? And what can we do together as a group to battle this problem.

well for the record that was me, and you completely didn't pay attention, the switch is going to be on the dash, the cutoff was for safety purposes, and the fender comment was simply about the wire location

thank you and have a good day

 

[giterboosted]

Find a way to put pressure on the brakes while the car is off and even if hey try to hotwire or whatnot then they still can't move it

 

[Canuckrz]

Find a way to put pressure on the brakes while the car is off and even if hey try to hotwire or whatnot then they still can't move it

You mean like a 2nd hidden e-brake leaver?

 

[lewis15498]

Find a way to put pressure on the brakes while the car is off and even if hey try to hotwire or whatnot then they still can't move it

Line lockers! put them on the front, or get an extra set and do all 4 wheels. Secure your supra, and be able to lock up just the front brakes for smoky burnouts.

For those of you who dont know, a line locker is an electronic solenoid. You press the brake, then activate the line locker, and take your foot off the brake and the solenoid keeps a valve closed that locks the brakes.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/BMM-46076

 

[HommerSimpson]

airbags or line lock wont stop a wrecker at all.. they just wench it right on up... hell i use to strip the old vws at shop down to nothing.. including no front or rear suspension... and they just drag it right on up on the flat bed..
Ive seen them drag cars up that all 4 wheels were locked...and had flat tires..

If this is a Orgnized crime ring thats going around stealing modified cars to strip and sell the parts... the only way we are going to stop it is stop them and put them in jail....All im trying to do is help with what ever ideas i can... so at the very very least.. you need to take good detailed pictures of all your shit on your car...and make sure you keep handy... Maybe we should make a master list of all the car parts that have been stolen.. ?

 

[Canuckrz]

airbags or line lock wont stop a wrecker at all.. they just wench it right on up... hell i use to strip the old vws at shop down to nothing.. including no front or rear suspension... and they just drag it right on up on the flat bed..
Ive seen them drag cars up that all 4 wheels were locked...and had flat tires..

Nothing is absolute of course, but it would deter more would be thieves. Or at least cause enough attention to itself for someone to go hey something not right there.

 

[HommerSimpson]

Nothing is absolute of course, but it would deter more would be thieves. Or at least cause enough attention to itself for someone to go hey something not right there.

thats why a hidden battery and loud ass siren would atleast draw attintion as its going down the road... if I was a cop and saw a unmarked wrecker.. or even a marked one... going down road with a siren that was ear piersing .. i would stop it..

 

[Canuckrz]

thats why a hidden battery and loud ass siren would atleast draw attintion as its going down the road... if I was a cop and saw a unmarked wrecker.. or even a marked one... going down road with a siren that was ear piersing .. i would stop it..

True, but they can easily find the source of the sound and silence it "manually" hidden battery or not, if you catch my drift.

 

[Evilempire1.3JZ-GTE]

GPS locator.
Standalone ECU with key code lock built in.
Or standalone ECU with ECU map stored in password locked carputer.
Airbags to drop it on the ground.
Shaved handles with plated solenoid so it cant be slim jimmed.
screw kill switches & factory alarms they are a joke

Any would be thiefe with common sense know the toyota chech engine port haves the EFI B+ FP feedback so apply a possitive wire to any of them and drive off.

Thats just off the top of my head.

 

[mickgarvey]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42768

This way you can get sleep right up to the point at which you need to bust out the 12 gauge. I just saw this today and will be picking one up tomorrow haha, harborfreight ftw

 

[iskrem]

A well built garage.
Hidden GPS unit in the car.
Motion detector alarm in the garage.
Three steel pillars from the ground that activates with the alarm (like the ones outside embassies etc.)
Motion detector lightbeams outside the garage.

If somebody ventures outside your garage at night, you'll see light. If somebody gets inside your garage, you'll hear high-pitched sound. If somebody gets inside your car, you'll hear your front crash into steel. If somebody hooks your car with steel-wire, you'll hear and see your car mate with steel and a truck driving off with some pieces of metal attached. If by luck or unluck larger parts of the car get through the pillars, you'll have GPS unit attached.

 

[MA70witBoost]

i've thought about putting a train horn on my supra and having the alarm trigger that as opposed to a built in speaker. figure that if that doesn't get someones attention nothing will. that combined w/ a tracking system.

 

[HommerSimpson]

i've thought about putting a train horn on my supra and having the alarm trigger that as opposed to a built in speaker. figure that if that doesn't get someones attention nothing will. that combined w/ a tracking system.

Hood locks and loud ass speakers.. could even run it threw car speakers to... high pitch.. annoy them to death while they trying to figure it out lol and of course under the car.. mabye small ones in frame rails up front and rear

 

[Evilempire1.3JZ-GTE]

i've thought about putting a train horn on my supra and having the alarm trigger that as opposed to a built in speaker. figure that if that doesn't get someones attention nothing will. that combined w/ a tracking system.

lol I work on locomotives.
They use 120-140 psi to blow those full blast.
They wouldnt even be audible until ~60psi.
The air passes through them so fast they would vent your avg full size aircompressor in seconds. the air compressor inside a locomotive is about the size of a VW bug to charge the main,equalizing,resorvoirs not to mention all the other airsystems.
Their aircompressor even uses an intercooler because of the two stage pump on them about the size of about 2-3 times the largest auto intercoolers.

Most of the people who mount them onto cars use an airbag air tank and at the flow and psi you can maybe get out a couple single blast if your lucky.

 

[figgie]

No matter what you do, if someone wants it, they will get it.



My car was in a secure, underground carpark (key to get in + cameras), then down there it was in my own personal lock up garage that was bolted shut - the thieves still got in and stole it.



You can try deterrants, but more often than not, they won't do shit.

repo man wants your car



they will take it



http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/technology/2009/04/28/secrets-of-the-modern-repo-man.html



I saw video of this,



8 seconds from start to finish

 

[ZoomZoomZoom]

Get your car appraised and properly insure it.

The only way to truly cover your $ss.

 

[viper92086]

Airbags, when you park it let the air out of the system and have it sit on the frame rails. A little radical but they'll have a hell of a time getting it onto a flat bed or jacking it up to steal the rims. Airbag suspensions these days actually handle pretty good too.

lol i was reading this and this is exactly what my buddy did with his s10 all the time. laying frame and a pager alarm was all he needed. oh yea and a empty air tank haha