Cheap Anti theft device for your automobile's cd player

Step 4 Finish product!

In order to keep the face plate from falling from your cd player you can glue some extra plastic, velcro, small magnets, paper clips or what ever you think will keep it from falling. Be creative! I used a 1inch by 1/2 inch pice of metal that I glue to the face plate which slides in to a gap on top of my cd player.

Comments

[slaggerr]

 Might be nice if you cut a tape into say 1/4 and have it sticking out.  I would think that a thief would spend less time inspecting your goods if he sees a tape in there.  Good idea all around.

[Napalmjerry1391]

yeah, or you could just take the face off like a normal human being

[Love Souljah]

But they might want the unit itself because a lot of times multiple faceplates fit multiple DACs.

[Cousin eddie]

The thing is.... that a lot of people DO take the faceplate off & then stash it under the seat or somewhere else in the car... because they are lazy. ANd thieves know this.... so they may break into your car anyway in hopes of finding the stashed faceplate. And if they dont find it... they will often damage your headunit (or another part of your car)out of retribution. I PERSONALLY prefer to affix razor blades to the edges of my headunit (and remove the facplate). Sure, I may have to clean up a bunch of blood, but at least the thief gets what he deserves.

[DriX]

You can attach razor blades to the underside of the seat, so when the thief searches with his hand, he will get a nice surprise.

[vallesan]

lol great idea thx

[andrew101]

ok do that and leave ur car unlocked in a busy parking lot with a hidden camera fr like 6 hours and send me the footage pleez :D

[cry_wolf]

If you actually do that i give you maddd props :D

[Napalmjerry1391]

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[camp6ell]

and not every head unit has a removable faceplate, einstein.

[Derin]

yea but for oem wolkswagens the interesting thing is that one has removable faceplate one does not.the one with the remvble is from a vw 2001 transporter and both are blaupunkt

[z3ds]

Yeah you are right! but I think it is also normal for a human being to be innovative don't ya think?

[Jolleyman]

I think putting a fake faceplate on to discourage theft is pretty innovative, don't you?

[MadMechanicMike]

even with the face plate removed theres still a visible head unit. anyone who really wants it will probably take the time to steal it. for one, you can sell head units without face plates. the plates can be purchased for cheaper than the entire head unit, obviously. also, if i was a thief and i saw a head unit, face plate or not, i could deduct that they could have more audio devices in the trunk, ie subs, amps, cd changers, etc. once i know this it would be worth it to break in and try to take them. on the other hand, if i see that theres an old crappy stock stereo in there im gonna move on to the next car.

[iluvpandas4]

hey its a 240sx!

[coonass]

This guy deserves major points for good intentions. When I was a cop, we had a saying - "Locks are to keep honest people out." Car thieves may not be rocket scientists, but they're bright enough to think "Wups, somebody taped a fake head unit onto what I REALLY want to take." Most of them, anyway. But this device may just be enough of an impediment to deter someone who's basically honest from making a life-ruining mistake; or to cause a less than totally bright thief to go elsewhere. Any little thing helps, right? Keep up the good work.