[FactoryMatt]

There's a vid just posted on IG of some youths in Oakland stomping on a 1le with cars burning in the background

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1aJs...hhZWM5NmIwOQ==

[havelegs]

Here is mine that was stolen, obviously was used for street takeovers/other hood sh!t.

https://www.iaai.com/VehicleDetail/38551899~US

[wintertopdown]

How is this done…there must be a way to recreate this “hack.” I have been building computers for years and am now curious how to hack my own car.

[wintertopdown]

https://www.mobilistics.com/nostart-...p-immobilizer/ what about this?

[shippingguy]

Originally Posted by wintertopdown

https://www.mobilistics.com/nostart-...p-immobilizer/ what about this?

Go back some pages there is a member that installed it. It looks to be a good one. I’ll be getting it this week.

[IndyZrider]

Been using Ravelco on my vehicles....look them up and if you live near a dealer I highly suggest getting one...

[RayKinStL]

Originally Posted by IndyZrider

Been using Ravelco on my vehicles....look them up and if you live near a dealer I highly suggest getting one...

Do you have any pictures of what it looks like installed in your vehicle? I've actually reached out to this company and have a local installers details and am thinking of reaching out to them, but it would be nice to see how/where they are installed and what it looks like installed.

[havelegs]

Originally Posted by IndyZrider

Been using Ravelco on my vehicles....look them up and if you live near a dealer I highly suggest getting one...

Looked into it and they said $875. I found the remote relay and will probably go that route as it doesn't splice into any wires and seems like a great and much less fix.

[Rnovrit]

Just a thought. What about using a battery disconnect switch or remote 250amp kill switch relay and a small bypass wire with a 5 amp fuse or circuit breaker? This way the car’s electronics and remote entry stuff all stay powered when the battery is disconnected. If an unauthorized person tries to start the car while the battery is disconnected, the amp draw from the starter with blow the fuse or circuit breaker completely disabling everything in the vehicle.

[paradigm]

Originally Posted by wintertopdown

https://www.mobilistics.com/nostart-...p-immobilizer/ what about this?

can't the theif simply pop this out and throw in a factory relay and get it started?

[SS_Don]

Originally Posted by paradigm

can't the theif simply pop this out and throw in a factory relay and get it started?

First, they would need to know that is why it is not starting. Second, they would need to have the correct relay with them. Third, takes more time.

[IndyZrider]

Originally Posted by havelegs

Looked into it and they said $875. I found the remote relay and will probably go that route as it doesn't splice into any wires and seems like a great and much less fix.

thats a ridiculous amount....there are several in texas maybe call a different one....most ive paid up north is 600....

[wintertopdown]

seems like young kids with $10 in electronics…how can the CAN bus be so easily defeated

[The Maverick]

Originally Posted by paradigm

can't the theif simply pop this out and throw in a factory relay and get it started?

Yes, anyone could do that, but think about it -- they would need a crystal ball to know whether it was a relay, kill switch, or other means or malfunction that was keeping the car from starting.

My thought is they would do a quick check for a kill switch in the area of the driver's seat and then bail out. I don't think thieves are going to pop the hood and start switching out relays... particularly not for something like my LT, where interposing a few speed bumps for the popular theft methods would seem to do the trick.