HA! 10 seconds with a sawzall through the steering wheel and its gone! If they can steal catalytic converters in the middle of the night with a sawzall and don't get caught, a sawzall in a closed vehicle is even quieter!
Seriously, if a thief really wants your vehicle, there's very little you can do to keep them from stealing it. There is truly one way to keep them from driving away with it, and I emphasize "driving away" here. If they tow it, nothing can be done at all, aside from removing the wheels from the vehicle!
Install a switch that shuts the fuel pump or other "required" item for the vehicle to start and run! Be smart about it too, install it in plain view, use an oem switch for something like a sunroof opener or seat heater or other common switch. Run a relay and splice into something that will disable it from being driven, or being driven very far. The fuel pump is great for this, they think they got the truck, then it just dies on them, they panic, thinking it was shut down remotely, jump out and leave the vehicle right where its at!
Our trucks are perfect for something like this, there's so many switches in the dash, they won't even think to hit something that looks stock and sits in the row next to all the others, they'll be looking for that one switch that looks out of place, a toggle switch under the dash, or in a glove box or center console. Wanna really piss 'em off? Install another switch that says FUEL PUMP SHUTOFF, then wire in a "delay relay" connected to 4 or 5 pain generators inside the cab and 3 or 4 sirens under the vehicle! Set the relay to run for 30 seconds AFTER its turned off!
The idiot will think he can't get it started, find this obvious switch on the dash, flip it on, siren goes off, he quickly flips it off but it continues to run the sirens, blowin' his eardrums out inside the vehicle and notifying everyone in a city-wide block that the truck's being stolen, and more importantly, YOU!
Seriously, if a thief really wants your vehicle, there's very little you can do to keep them from stealing it. There is truly one way to keep them from driving away with it, and I emphasize "driving away" here. If they tow it, nothing can be done at all, aside from removing the wheels from the vehicle!
Install a switch that shuts the fuel pump or other "required" item for the vehicle to start and run! Be smart about it too, install it in plain view, use an oem switch for something like a sunroof opener or seat heater or other common switch. Run a relay and splice into something that will disable it from being driven, or being driven very far. The fuel pump is great for this, they think they got the truck, then it just dies on them, they panic, thinking it was shut down remotely, jump out and leave the vehicle right where its at!
Our trucks are perfect for something like this, there's so many switches in the dash, they won't even think to hit something that looks stock and sits in the row next to all the others, they'll be looking for that one switch that looks out of place, a toggle switch under the dash, or in a glove box or center console. Wanna really piss 'em off? Install another switch that says FUEL PUMP SHUTOFF, then wire in a "delay relay" connected to 4 or 5 pain generators inside the cab and 3 or 4 sirens under the vehicle! Set the relay to run for 30 seconds AFTER its turned off!
The idiot will think he can't get it started, find this obvious switch on the dash, flip it on, siren goes off, he quickly flips it off but it continues to run the sirens, blowin' his eardrums out inside the vehicle and notifying everyone in a city-wide block that the truck's being stolen, and more importantly, YOU!
