This site has everything you need to know to theft-proof your Honda Civic. Whenever I make this claim I get the same comments:
"If they really want it, they'll get it."
That's a victim's mentality. It's also a self-fulfilling prophecy. In other words you don't even try. Then your car gets stolen, and you don't have to feel bad about it, because it was meant to be. You deserve to get your car stolen if you go around spreading this fatalism.
"They'll just tow it."
Tow truck theft accounts for a very tiny percentage of all car theft. My feeling is that if you believe birth control is effective, you believe in car alarms. If you're really worried about tow trucks, get a tilt sensor and a two way paging alarm. Then at least you'll get an early warning. There's also the alpha lock. Not perfect but it's a good deterrent.
"Car security is too expensive."
This is funny. People spend thoasands on their car and would rather risk it getting stolen than to spend some money on security.
Car security doesn't have to be expensive. The cheapest DEI alarm, a backup battery, and a kill switch will go a long way. When you look at alarm pricing at Best Buy, installation is included in the price. If you buy the alarm w/out installation they take off $100-200 dollars. Compared to the price of replacing parts and repairing theft damage, or paying the impound fees, car security is cheap.
"Car thieves are reading this."
I don't care. It's not going to help them, even in the unlikely event that they encounter a car that has implemented everything on this site. Knowing that there's a backup battery doesn't negate it. Knowing there's a second siren hidden inside doesn't silence it. If anything it will deter them. There's no reason for everyone to put their kill switch in the same place. Don't go around bragging about the exact details of your setup.
Cause For Alarm version6.EG is a supplement to the more general Cause For Alarm version6.DA. Make sure to look it over for more ideas.
I'm an advanced MECP with several years of experience at the two leading mobile install national retailers. I've taken other installers input into careful consideration.
As far as web design goes, I took classes on HTML and CSS, then taught myself XHTML and a little bit of Javascript. Everything is built manually in Notepad and the images are tweaked in Photoshop.
I would like to thank Heel Toe for being nice, my gramma for always loaning me money, my girlfriend, Scott Fox @ Motiva, fcm, and Justin Zicarelli.
A big no thanks to all the internet nazis that think they are big-shots because they start a forum. (BTW, being new to a forum doesn't mean you're new to cars.) No thanks to all the people that pm me questions answered by this site or in my writeups. No thanks to the people who just want to be negative and fatalist. No thanks to the jerks and the crybabies for whom I have little patience. NO THANKS to the low-life thieves that make all of this necessary. I'm coming for your livelihood.
I get a lot of people hunting me down. The best way to thank me is to put this info to good use. Spread it around. For those people that want to pay me to do it for you; yes, I can do that. For everyone else, my way of saying "you're welcome" is to try and improve the site or add some content. You know my email name. The server is inbox.com
This version of Cause For Alarm is different than previous versions in that it features some non-security topics. The problem with having a purely security oriented site is that no one ever comes across it unless they are specifically looking for security information. Unfortunately most people do not look for security info until they have already been victimized. I'm hoping to capture an audience that hasn't yet learned the lesson of car security the hard way.
The inspiration for this site is my fourth Honda/Acura and my second EG project. I wanted to start over with a clearer goal in mind to build the ultimate daily driver; so I sought out a stock VX. I only had to travel 450 miles by train to pick it up with no guarantee of a ride home. Luckily the car made the 8 hour drive home from Monterey to San Diego without any problems.
Originally I had planned to swap in a D16Y5 from a 1996-2000 Civic HX. The motor is a newer version of the VX's D15Z1, with similar gas mileage considering the increased weight of the EK chassis; and more power throughout the RPM band belying the small increase in peak hp. I decided however, that if I was going to go through the hassle of installing an OBD2 engine into an OBD1 chassis, I might as well go for the more exotic 3 stage VTEC engine. That way I could have Y8 power and Y5 economy. This engine isn't a common swap because the factory ECU is very rare. Fortunately I have a used AEM EMS left over from a previous project.
The OBD2 JDM D15B VTEC engine is the only Honda engine with two VTEC solenoids. It is a combination of the D16Y5's VTEC-E, and the D16Y8's VTEC, a virtual HX/EX hybrid. The perfect street engine representing everything that a Honda should be. I hope you enjoy Cause For Alarm version6.EG.
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