is there a way to secure a head unit in our cars?

[TheKrazyRaven]

so if someone decides they wanna smash my windows agian and steal it wont come out so easily?

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<small>[ January 05, 2004, 03:48 PM: Message edited by: TheKrazyRaven ]</small>

 

[LOUDSHO92]

Some head units have a stap that you can screw to the back of the head unit and then screw to a point in the DIN. This will make it it hard as well as make it hard fo you to remove it unless you know how to remove it. You might also want to get one with a faceplate and remove it as they tend to not take a stereo without a face plate though they will destroy the car looking for it.

Other things to consider is that some have a revolving face plate so it makes it hard to get out or looks like the face is gone. Also some have codes you can put in so that when the stereo is removed they have to put in a code to use the stereo again. If they dont have the code they cant use the stereo.

If you plan on installing subs some I came up with an idea with to make them hard to steal is to put the box in your car without subs and bolt it to the floor. Then install the subs with star screws. It will make it so hard for them to take them as well for you if you need to pull them out.

Even though you properly install a stereo they can come along with a screw driver and have it out in a few minutes while destroying your car. Recently some one stole a few year old cassette player out of my friends car. It cost less then $100 when it was installed. They stole it from a Tempo as well. Goes to show you that people will do anything to steal your stuff.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

yeah the one i HAD had a removeable face, but it was broken and would get messed up when i took it off so i never did

from now i'm the face is comming off and going inside when i'm home

 

[RI-SHO]

I don't know how bad the neighborhood in Lawerence is you live in compared to my old neighborhood in the Pawtucket/Providence(RI) line but I could never "pump" my $6K+ stereo anywhere around my old apt. Too many of my buds in SUV's and even POS beat Accord's were broken into for headunits.

I always had a setting in my EQ for low highs and cut my subs/bass, I only really pumped it out of state or somewhere far, and as you can see below I could only remove the top radio face the EQ face which had nothing behind it always stayed in, it was just a "fancy" Alpine Digital EQ controller/face with a long wire to its "brain" in the trunk. Also helped my amp rack was welded with crossmembers in the the trunk .



Basically by being over secure in my surronding neighborhood and people I only knew by first name basis or gave rides too I only had one attempt to steal my setup in 2+yrs of owning my last SHO. But was held up long enough in my drivers windows for me to hear my pager/alarm because the double layer tint I had held the windows together real good for him not just pop the locks and jump in quickly. Which is why at the time when I had to adjust something in my trunk I went to a loacl state park a good 40min away and parked near tree's to remove my box and mess with my setup/crossover, only reason though is because I have no garage access.

I know it sucks and you might feel like I do and think theres no reason why I should even go out of my way to protect my car this much but sometimes you just have to depending on your situation or how much you value what is in your car.

One suggestion I do have when you replace your headunit is try a few "mom and pop" stereo installation places for added security, because I had this kit mickey moused for my head unit at the time with brackets the extended the rear of the headunits width by having braces going horizontally that were about 3x the width of the hole in the center console so physically however much tugging you did you couldnt just pull it out without breaking 2 3/8" steel rods in the rear of the unit or its brackets.

Again man I know what it is like to have something stolen, I wish the best with the insurance.

 

[ILLSHOU_nb]

use a ty strap to secure gernade to heater duct and one more to secure pin to stereo that out to do it.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

my neighborhood is really good

they've been working my area lately but they've been staying a few streets away, guess this morning they made the move

 

[Chris Benvie]

Razor blades glued under the unit, they will drop it i promise


just remember that they're there

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

AutobahnSHO1130:
Razor blades glued under the unit, they will drop it i promise


just remember that they're there

but then i'll have to deal with blood stains

bad enough i had to clean blood stains out of my SHO already, once was enough

 

[K-Dawg]

If a thief wants it, a thief will get it.

And if for some reason he can't get it, he's going to beat the living shit out of it instead.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

this girl i knows brothers car got broken into last night

he caught the kid and beat the crap out of him

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

haha, my new one aint EVER comming out

 

[SolidState]

how did you secure it? my new deck is very easy to remove...

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

SolidState:
how did you secure it? my new deck is very easy to remove...

i'll send you a PM

i dont want this widly known on the net