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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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I was hit last nite at a movie theater. Stole my MA Audio 12s and MA Audio amp. Broke my front passenger side window and couldnt get my head unit out so they took the face plate and broke the rest of it. My ac doesnt work now and I had to spend $173 to repair the window. If I find those punks (which I doubt) the police are going to have to come and get me off em. Just wanted to vent.
Old Jun 20, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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That stinks. Which theatre were you at? Most of the nicer ones have security cameras now for that specific reason. Hope you had your gear listed with your insurance agent.
Old Jun 20, 2006 | 04:36 PM
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Northwest 14 on callaghan and I10. Cops told me they were hittin up Huebner Oaks and all the nice ones in that area, same green explorer. I didnt have my gear listed and they wouldnt cover it anyways, have to go the homeowners route.
Old Jun 20, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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these *****s are like hawks they wait for you then jump at the first minute they can when they know you wont be around ex: malls, movies places like that
Old Jun 20, 2006 | 05:33 PM
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can you really blame them though? SO many people do sh!tty deck installs, where the deck is clipped into the sleeve, sure...but the SLEEVE ISNT CLIPPED TO ANYTHING..... Pure sabacc.
Old Jun 20, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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It seems like these car thieves are taking advantage of the time when people, which are car enthusiast, are out watching the FF3 movie. BTW, is that the movie you went to see? I always remove the face plate of my stereo and take it with me or hide it in the trunk somewhere. Also, when I'm pulling up to a parking structure, I turn my radio down that way I am not targetted. Most of these thieves hang out at garage entrances to scope out who they are going to target next.
Old Jun 20, 2006 | 08:09 PM
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How where you subs in you trunk? Like just a plain box with the amp on top? Or was it like the in the trunk with the subs facing the rear seat and bolt to the floor?
Old Jun 20, 2006 | 09:29 PM
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I had the subs in the trunk, I didnt have them bolted down because I wanted to be able to get at my spare. I didnt have my music turned up or anything. I think they hit the nicest car in the lot to be honest. I have pics but I dont know how to post them. Yeah, I took my neph to see FF3.
Old Jun 20, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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That sucks. My fog lights got stolen which are about $200. If you have a factory alarm, you should do that shock sensor mod. I did it to mine and theres no way in hell anyone is breaking my windows without the alarm going off. It could possibly scare them off. It wouldn't hurt.
Old Jun 21, 2006 | 02:47 AM
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Ouch, yeah it's a pain in the **** to take the headunit out. I hope insurance cover for your loss.
Old Jun 21, 2006 | 08:16 AM
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I am not even gonna deal with the insurance. I already know they wont cover aftermarket stereo equipment. To replace my window was 173 so it wasnt even worth the deductable. Cop told me that it doesnt matter what car alarm you have (short of that one in the first Robocop movie), if they want in they will get in and steal your goods.
Old Jun 21, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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My brother lives in San Antonio and they took his 94 civic hatchback about two weeks ago from his apartment complex. He had a viper alarm w/ that lcd screen shockwave, or whatever its called, and they still took it. My bro told me that the alarm still showed it was locked. He had a gsr motor in it, with some rota cisuit 8's. The car was quick-- it ran a 14.4 on street tires.....and they jacked it!!!! They found it two days later, COMPLETELY STRIPPED!! no seats, no dash, no fenders, no windows... just the frame!! And they covered what was left of it with tranny fluid, to cover the prints!
Old Jun 21, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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damn.. thats one thing i would fear I know your pain my house was broken in twice....

Also get them pics up

One more thing why couldnt they get the HU out?, and do you have tinted windows?
Old Jun 21, 2006 | 09:45 AM
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No alarm is theft-proof. Those guys sound like pro's.
Old Jun 21, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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I dont know why they couldnt get the HU out, maybe they got spooked. Yeah, my windows are tinted. How can I post the pictures?
Old Jun 23, 2006 | 08:34 AM
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I dont know why they couldnt get the HU out, maybe they got spooked. Yeah, my windows are tinted. How can I post the pictures?
oOo

you will have to host them somewhere photobucket.com, Imageshack.us......etc

If you dont know what im talking about ill do it for you just send them to me at jextel@gmail.com
Old Jun 24, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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I am not even gonna deal with the insurance. I already know they wont cover aftermarket stereo equipment. To replace my window was 173 so it wasnt even worth the deductable. Cop told me that it doesnt matter what car alarm you have (short of that one in the first Robocop movie), if they want in they will get in and steal your goods.
Are you sure? I got a W6, Alpine deck, JL component system when my "factory" stuff and a fosgate sub got jacked.

I have State Farm btw.
Old Jun 24, 2006 | 11:53 PM
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my car recently got stolen, and it was recovered 4 hours later, sans an interior. My window was smashed, subs, amp, cap, screen, ps2, headunit, speakers, leather, and center console were taken, not to mention to head and taillights.

Good thing they didnt pop the hood :-D
Old Jun 25, 2006 | 12:09 AM
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^

how much is the engine worth?

i saw yer post the other day, man jersey is going to hell fast...i got a few friends in jersey who tell me crime has never been this high
Old Jun 25, 2006 | 09:02 AM
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how much is the engine worth?

i saw yer post the other day, man jersey is going to hell fast...i got a few friends in jersey who tell me crime has never been this high

Its because thives just found out all the richer ppl that work in NY, PA, and north jersey all live in NJ...

Thats just my opinion......
Old Jun 27, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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I already posted in the classified forum but anyone have the ac control unit for sale. when they tried to get my hu out, they messed it up and cracked one of the circuit boards.
Old Jun 27, 2006 | 06:13 PM
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ok this is gonna sound newbish ... doesnt a kill switch make it impossible to steal the car ?..and with a lot of the kill switches, even if the wires are cut, the car cant be started ... so if they cant get the car started, how do they take it ? ... i mean if someone thought of the absolute best place to put a kill switch, how does a thief take it ?

ALSO.. i read a post a while back about an expensive shifter that guaranteed no theft of your car ... its a locking shifter, but not just any ol shifter .. this thing was was like state of the art... so if you cant shift the car, it cant go anywhere .....

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Old Jun 27, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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Got the pics will have up in afew(have to resize)
Old Jun 27, 2006 | 08:00 PM
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Here go the pics...did the guys rip out the whole window???(at least half, prolly cause of the tint)







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the rest...



Old Jun 27, 2006 | 08:40 PM
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Can it stop a tow truck?

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.. i read a post a while back about an expensive shifter that guaranteed no theft of your car ... its a locking shifter, but not just any ol shifter .. this thing was was like state of the art... so if you cant shift the car, it cant go anywhere .....

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Old Jun 28, 2006 | 07:40 AM
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Viper alarm and stay low key. It sucks but you cant play your system cause people hawk you. Only suggestion I can give you is invest in a good alarm and stay cool.. Who was that guy on here with the max with 15k in mods "arafio" something likke that. Baddest maxima on the org and he was in jersey at a hotel and heard is alarm go off. Ran down stairs they were stripping his ****, he went to whip *** and they pulled guns.

That was the end of that car.

Now if they dont have guns, lay the *** beating :P
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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The best security system.
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 08:03 AM
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The best security system.
haha..... so true though.
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 08:49 AM
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why do some people feel as they have a right to take something that is not theirs? That sucks bro :/

How can people live with themselves when they know they stole somebodys money and hard work. tards.
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I have to find some way of bolting/screwing down my sub box to the floor, then face the amp and sub to the rear seat so its not able to get to since the 4th gen back seat to fold down, because this isnt right...
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I'm going to do the same thing, I did this with my previous 4th gen. What I did was I removed the back rest of the rear seat. I bought some "L" and regular brackets from home depot. Move the sub box all the way until it rests right up against the metal panel where the back rest leans on. Then bolt the top portion of the box to the metal panel using the regular brackets. Then using the "L" brackets, bolt the bottom portion of the box onto the floor. Then reinstall the rear seat back rest. That sub box isn't going anywhere! Unless the thief can figure out how to remove the rear seat. However, you can probably use some special bolt (with a key) to hold the rear seat back rest in.

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I have to find some way of bolting/screwing down my sub box to the floor, then face the amp and sub to the rear seat so its not able to get to since the 4th gen back seat to fold down, because this isnt right...
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 11:02 AM
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Yea i plan on using acouple "L" brackets but i wish the Hifonics amp had a side pocket like the Laznar amps(this guy i know ran cable thru it and locked it under the back seat......)
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The amp will overheat because there's no place for the heat to dissipate to, even if the amp has an internal cooling mechanism. Heat has to go somewhere else.

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i wish the Hifonics amp had a side pocket like the Laznar amps(this guy i know ran cable thru it and locked it under the back seat......)
Old Jun 28, 2006 | 12:23 PM
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The amp will overheat because there's no place for the heat to dissipate to, even if the amp has an internal cooling mechanism. Heat has to go somewhere else.
that is true and the brutus series amps are famous for over heating
Old Jul 17, 2006 | 08:10 AM
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Mine got broken into last summer at my house. The one night I left my gym bag/laptop in the trunk, someone hit my car (with a slim jim) and to add insult to injury took my steering wheel cover. The bexar county sheriff said well theres a lot of construction in the area and left.
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got my stuff jacked at a movie theatre too...
Old Jul 17, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by RockfordMax
can you really blame them though? SO many people do sh!tty deck installs, where the deck is clipped into the sleeve, sure...but the SLEEVE ISNT CLIPPED TO ANYTHING..... Pure sabacc.
Yea but just like they did here, they will get what they can and break the rest of it. Even if it is secured into the dash, what good is a smashed headunit?
Old Jul 17, 2006 | 11:12 AM
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my buddies stuff was jacked at bally's casino in AC while in the parking garage. Cant see it on any of the cameras, so we think it was the vallets. ****ing lame that people do this crap.
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Trying to get the movie theater insurance company to pay for the broken stuff window + tinting and AC control unit.



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