Anti-theft device

[VRJoe]

I posted this link under the Stolen Trailer thread, but I figured it deserved it's own thread. I like the idea behind this device, nice and simple. I suspect I'll end up with a few in the not too distant future. It works by letting all the air out of the tire if the tire moves with the device in place. There was an article about it in the October 2005 issue of Street Rodder magazine.

 

Here's a link: Tire Deflator

 

Hope this prevents any more stolen alerts.

 

- Joe

[Gollum]

Hmm, I'm not sure I like the idea. 1. A car with a flat is still mobile. 2. You could cut it off and use a cap to plug it.

 

Granted it's a neat idea, but I wouldn't use it as a sole anti-theft device. I really like my auto-lok becuase they're really hard to cut through. (any hand tool is a joke, you'd need a serious power tool to do the job) I still use a kill switch and I want to install an ignition kill switch (current switch is a fuel switch). My hope is that only a real car theaf that's determined to get my car will be able to get away with it.

 

I think one of the best anti-theft devices still is an engine immobiliser. Low jack is nice, but if they steal it in the middle of the night they're gonna get away with it becuase they'll have the car strip searched by the time you wake up to call low jack.

 

Just my 3 cents on the subject. But the tire deflator still seems like a good product.

[Oleh]

i think they should of made it much smaller so noone would see it. You could probably kick it off.

[grumpyvette]

heres a very small sellection of anti theft devices, you really need some basic deterants to theft, while I won,t get into what I use in detail for obvious reasons, you need a multi layered approach, where defeating one or two layers still does not alow the car to be driven AND YOU NEED TO ACTIVATE those devices EACH TIME YOUR NOT IN THE CAR!!

 

http://home.att.net/~email.id/ADESystem.doc

 

 

http://www.wheelboots-immobilizers.com/wheelgrips.html

 

http://www.wheelboots-immobilizers.com/immobilizers.html

 

http://www.eastpointpolice.org/devices.htm

 

http://www.autosportcatalog.com/index.cfm?fa=p&pid=1079&sc=3364

 

http://www.autosportcatalog.com/index.cfm?fa=p&pid=3507

 

http://www.autobarn.net/rodi/2anstwhlo.html

 

http://www.lojack.com/?engine=adwords!2603&keyword=%28auto+anti+theft+device%29&match_type=

 

no you can,t make the car theft proof but you can make it more difficult than its worth to steal, things like hidden kill switchs and wheel locks WORK, simple things like parking your car where you can see it easily in a locked fenced yard, owning a few dogs, and parking a second car with an alarm ,blocking the more valuable car ALL potentially help, if for no other reason than the more time it takes the less it will look like a good target

 

personally I wish you could just shoot the theiving S.O.B.s and let them ROT on the curb in the trash where they belong

[savageskaterkid]

On a trailer you can't exactly put a fuel kill or ignition kill switch. And this idea is kind of new to me, so I don't think its an extremely common thing were every low life thief knows about it.

[80LS1T]

I think if they put some flashing lights and maybe a horn on that tire deflator the thief would see it for sure! LOL Its too big and obvious if you ask me. I like the idea behind it but they need to work on the size of it. Im sure they could make it smaller.

 

 

 

Guy

[zguy95135]

I prefer the south african flamethrower system.