Car Audio jackings..

joeaudio26
joeaudio26 Posts: 97
edited February 2007 in Car Subwoofer Talk
Has anyone experienced audio theft ? a guy down the road from me has he took his jeep in for repair,it was left out and thives struck. He lost $2000 worth of kicker subs and amps and etc... Well he probley was asking for it he had huge kicker logo decals... that took almost all of his back window of his jeep. I too have a decal but its like 3 inchs long not 3 ft im never to far from my car when im out in stores. Call me paranoid, but im just wise plus i'm a believer that i'll get to them before they get to my equiptment..:)
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  • ch00dlz
    ch00dlz Posts: 15
    edited December 2006
    Thats too bad for your neighbor! Get an alarm, lojack or something. You don't want to go out there w/guns blazin! You might do 20-life reguardless of who jacked who...atleast here in WA!
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      • PolkThug
        PolkThug Posts: 7,532
        edited December 2006
        joeaudio26 wrote:
        I too have a decal but its like 3 inchs long not 3 ft

        You might as well put a 3 inch sticker on it that says "GANK ME".
      • joeaudio26
        joeaudio26 Posts: 97
        edited December 2006
        PolkThug wrote:
        You might as well put a 3 inch sticker on it that says "GANK ME".


        LoL, your probley right polkthug I guess you dont have any decals then i'll probley remove my small decal sometime this week.:D
        Whatsoever thy handfindeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is nor work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
      • joeaudio26
        joeaudio26 Posts: 97
        edited December 2006
        ch00dlz wrote:
        Thats too bad for your neighbor! Get an alarm, lojack or something. You don't want to go out there w/guns blazin! You might do 20-life reguardless of who jacked who...atleast here in WA!

        NO, I was talking beat down....
        Whatsoever thy handfindeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is nor work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
      • ch00dlz
        ch00dlz Posts: 15
        edited December 2006
        doesn't matter. Either way, he could have a gun. Just don't be foolish. Leave the sticker. Just buy an alarm...a 2-way.
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        1993 Honda Civic K20 swap
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          • joeaudio26
            joeaudio26 Posts: 97
            edited December 2006
            ch00dlz wrote:
            doesn't matter. Either way, he could have a gun. Just don't be foolish. Leave the sticker. Just buy an alarm...a 2-way.

            cool, I might get a alarm or get all my equipment insured .... haven't decided
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          • PolkThug
            PolkThug Posts: 7,532
            edited December 2006
            Don't ask how I know this ;) , but, the cars that are at highest risk of getting broke into are cars that have any kind of exterior modifications and are parked in apartment complexes which have close proximity to highway access.

            If exterior modifications are there (ie, body panels, tint, audio stickers) then there is a high chance of interior modifications. People who live in apartment complexes are used to false car alarms going off all the time, so when they hear one, its no big deal. Complexes close to the highway makes it easy to hit a whole string of them in one night.
          • michael_w
            michael_w Posts: 2,813
            edited December 2006
            Probably the easiest way to avoid it is to go for as stock looking install as possible and when you roll into a parking lot don't be blasting music with the windows down. It'll attract all the wrong kind of attention, especially if you're driving something modified and easily picked out. I see it all the time where people are shocked that their car got popped in the 15 mins they were in the mall. Stickers are just advertisments to help the thieves pick out a nice system.
          • zombie boy 2000
            zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
            edited December 2006
            I don't have anything fancy... just a cheapo head-unit and some factory speaks. But everything I had was ganked right in front of my residence last year. Didn't even noticed until I put the keys in the ignition and happened to see all the broken glass on the inside.

            Dumb-**** left about 100 cd's in the back... I guess indie and punk wasn't to his liking. Gotta love the city.
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          • joeaudio26
            joeaudio26 Posts: 97
            edited December 2006
            PolkThug wrote:
            Don't ask how I know this ;) , but, the cars that are at highest risk of getting broke into are cars that have any kind of exterior modifications and are parked in apartment complexes which have close proximity to highway access.

            If exterior modifications are there (ie, body panels, tint, audio stickers) then there is a high chance of interior modifications. People who live in apartment complexes are used to false car alarms going off all the time, so when they hear one, its no big deal. Complexes close to the highway makes it easy to hit a whole string of them in one night.

            I believe ya polkthug apartments are plain bad, you dont even need a sticker to have thieves strike your car. Some just tour the lot looking in windows seeing what people have and everyone knows police can't locate stolen stuff but can tell you where krispy kreme is .....had to add that..lol
            Whatsoever thy handfindeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is nor work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
          • TrappedUnder Ice
            TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
            edited February 2007
            Been Jacked 4 times in my life- Givin up on having Car Audio! Sad but true. I think they need too fry the bias that buy the Hot items...instead of the thiefs...no market- no steeling....

            Peace.
          • Joelsbass
            Joelsbass Posts: 637
            edited February 2007
            I've never had just the audio stolen but I have had 2 cars taken audio and all...
            MacLeod: I guess youre lucky Polk has such lax hiring standards.

            Josh: Damn skippy!
          • michael_w
            michael_w Posts: 2,813
            edited February 2007
            I'm looking forward to not having to leave my car in a mall parking lot all day when I'm at work. Maybe I'm too paranoid, but parking at a mall all day I just expect to walk out and see a window or two popped. The new job will let me park in a spot where I can see it all day from the window at my desk. :p
          • 1996blackmax
            1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
            edited February 2007
            Piece of mind is nice :D.
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          • vawakemonster
            vawakemonster Posts: 131
            edited February 2007
            TrappedUnder Ice sometimes they sell them to pawnshops and such. or to reputable chop shops or even out of the newspaper.
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          • RuSsMaN
            RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
            edited February 2007
            A. Stealth install.

            2. Alarm.

            D. Don't roll up blasting everywhere you go.

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          • exalted512
            exalted512 Posts: 10,735
            edited February 2007
            And that is why you get an alarm kids
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          • TrappedUnder Ice
            TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
            edited February 2007
            an alarm is like anit-virus software...there is always someone smarter out there!

            Granted- it keeps the H.S. kids out...or keeps it too just a smash and grab

            system in the Hoe was total stealth- except you could see the monitors and the hu.

            thats why they did not get th 5 amps that were in there. what a dummy!
          • exalted512
            exalted512 Posts: 10,735
            edited February 2007
            Agreed, but usually the ones that are smart enough to get past one are smart enough to know that theres a lot of other cars that dont have alarms.

            We had a guy come in a couple months ago that had problems with his alarm false triggering and such. Wanted to know how good a job they did. I was able to disable it after getting into the vehicle in about 10 seconds and he never got a page on his 2-way system...
            -Cody
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          • Joelsbass
            Joelsbass Posts: 637
            edited February 2007
            If your **** is REALLY custom and you're cool with the people around you, nobody will break into it cause everyone knows that it's your ****... idunno though this might only apply to the more ethnically diverse neighborhoods... dunno if it works in suburbia...
            MacLeod: I guess youre lucky Polk has such lax hiring standards.

            Josh: Damn skippy!
          • TrappedUnder Ice
            TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
            edited February 2007
            Dude at the mall or Theater could care less who you are :)
          • Joelsbass
            Joelsbass Posts: 637
            edited February 2007
            If your ride's really tricked out they avoid it... more likely that someone will recognize what they took and more likely it's got a high end alarm...
            MacLeod: I guess youre lucky Polk has such lax hiring standards.

            Josh: Damn skippy!