Topic: locking down the jeep

[chardrc]

this week was spring break so i was working on my jeep and actually got to park in the driveway this week instead of the back yard... so today i leave the house at noon and when i get back at 2:30 i get in my jeep to finish my cb radio install to find the molding for my radio taken off adn my passenger window flapping in the wind  ...



some  came and tried to steal my radio... but failed becasue i have "extra" mounting strength for it, or someone came by and scared them off... seems weird that they didn't take the cb which requires no tools to remove.. so now i get to look at this


when i drive my jeep... time to find some full steel doors to keep the  out....

anyone got tips to keep jeep secure... my basic understanding is have a hardtop and hard doors and lock everything...

[Torch_Ind]

then they will just break the window lol. best bet is bolt every thing down with the best hardware you can get your hands on

[chardrc]

im still optimistic enough to think that glass will deter the neighborhood Robers more than plastic and canvas.. for the time being i removed my cb and took the face off the radio... plus i always hated those soft uppers... i know if a robber wants to gt in they will.. but i want to make them work a little harder than knifing the window...  my long term solution is that our shed should be done in a few weeks so it can be parked inside and then i just have to worry when i drive it places.

[2.5Blues]

Yeah plastic windows make it hard to secure anthing. Since they didnt get anything you did do a good job of it! Glass makes more noise to get into your jeep... damn reason i got a jeep was to get away from all that with honda/acuras!!!!

[Jeffy]

Well, you should be able to take your door to a soft top shop and have them put a new window in for pretty cheap.

Dumb thing is, the perp could have just unzipped the window from the outside but they're stupid like that.  I had someone try to pull the whole window down but just got maybe 2" open and I ahd to bend it back.

These days though, I don't keep much in my jeep that's exposed.  Well my GPS and sometimes my stereo but I've got a hardtop and there are more expensive cars around that have better stuff.

[GreenBayjeeper]

That stinks man.  At least someone scared the perpetrator off.
Hardtop.  Soft top.  It doesn't matter.  People just don't want to get involved these days. At least not out and about.
Years ago I was in front off the county court house, and locked my keys in the Jeep.  Broad daylight.  Busy street.  People everywhere, and I unzipped the windows on the Jeep to get in.  As far as anyone knew, it wasn't my Jeep.  Not one single passerby - civilian or law enforcement person - questioned my actions.
Same way with car alarms.  People are too absorbed in their own affairs.
Okay.  Off my soap box.

[JeepBoy2000]

or you can get a trunk monkey...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee3L9BQQ4Gs

[Torch_Ind]

Ive seen that trunk monkey hilarious lol. I got robed last summer after having the top of all summer no doors roof on all season. put the hard top on and out of bad habit from not having the doors or roof on forgot to lock it up and they cleaned out my glove box. took the ownership all my cd's just cleaned out the glove box and compartment. left my cb, cd player, money in the ashtray that was opened and full of "loony twoneys"  cananda has 1$ and 2 $ coins. they left a lot of stuff in the jeep that would have been so easy to take. sub amp that aren't bolted down. i was so mad that topless I was never bothered but I could have locked up that time and didn't made it more frustrating. but at least it was dumb stuff stolen. plus the cd's were burnt lol not even store bought ones lol!! I don't get people sometimes!!

[Jesse-James]

I have a DEI Python alarm w/ radar add-on. Sees body mass without touching it so they get a warning before the window is cut. It's enough to make them look for something else.

[smashcoast]

I dont even lock it anymore. I just make sure that I have no real valuables in it.

I dont even know if people steal  car stereo's any more considering they are so cheap anymore.

I would rather they just open the door and see that there is nothing they want and move on, rather then have them cut my window.

Or I could lock it and then they can un-zip the rear or side's.

[chardrc]

or you can get a trunk monkey...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee3L9BQQ4Gs

lol was thinking about putting my dog in the jeep.. then the dog would jump through the window rather than the robber cutting it.. 

[Jeffy]

I have a DEI Python alarm w/ radar add-on. Sees body mass without touching it so they get a warning before the window is cut. It's enough to make them look for something else.

I had an Alpine that had that and I didn't really like it.  There are ways to trick them as well.  I currently have a DEI Rattler that's disabled and sitting under the dash still.  My neighbors have Mercs, Porsche's and other fancier cars so, I've never had a problem...  I doubt someone will want a old 90's era Alpine receiver anyway.  It might as well be an 8-track.

[chardrc]

to add to the paranoia the building my dads business is in got broken into last night.... they didn't get into our office so nothing lost (again) but really makes you lose your sense of security.

[Jeffy]

to add to the paranoia the building my dads business is in got broken into last night.... they didn't get into our office so nothing lost (again) but really makes you lose your sense of security.

Time for some security cams.

[stan98tj]

i dont lock it...upper door skins cost too much. i just pull the face off my stereo and call it good. i dont think im too concerned with someone actually stealing it either-wranglers arent exactly near the top of the most stolen list. then again i say i dont lock it cause i dont want the windows cut, however i really believe that criminals know full well they can just unzip to get in...they just choose to sabotage.