On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Jay "Mr. 924" Schreffler wrote: > This is FOR SURE a true thing! I had a $1000 stereo in my GL and it was > pretty ugly, no one ever looked twice at the car. The key is to be sure > to turn your stereo way low, or off when you are in an area with a lot > of people (I.E. The Mall, Movies, ETC). I also believe in hiding your > stereo components behind stock grills, and in all stock locations. No > one steals stock stereo's... The only thing I havent figured out yet, is > how to hide my amp-out cables, when someone steals your head unit, they > always see the cables going back to the amp, and then they want to break > into your trunk to see what is in there. To me $250 for a deck is bad > enough, but when they go get the rest of your system too, its a big > PITA. SOmone told me to glue razor blades on the deck, so when they > reach back to unplug it they get sliced. I think that would fall under > the guise of a "man trap" tho, so Im weary to try it... Advice? >
If they really wanna know what you have, they're gonna find out. I guess you could go as far as to use a line level converter in the trunk, so that there are no RCA's connected to the head unit. Only problem there is that with the converter so far away from the head unit you're probably gonna end up with a really bad ground loop. Of course all they really need to do is pop the hood and see that 1/0 guage oxygen free copper monster cable going through the firewall, and they know for sure. :) Best bet is to make it look like there's nothing there to start with. I've seen a couple people put their head unit where the ashtray used to be... what about taking the face off of the ash tray and making a dummy that you could velcro or stick over it when you get out of the car? That combined with speakers in the stock locations, a dummy plate where the stereo used to be (or some guages)... completely hidden. I think that would be the only way. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
