hatzq68

Hey guys. Pretty new to the thread here. I've had my '03 TL-S for about a week now, reaching the 600 mile break in mark tommorow. Anyway, a concern I've had was the HID theft I've been constantly hearing about. I am an EMT in NYC and have lights and sirens in my car, that were all professionally installed. I also have an alarm/remote starter. I was at my installer this morning and we were discussing a way to protect the headlights. We were talking about maybe putting some sort of chain around it or a cable, but decided that if someone wanted the lights, it's not too hard to just snip the chain or cable. I have my alarm connected into the siren, so that if the alarm is set off, the 100 watt siren goes off(very loud). We worked something out where he put two pin switches on the corners under the hood so that if the hood is lifted even 1/4" it will set the alarm off. The point being that if a potential theif sticks a crow bar into the hood, as soon as that happens the alarm will go off, which means he'll have 100 watts of siren right in his ear(the speaker is right behind the grill), plus the factory alarm. It won't be a deterent but I hope it will be effective that if someone starts, they won't be able to get too far. What do you guys think? By the way, the name of the Shop is Securely Yours, and it's located on Avenue I and McDonald in brooklyn. If you need a number or contact person, let me know. This guy does unbeleivable work and is very reliable and always backs up his work. I've had two or three cars already done by him and was very pleased each time. We were thinking of maybe putting some sort of LED into the light, but thought it would look cheesy and also it might draw more attention to the lights or might even challenge a potential theif. Again, just curious what the thoughts are with this and if you guys think it will be effective. Thanks.

Donny

You can email me at Hatzq68@aol.com with any questions.

Alexxx

You'd be the first one to put a chain or a cable. There was talk about putting those bars (like the ones you see on SUVs), just around the headlights.

The 100watt siren and lights is pretty cool. You can make it badass if you tint the windows. What color is your car?

hatzq68

The car is anthracite metallic. I also have clear strobes in the front corner light and the rear turning lights. Acura clearing them out this year was really helpful, they are very bright.


Donny

johnnyb_s

Hmm...they like to stomp down on the bumper to get to the lights, so if you could have some pin switches wired where the bumper meets the body, that might help too.

Bitium

Good Idea.....thanks for sharing.