Anyone Ever Woken Up To This?

[Jackman GTS4]

Hi guys,

This afternoon i woke up to go to work...

Heard that frightening extra chirp when unlocking my car and thought WTF? I had a quick look around the car and everything seemed ok..

Got in my car, started driving and all of a sudden i heard a massive scraping, immediately stopped to take a look what was going on...

My front bar was on the ground.. It took me a little while to figure out wtf happened but after a closer look i saw that each of the bolts that hold the front bar in place were gone, wires leading to the fog lights cut and a single screw holding the front bar to the car left to stop it from completely falling off.

I couldnt believe that somone would try and dismantle the car, even though it was at night but f**k it was in the open in the middle of the road.

So i got my toolkit, undid the last remaining bolt, took the front bar inside and reparked my car before walking to the station and taking the train to work 1 hr late.

I know series II bars are expensive and hard to find second hand but i didnt think someone would be so f**ken desparate to go to such lengths, was very lucky that the alarm must have gone off and the thief was scared off because he was one screw away from getting away with it.

I rang my mechanic since i will be needing his help to fit the bar back on aswell needing to do the next oil change and wheel alignment and asked if there was anything similar to special lock nuts for wheels that i could buy that require their own tool to remove. He called a couple of places and told me the only thing he was able to find were screwes that could be glued into place and bolt that would completely sheer off with enough torque leaving just the thread and a cap inthe hole. But both methods are permanent and would require almost damage to remove the front bar again..

Was just wondering if anyone had any experience similar to this or any input for alternative ideas that would stop someone from trying this bullshit again, once i reattach the front bar i cant wait for these pricks to come back and try again so i can beat the shit out of them.

-Jack

Edited January 23, 2008 by Jackman GTS4

[unarmed_skyline]

u could use star headed bolts, like the security screws on ford and other model setreo's, im sure a bolt place would have them in sizes to suit, would prob only need 2 or somthing

[Nefret]

Sigh.

It happens.

Should park ur car closer to the house bro.

People are desperate... Would u pay 400 for a skyline part or go rack it... there minds.

Sorry to hear thou bro.

[Lil_Bobby_260]

Easy fix. Go to ur local cop shop or dept transport and ask for the one way screws that you can get to attach number plates. Your alarm obviously has a shock sensor for it to have gone off while they were playing with ur bar (haha) one thing you might do is turn up the sensitivity - most are adjustable.

The screw will be hard to remove, but i wouldnt glue bolts on. Makes for a mess when you go to remove it.

[gt-ahhh!]

park your car hard up against something

thats fkd though. people are knobs.

[Jackman GTS4]

"Sigh.

It happens.

Should park ur car closer to the house bro.

People are desperate... Would u pay 400 for a skyline part or go rack it... there minds.

Sorry to hear thou bro."

I live in a block of flats, i cant park it much closer then it was, all the car spaces were taken up and i had to park on the side of the road..

Easy fix. Go to ur local cop shop or dept transport and ask for the one way screws that you can get to attach number plates. Your alarm obviously has a shock sensor for it to have gone off while they were playing with ur bar (haha) one thing you might do is turn up the sensitivity - most are adjustable.

The screw will be hard to remove, but i wouldnt glue bolts on. Makes for a mess when you go to remove it."

Yeh i will ask the place i got the alarm from about that, it should be coz i remember when it was installed that the sensitivity went from touch sensitive to almost hitting it with a baseball bat without it going off...

[Jackman GTS4]

Oh and im pretty sure i have a "Cyclops" alarm...

[Lil_Bobby_260]

Cyclops are made by dynamco - awesome products. Your shock sensor is definitely adjustable then. You can also add on microwave sensors (stingle or dual zone) ultrasonics (again, single or dual) as well as glass breakage sensors and tit sensors.

"This afternoon i woke up to go to work"

Cool job!

[Do-Luck]

Do you have a FMIC? They could have been after that instead...

[Jdfnq]

Hey man I know your pain

Some lowlife stole the brakelight from my rear spoiler.... I mean how desperate is that!!! Also flogged one (not all) of the caps to my Sparco rims!!!!

[paulr33]

hey jack

sorry to hear - its pretty random why they would try and flog the stock bar

hope they dont come back etc

[Jackman GTS4]

"Do you have a FMIC? They could have been after that instead..."

Nah, i drive a GTS4

"Cyclops are made by dynamco - awesome products. Your shock sensor is definitely adjustable then. You can also add on microwave sensors (stingle or dual zone) ultrasonics (again, single or dual) as well as glass breakage sensors and tit sensors."

How does the microwave and ultrasonic sensors work?

"This afternoon i woke up to go to work"

Yeah i have a 3 week rotating roster... so 1 week will be 8-4pm and the next will be 3-11pm, but its the 8-4pm week that kills me coz i always stay up late lol

[Jackman GTS4]

hey jack

sorry to hear - its pretty random why they would try and flog the stock bar

hope they dont come back etc

Yeh, me too, but i will be ready when they do - f*kn pricks..

[Lil_Bobby_260]

Ok. Microwave and Ultrasonic both detect the mere PRESENCE of a body near the car, or in it. Ultrasonic emits a low frequency humm or something, and detects when it is interrupted. Microwave does something similar.

The good thing about dual zone is that it will give you two different sounds. If someone comes within say 1m of your car, it will give a couple of warning chirps. if they hang around, it will go off. Also, if you have your windows down and they stick and arm in, it will go off, they dont even have to have touched anything.

Dual zone - outside (warning) inside (full alarm). You could mount it so that ur engine bay or cabin is the fisrt zone and 1m proximity to ur car is 2nd zone. I think they are about $60...? Single zone is cheaper.

[Jackman GTS4]

Ok. Microwave and Ultrasonic both detect the mere PRESENCE of a body near the car, or in it. Ultrasonic emits a low frequency humm or something, and detects when it is interrupted. Microwave does something similar.

The good thing about dual zone is that it will give you two different sounds. If someone comes within say 1m of your car, it will give a couple of warning chirps. if they hang around, it will go off. Also, if you have your windows down and they stick and arm in, it will go off, they dont even have to have touched anything.

Dual zone - outside (warning) inside (full alarm). You could mount it so that ur engine bay or cabin is the fisrt zone and 1m proximity to ur car is 2nd zone. I think they are about $60...? Single zone is cheaper.

Thats awesome, where would i go to get that, i think the place that did my alarm initially is closed now.. from memory i have door, boot, bonnet, window and a shock sensor at the moment. I will most probly get the the dual zone if can aswell as a tilt sensor.

[Lil_Bobby_260]

Tilt sensor is only worth it if you like parking in handicapped spots or in front of fire hydrants.

Strathfield do the cyclops sensors.

www.strathfield.com.au

www.dynamco.com or .com.au to look at the alarm parts.

[(B1) MR_fanny]

my cousin had his alarm wired to the horn....scares the f**k out of me everytime it goes off and would scare the f**k outta the guy trying to steal your bar with his head right next to it.

does anyone know if its easy to wire the alarm up to the horn?

[Lil_Bobby_260]

i have a bad habit of honking horns when ppl are working on their engines haha... definitely works.

Yes you can hook it up easily. You will find there are trigger wires out of alarms that tell then optional siren to sound. Run these to ur horn and there you have it. Actually its not QUITE that simple, cos u need to run parallel circuits so it still sounds when u hit the button.

Go to a car audio store and you can just buy an alarm. They are rated at different dB's so u can choose how loud you want it.

Just saw that i wrote tit sensors in post #8. Needless to say, i meant tilt sensors.

[LTHLRB]

secure it to ur reo bar.. thats what i did with mine.. but if they find out how easy it is to take off (if they get under) then yea

[mr. kirisaki]

Heehee tit sensors would also be handy

I think its time for me to up my car security also. How do these sensors operate? I mean if you're parked in like a parking lot, then won't the sensors go berserk?