Too bad I'm in Texas I have the door glass I would donate to you...shipping probably wouldn't work out though. Sucks that your car was broken into.
The Club - any deterrent value?
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Yeah, that sucks man. I don't think the club is necessarily a good deterrent. The removable steering wheels is good. How they gonna steal a car with no wheel? Also the dog coller is good. I make sure to use one of these along with a good professionally installed alarm system with pin switchs on all the doors and compartments. I've noticed in bigger cities these cars have been getting stolen more and more (G Bodys in general, along with old chevys, caddys, and caprices of all years). People make lowriders outta them, put big rims on then, make race cars outta them (G's), whatever. Unfortunately we've chosen very desirable cars to place an interest in. Good luck in getting your car fixed.
I've seen too many previously-stolen cars in wrecking yards where the steering wheel had been simply bent to get the Club (and clones) off the wheel. A much better deterrent (both visual and actual) is a hardened steel collar that locks around the steering column and ignition lock. Now, the thief needs to somehow remove this collar before he can even slide hammer the lock cylinder. That's usually enough to make him look for another car.
andrewmp6 said:
Kinda won't work here since G bodies don't have a coil wire. The coil is in the cap.
The best theft deterent I use on my Cutlass is let it sit in the driveway with no front suspension, steering system or driveshaft in it. 8) :lol: :lol: :lol:
I have the obligatory kill switch on mine, along with a column lock, and an idea of my own. I have a B&M shifter, I do not remember the model but it is the one with the little "T" you pull up to shift. I put a pad lock around the shifter lever between the "T" and the shifter handle. This way they cannot pull the "T" and shift the car.
The club is a joke. I used one for years, until one night I locked it on my wheel at a bar and forgot the key at home. I did not have any way to get the key, so I decided to see if I could get it off. I had never stolen a car in my life and I had it off within 30 sec, without damaging the car, and without any tools. Steeling the car, where damage is not such a concern, and with better tools it would have been off in 5 seconds. I took a tire iron and put the open end over the loop that hooks around the steering wheel, then just pushed and bent it away from the wheel. With the proper pipe, on someone else's car...
I hate to tell you this, but I am not giving away any secret here. I used to know thieves (years ago, when I was a kid) who told me they would take cars with clubs just to screw with the people for using such a piece of crap. I thought they were lying but I did it how they said. If guys who did this in Cleveland back then knew the tricks, you can bet the kids do now. Were talking second and third generation thieves here, the clubs were fairly new when I was a kid.
The club is a joke. I used one for years, until one night I locked it on my wheel at a bar and forgot the key at home. I did not have any way to get the key, so I decided to see if I could get it off. I had never stolen a car in my life and I had it off within 30 sec, without damaging the car, and without any tools. Steeling the car, where damage is not such a concern, and with better tools it would have been off in 5 seconds. I took a tire iron and put the open end over the loop that hooks around the steering wheel, then just pushed and bent it away from the wheel. With the proper pipe, on someone else's car...
I hate to tell you this, but I am not giving away any secret here. I used to know thieves (years ago, when I was a kid) who told me they would take cars with clubs just to screw with the people for using such a piece of crap. I thought they were lying but I did it how they said. If guys who did this in Cleveland back then knew the tricks, you can bet the kids do now. Were talking second and third generation thieves here, the clubs were fairly new when I was a kid.
They're not hard to get thru at all.
You've got your novice thieves, and your professional thieves...the ones who've targeted your car, know where you work and where you sleep. I know thieves (unfortunately) and they laugh at Clubs...it takes no time to get thru them, as most good thieves come well equipped for anything that may stand in their way
You've got your novice thieves, and your professional thieves...the ones who've targeted your car, know where you work and where you sleep. I know thieves (unfortunately) and they laugh at Clubs...it takes no time to get thru them, as most good thieves come well equipped for anything that may stand in their way
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