RX7Club.com - Mazda RX7 Forum - my seven got jacked

A word of warning here...I have a friend who did this very thing several years ago in Stockton CA. Cheap ass alarm and two125db horns inside the cab. Lo and behold some asshole broke into his car and managed to get the car started and drive off before the alarm delay timed out. When it finally did go off it scared the guy so bad he crashed the car. And now the rest of the story.... the thief sued my friend claiming severe hearing loss and WON! Now my friend is paying this asshole like $400/month for personal injury. He got to keep his car but the insurance company blamed him for the accident so he had to pay for the repairs AND he has to pay lawsuit out of pocket. How 'bout the US Justice system huh? It's as fucked up as every other government entity.

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Originally Posted by installer67 (Post 9649291)

Thats screwed up! I have a little tip for you and anyone who doesn't want thier 7 stolen though. I spent a few years installing home and car alarms. There is almost no way to deter a really determined thief, BUT, if you make stealing it more difficult than they are prepared to risk, your safe. So.....
This is what we did that hasn't failed so far as I know. You need to buy an alarm system, cheap ones are fine for this. You wir it normally EXCEPT for your power source, which you wire to a small 12 volt battery hidden inside the car. In addition to the stock horn, you mount the loudest, smallest horn you can get under the console or any hidden spot inside the car. you'll have to install a low voltage charge circuit to kkep the remote battery charged, but It's extremely difficult to steala car if you can't disarm the alarm, and the horn inside is breaking your eardrums to boot.

I've done the starter disable,fuel pump disable etc. but most thieves know about those and ways around them. I haven't seen anyone get around this yet.
Hope this never happens to ya again.
PS- don't mount the alarm brain under the dash or seats. remove a storage bin and mount inside.