Like to start a thread that offers suggestions on what the best security systems are for the ITR. Maybe post the following and please help to add important facts to be shared relative to making a decision about them as I am no expert.
I just bought an ITR that was subject to having stuff stolen off it and I am in process of deciding on a security system
1. Name of Security System
2. Cost of System
3. What caused you to select this over others. What makes it special over others offered if that was a factor
a. Best Features
b. Capabilities
c. Can the system be by passed at all by theives as some cannot be.
4. If you must order from someplace special please provide vendor.
Feel free to add anything missing. Would like it to be clear, concise, and understandable for those novices on site who own 1 as not everyone is a guru except in their impeccable taste in cars.....

 

a secured garage

don't go anywhere where you have to park your car for a while.
only go for a drive then back to your garage.
not to the movies, the mall, etc

i always wanted a flame thrower or some kind of taser system but im sure they are illegal lol.

 

Well...if the thief wants the car badly enough, they will find a way to take it (the surefire way would be to tow it, unless you can spend $5000 on some floor "hooks" and chain your car in everytime you park it.

It's all about layers, though you should start with a GPS system (like ZoomBack or whatever it is) that can tell you where the car is at all times.

 

Here is a great website you should read. It details all kinds of security measures and how to do them.

http://causeforalarm.thecarthing.com...on6/index.html

 

ive thought about if you had to park outside to rip the ground up and put 5/8 chains in the ground and cement them in and wrap them around the wheels. lol

 

It's super hard to unbolt wheels or cut chains. Usually that takes a Ph.D and special tools not found anywhere. So...that's probably fool proof.

 

I chain mine to the floor with inch thick links. I'd love to see what they would being to try and cut that. Chain was used to pull 60 ton main battle tanks from mud.

 

You can cut thru those chains with an electric cutting tool or possibly large bolt cutters....but only if you can't find the illusive and rare 19mm socket to remove the wheels.

I get that you're making your car a less attractive target since all that that takes time and some of it makes a lot of noise. Plus they might not wanna mess with someone ubstable enough to tie down a car with chains used to remove a tank every time they park it.

 

lol its hardened steel. Bolt cutters wont even damage it, the links them selves are 4 inches across. Locking lugs with differrent patterns will help, you cant hammer a 19mm socket onto all of them. Its not that I'm unstable, its that I have the means and took the oppotunity to use the best I had available to make sure its still going to be my car tomorrow.

 

Thanks for posting this site! this is what ive been looking for!

 

Lol what happens when you get a flat tire?! I'm guessing you dont leave the wheel lock keys in your glove box. I meant that ubstable comment in the best possible way, btw. Also, universal wheel lock removers are available in the same aisle as the 19mm socket.

Since I really should part take in answering the OP's question instead of busting people's *****....I think a good idea is a pager alarm that is installed in a way that nobody can tell the car has an alarm. That way, they're less cautious and are less likely to do something like cut the battery cable.

The brain should be hidden in a hard to retrieve place. There should be a backup battery in the same place with a siren inside the car (unreachable also) as well as outside, hidden in the bay or fender.

Couple that with a hidden GPS transponder. IDK how big the transponders are, but a small enough one to fit into a high valued component like the engine or seats or trailing arms, etc. The chassis is usually dumped after the theft. The components are kept or sold. Track that down and you can get more info. Plus, thieves are less likely to look there for a GPS unit.

And ofcourse, a garage and common sense.

I'm not revealing my personal security secrets since...who knows who made/reads this thread.

 

I takem with me, it just takes me longer to get it off lolol. I also have a few other things. Pager alarms are really good, especially one with good range and a well hidden location. The cell phone trick is pretty neat too.

 

But...if you carry then with you in the car...wouldn't the thief also have access to them? Or do you take them in like your pockets? What if you fell in standing water with your 50lbs of wheel lock keys?! Drowning related death. That's what.

So what's all this about a cell phone trick? Talking about the Viper cell phone APP?

 

lolol there are always going to be tough scenarios, cant plan for everything

No, the prepaid cell tracker. Kind of a poormans version of a GPS locator

 

Another great tip is...padlock on the steering column, dont know if many people know about this...car is basically impossible to steal.

Couple friends cars have been tried and are still there, car is basically undriveable.

 

1. garage
2. motion sensor in the car that alerts a siren either on you or in your bedroom but NOT in the car.
3. install alarm with no led
4. some type of gps tracking

would be nearly impossible to successfully steal a car with those 4 things

#2 is the **** since it will take a thief a few minutes to steal a car. if you're alerted to him being there you can take action

 

Why the alarm with no led light? Just curious

 

Blinking LED. There's an alarm. So thief will disconnect the battery first.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Driveway-Patro.../dp/B0000645RH

 

i keep my ctr chained to the pole in my garage among other things, and the itr has oem alarm, multiple fuel cut off switches, starter enabler, and if i go somewhere im not comfy, the ecu goes with me. i feel like that is just as safe as any other alarm. my biggest fear.... a rollback.

 

Agreed, you can get Viper alarms that have up to 2 miles of paging radius (newer models might allow more now), tied to that alarm you have a backup battery, tilt sensor and hood pin sensor. With all of those items coupled as long as you're in the paging radius then you will be notified and will be able to respond. If they are able to get it on a rollback then the alarm is still going nuts and you can use GPS to track its location from there.

with that being said having a garage is STILL a must.

 

Garage
Alarm w/ gps
kill switch for Ecu or relay
and a boot if car is parked outside.

 

A pistol and extreme vigilance?

 

I have concluded the best system is offered by Ravelco.
They have sold over 3 million and never had a car stolen by driving it off. They have a 16 pin device that will not allow thieves to hot wire the car as all 16 wires are the color black, Once 1 wire is cut it disables the system completely. They are only $400 or so to buy and have to be installed by one of their techs.
My friends have put them on their expensive cars and wanted to pass this along
I have nothing to do with them but will have them put it on my Type-R and other sports cars. The web site is Ravelco.com I believe but you can google the company name and come up the with site.
1. Ravelco
2. cost is $400+
3. does not permit car to be started or hot wired

 

Many alarms can do the same, your biggest worry is the flatbed.... this is where tiltsensors and GPS come into play.