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MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: Trailabite on January 14, 2010, 08:15:18 AM
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There has been a slew of jeeps being broken into down here in Miami! The bad part is that people are leaving their jeeps unlocked and the idiots are still cutting the plastic windows to get in. So keep your jeeps in the garage if you have one and do not keep anything of value inside - most of us know this already but sometimes we get lazy and leave things behind!
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Thanks!
Luckly I have my hard top on & my jeep pretty much stays locked in a garage or parking deck all day.
Also, remember to keep the circle cleaned off your window if you use a GPS with a suction cup. People look for that circle...
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I just found out that my son-in-law's truck was robbed! And they live in fairly nice neighborhood. Sounds like it was just kids though because all they took was the GPS off the window and they left the $300 camera and $200 binoculars that was laying on the dash right under the GPS.
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yeah, i learned my lesson the hard way. a couple months ago i had my ipod and radio stolen out of my jeep when the ipod and faceplate to my radio were locked in the glove box. i guess the crack head realized that if the radio had a detachable face plate it must be nice so he ripped my glove box off and then ripped the radio and ipod out. didn't even disconnect the wires, just ripped them out. what a f**ktard.
don't park in shady areas and if you do take anything that isn't bolted down with you.
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As mentioned, I never lock the doors. The top is too expensive, so hopefully they'll check the handle instead. If I'm parking for more than an hour is I leave the center console lid up, glove compartment open, and partially unzip the windows so it is obvious they are open. I figure that if a thief sees that the console is already open, then they'll figure there probably isn't anything of value left in it and move on.
Last thing I do, I keep a handful of spare change in the cup holder. If it's missing, then I know someone's been in the Jeep and I know to check if anything else has been messed with. It's only turned up missing once when I parked in Buckhead years ago.
God help the sucker if I ever catch a thief in my Jeep!
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Yeah, Jeeps are probably the easiest vehicle on the planet to break into. I have a soft top and soft doors with no locks so I don't keep anything in there of value other than the CB. Insurance can buy me some goodies if I get anything stolen.
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Yea I forgot to take my CD's out one day and some kid's got in there took them and a pack of smoke's. The funny/sad part was they took the time to pick the CD's they wanted. The rest they left on my seat lol. {ehm}
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all cars are easy when you use the right tools..... like a BFH....
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I have been concerned about keeping valuables in the Jeep myself, so i built a heavy duty locking console large enough to fit a laptop in. Very sturdy and would take forever to break into.
(http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab294/Jeff65SS/IMG_1307.jpg)
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Oh, and i repainted the Jeep to match it.... :P
(http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab294/Jeff65SS/IMG_1301.jpg)
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There's a guy down here who just posted that his jeep was broken into - they somehow got the tuffy lock box open and got his stereo and radio equipment.
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I have been concerned about keeping valuables in the Jeep myself, so i built a heavy duty locking console large enough to fit a laptop in. Very sturdy and would take forever to break into.
Hard to tell from that view but a bolt cutter through what looks like a combo lock would go quick!
Best way folks is to just not keep anything in there that is not needed. I have a truck with tinted windows and all that crap but if you broke in tomorrow you would get a set of jumper cables and a set of 5yr old beat up Oakleys. Yeah it sucks but thats the world today!
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I have been concerned about keeping valuables in the Jeep myself, so i built a heavy duty locking console large enough to fit a laptop in. Very sturdy and would take forever to break into.
Hard to tell from that view but a bolt cutter through what looks like a combo lock would go quick!
Best way folks is to just not keep anything in there that is not needed. I have a truck with tinted windows and all that crap but if you broke in tomorrow you would get a set of jumper cables and a set of 5yr old beat up Oakleys. Yeah it sucks but thats the world today!
You are right about that. A set of bolt cutters and you can definitely get in. Of course, with a set of bolt cutters you could get into about anything. The usual screw driver or BFH won't do it though. I only leave things in the Jeep if absolutely necessary. If I am out on the trails for the weekend, I will need to take some valuable things with me. That is why I try to have some level of protection inside. If it is going to take somebody more than a couple of minutes to get into it, chances are they will move on to the next car.
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Oh, and i repainted the Jeep to match it.... :P
(http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab294/Jeff65SS/IMG_1301.jpg)
That's one of the best flat paint jobs I've seen.
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Oh, and i repainted the Jeep to match it.... :P
That's one of the best flat paint jobs I've seen.
Wow. Thanks :)
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i am just glad its not white anymore...
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What paint did you use the camo by krylon?
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i am just glad its not white anymore...
It was actually silver.
What paint did you use the camo by krylon?
I used Gillespie paint (code 30494) from here.. http://www.armyjeepparts.com/order_page/paint_bottom_1.htm (http://www.armyjeepparts.com/order_page/paint_bottom_1.htm)
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Cool price is good also thanks.
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How much did it take to do the whole Jeep?
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How much did it take to do the whole Jeep?
Less than 1 case (12 cans) of the rattle cans
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I install auto glass and smash and grabs have gotten worse than ever. They actually just use a screwdriver at the edge of the glass, easier and less noise. They also don't open doors as it might set off an alarm. One thing I have heard, is they steal the GPS and garage door opener, keyup "home" on GPS and it takes them there and use the garage door opener to get in. And ladies don't put your purses in the backseat as you get out, they usually are hiding out watching where you put it before you go in to eat.
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They actually just use a screwdriver at the edge of the glass, easier and less noise.
That's how I got hit a few years back.
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If you have a home security system.
Every type of system has wireless stuff, it sounds kind of cheesy but you can get a wireless motion from your house and put it on your dash!!! If anyone goes in or tries to steal your Jeep your alarm will go off in your house!!!
Tech Stuff: {ehm}
How motions work; They see heat movement. Inside the motion there are a bunch of zones, I will use a pie as an example; if you take half of the pie and eat the other you have 1 large 90degs piece of pie. Now cut the half of pie you did not eat into 4 slices. Now cut each piece in half so now you have 8 slices. Each piece of pie is in equal 8ths, each 8th sized piece is now a zone. When you walk across a room you are a big tube of heat. Your tube of heat would cross from one piece to another then another and so on crossing each zone setting the alarm off as you cross from one to another. Each motion has many more than 8 zones all over making small triangles and small rectangles. If you walk in a zone towards the motion you will cross zones also.
Motions cover 30ft more or less room at a mount height of 7ft more or less off the ground. At 7ft high and 20ft away you are a large tube of heat and at 7ft high and 40ft away you are a very small tube of heat. Now think of a hand at 1ft it will look like an elephant, this is how it would see the heat and set the alarm off in your Jeep. It would be even better if they would climb in the Jeep grab it and wave it in front of there body breaking many or all of the zones not just one or two from a hand. So hope for a stupid one that gets in.
If your wireless receiver is less than 150ft line of sight in most cases from where you park you should be fine.
Motions can not freeze! If it is below 32 degrees it will break. Also if it is over 100deg in your Jeep and some one breaking in is less than 100deg motion will probably not go off.
There are different ways of programing the motion. It could be programed like a motion, door, window, safe, or panic.
MOST of these have to be kept with in constant communication with your panel. Your system will send a trouble signal if it can find the motion. So if you take it with you, or Jeep gets stolen the security company WILL be notified the device has a communication problem. {;-(}
MOTION; If you program it as a motion it will only be armed when you leave the house. (Because, if you have another motion in your living room you could not walk around your house with it on.) {no}
DOOR; If you program it as a door it will be armed whenever you arm your system but it will have a delay like your front door. Example: 30sec or 45sec what ever you have your delay set as. ( So if you want to be alerted like someone just came though a door, you could turn it off before your 30sec is up and run out and shoot them. This is for you.) {bruce}
WINDOW; If you program it as a Window it will be armed whenever you arm your system, but it will NOT have a delay like your front door, it will be instant like your back door.( So if you want the siren to go off, and your security company to be called as soon as it goes off this is for you.) :hlp
SAFE; If you program it as a Safe it will be armed whenever you arm your system, and it will NOT have a delay like your front door, it will be instant like your back door. :hlp With a little change, if it trips when you are armed all goes like planned the security company is called yada yada. If your system is not armed it will set off a local trouble signal on your key pad but not call. {bruce}
PANIC/HOLD UP; If you program it as a Panic it will be armed all the time, you would NOT have a delay at all. If it sees anything it will have a instant dispatch no call until after cops are dispatched. ballchain