One common classic (esp for VDubs) is to leave a pull out unit's "box" along with "clipped" wires hanging out. In other words make it look like it was already stolen.
Also, the "monster cable" can be stealthed by tying into the battery cables further back in the original harness. Or replace the OEM cables with 1/0 guage "welding" cables. These are probably just as good at carrying the power as the Monster cables, have a more oil resistant jacket - and just might be cheaper to boot. Bury the splice under split loom about 1 foot back.... Or run a dual battery in the trunk.... One occasional classic I see (less so these days) is a big loop of chain going through a hole in the hood and around the bumper.... makes it a bit harder to open the hood... But the more the car looks like a "commuter/city" car, the better. No wax job. NOTHING (including trash) on the floor of the car. CLEAN interior. Dusty is OK. Here in Philly they have recently instituted the offical "steal/break-in" this car sticker. City residents have a registration sticker (a yellow 3" square) that must be affixed in the rear window of the vehicle. Vehicles w/o this sticker have the normal 1.5"x0.5" sticker on the license plate. Now its very easy to tell if a car is a city resident (and unlikely to have anything in it) or an out of towner (and thus is worth investigating). Go figure.... This was in response to a persistant theft problem of the registration stickers (they would clip the corner off the license plate to get the sticker and I "guess" glue it on another plate??) My tax dollars at work... EWong --- John Caldwell <[email protected]> wrote: > SNIP a dummy plate > where the stereo used > to be (or some guages)... completely hidden. I > think that would be the > only way. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _____________ 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
