Due to recent events, I have decided to post a few things that have been on my mind for the past couple of days. A few weeks ago, my brothers integra was stolen from a riverside apartment complex and found 8 days later by the pomona police department. luckily, some guy was driving it and the only thing that was taken was his rims and some sway bars. just a week ago, my best friend's crx was stolen from an apartment complex in highland, which was completely stock. it was found 6 days later with a few body panels and a distributor missing. again, the crx was completely stock. just yesterday, another really good friends eh hatch was stolen from redlands, spreen honda to be exact, and was found today. every body panel was taken, the car was stripped, and what was left was tagged on. other than a carbon fiber hood and rims, it was also stock.

here is my point...we have driven these cars for over 7 years and never had any sort of problem. i find it to be quite coincidental that all 3 cars were stolen within the same 3 weeks, all the same way. since all the cars had the auto-lock, we were wondering how these stupid thiefs get around it. heres what we saw on all 3 cars...

the fork, or the part that separates from the main piece and goes over the clutch pedal, was bent. the clutch pedal was also bent up towards the dash, almost to the point of not being able to drive the car. apparently what is happening is that the auto locks weakest point is being bent, as well as the clutch pedal, in order to slide it off. if anyone has had any similar problems, please let me know. i just thought i would share these events and give everyone a heads up that these f***ing thieves are finding ways around auto locks. maybe by itself its not enough?

 

This has been mentioned here more then a few times, auto-locks DO NOT WORK, they are easily removed by a crook because he does not care if he does damage to the car to remove it, although it will take a little time, if there is no alarm, they have all the time they need. 94

 

i always heard auto-lock was the best lol. that's what everyone said about the club too and look how that turned out. i'm just gonna buy a boot or 2 to go along with the quick-release wheel/hub lock combo and alarm. not much else you can do i guess. full coverage also might help.

 

Come on people. A well protected car has multi-layer security. Using only one or 2 things to protect your car is ONLY giving you false peace of mind. You have to start thinking like a thief. As already said, they DON'T CARE if they mess up your car as they are probably only going to strip it anyway. If you think that a cut steering wheel or a set of bent up pedals is going to bother them, you are sadly mistaken.

A club or auto lock only keep the "honest man" honest. A thief will simply chuckle and go right through them. Having a properly installed alarm and multiple manual circuit interruptions would have probably made the thief move on to the next car. Sure, your car may have been messed up but guess what? It's messed up right where you left it!

Sorry to hear you guys lost your cars. Full coverage insurance will not keep them from stealing your next car. However, a carefully thought out security measure should keep your car right where you left it.

 

True that. With a lil practise. You can have the autolock off in a lil as 20 sec. And if the alarm is installed poorly. That can be bypassed first with out even setting off the alarm and the theif can go to work and have as much time needed.

And autolock is a rip. They say there unbreakable. ha. Theives are not breaking them. They are bending them. So that means you do not get money back from autolock.

 

Get a relatively high-pressure hydraulic valve and put it in the clutch line. Rig a cable or small gearhead motor to it, run it into the cabin to close it easily. No fluid movement means no clutch movement.

Simple and 100% effective to keep the clutch engaged - or disengaged! (push clutch then close)

 

I remember someone posting the tool repo guys use to break the auto-locks. The auto-locks don't work. Hit up Des for a stealth install.

 

its all about layers. auto locks are a ok layer, but you still need a pro installed alarm.

all they are really good for is to **** the theif off cause now he has to spend more time in the car, which they dont like.

 

Someone just PM'd me about my post above, just thought i'd share the info I thought up.

This could be as effective as all your other layers combined - as long as they don't have a flatbed. I was thinking of an easy way to do this, and the word "line-lock" popped into my head. The line-lock is meant to 'disable' rear brakes at drag races for launching purposes. Anyways, if you ran your hydro clutch line through it, you could tie it to a switch, powered by the ignition and/or your alarm's siren output (via relay). Once the alarm goes off, the line-lock's solenoid valve shuts, SEALING your clutch line. They can stomp on your clutch pedal until they bend it - there's just no way around it if they don't expect it. If it's ignition-based, they will probably push the clutch in first, meaning the clutch gets sealed dis-engaged.


Either way, it's virtually impossible to drive the car w/o the clutch. Its also virtually impossible to use the clutch w/o a working pedal