hey guys is a pop off steering wheel really going help from someone stealling your car i just drove my 88 pos civic for 30 miles without the steering wheel becuz someone borke into and stole my pop off steering wheel i got to say WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I take mine off when I park in a high risk area... You probably shouldn't be driving without one though

 

you drove without one?!?!

The purpose of a detatchable wheel is to take it off and take it with you anytime you leave ur car.... lol

 

bump for help....

 

Ofcourse it's not. The only theft proof is to not own anything at all.

 

not sure if i read this right but.... did you say you "left" your pop off steering wheel in the car while you were away from it?

The whole point of a Pop off steering wheel is to TAKE it with you so no one can just drive away without your or a compatible steering wheel.

 

Really? I just wanted to be JDM like the rest of the JDM kids.

 

long live 09's

 

This whole "jdm" scene

 

You have to do something a little more creative than removing the steering wheel. If they case your car, they'll just find another wheel. Having a way to lock the hub in place would probably do more.
I have been told "The Club" doesn't do much, apparently they're easy to remove.
Making the car harder to break into would be your first line of defense. New tumblers that aren't wore out, a guard over the rods inside the door for the latch to the handle, parking in a well lit, busy area. Then make it hard to move. Kill switches, and things like The Club.

 

What are tumblers? I'm always looking for ways to make the car less stealable...

another good idea

 

Tumblers are the mechanism that the key goes into (lock cylinder). Hondas tumblers tend to wear out, allowing any honda key to open the door at times. Replacing tumblers is pretty easy to do and i believe there is a good write up somewhere around this site to do so.

 

This has got to be one of the dumbest things I have heard in a while. You buy a removable steering wheel, to help prevent someone from stealing your car, and you get the steering wheel stolen because you left it in the car? Well I guess it worked because they didn't steal the car now did they?

 

lol @ people thinking a detachable steering wheel is meant to be a theft deterrent. god damn morans on honda tech lately.

 

hey just cause it's not meant to be doesn't mean it's not effective... arguably

 

i bought a 88 dx hatch for 400 just to beat the fxxx out of it i mean beat the fxxx out of i drove this p.o.s though the desert at 50 the the other day but prev owner stated doing mods to the car but only ef si seats and that fuxxin removeable streeing wheel and i just went to the store it was like 6pm here still daylight and they pulled the window back and got in and they only stole my change and the steering wheel since it had a 99 civic radio that i can tell they didint want that but i drove home like 30 miles i wasint mad the car is crap anyway but you can still drive the car by just the hub

 

The only moran is you calling people morans dumb fxxxx

 

Like i said i didint put in the car i bought the car as is except radio and you really think that i would hope my 400 pos is thetf proof dude your wack i have 4 other hondas that i made custom locks for the e brake just to make it that much harder for you non legit punk ***

 

This whole "jdm" scene

Never understood the whole "jdm" craze... I mean, why pass your car off as a "jdm" civic when its left hand drive???

 

I have to agree people just dont know what there talking about

 

I always take my quack releese with me everytime i park. even at home. may i suggest alarm. you can get a cheap alarm for about the same price of the quick release.

 

i thought about this once when i had a removable NRG steering wheel setup with the locking hub. how would i drive the car if i lost my key. the only options i could think of is a huge locking pliers, two strap wrenches, or slam a oil filter wrench on top of the locking hub, and use a welded ratchet to steer back and forth.... these are not ideas for a thief to try, but sometimes you need to think outside of the box to protect yourself, and find flaws in the system. So now you need to think, is it really worth it to spend X-amount of dollars into a locking steering wheel setup? Also don't forget, if they want it, they'll get it. No matter what the cost is.


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Oil Filter Wrench

 

What is the point of this thread? Nothing is theft proof. There are only deterrents and means by which to slow a thief from actually getting your property. Alarms are not theft proof either but if you had an alarm would you leave your key fob remote in the front seat?

Whether you think they are deterrents or not, to leave a removable steering wheel in the car after you take it off is just not smart. Why take it off in the first place then?

 

I place my Honda H emblem to Hyndai H emblem once. Best theft proof ever.

 

My EM1 sits in a locked garage ,with a 2 way Viper alarm, right next to my window, where I sleep next to a .40 caliber Sig Saur.


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