mnkyboy Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Went out to my MJ to go to work this morning and found my dash busted up and my stereo missing. nothing else was gone or messed with and my other cars were untouched. luckily the door wasnt locked because they left a wire with a piece of porcelain(piece of a spark plug)tied too it that they were using to break windows. so now i have a custom dash and no music :fs1: I want to go sit on my roof and play sniper on a positive note the cop that came out really liked my MJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990 Pioneer 4x4 Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 that sucks :shake: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Did you have a removable face plate? A friend of mine in tech school really had an ingenious way of deterring thieves. He had a Turbo Plymouth Sundance he turned into a sleeper, and had a really nice stereo. He took the stock radio, tore it apart, and took the factory face off. He glued all the buttons in place, and make it fit onto the head unit after removing the faceplate. Threw the faceplate in the glove box, and called it done. That way, if someone looked in, all they saw was the cheapo factory radio that wasn't worth the time. Rob L. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 yes it had a removable face plate,and no i didnt take it off :wall: last place i lived this wasnt a problem so i got lazy and quit removing it,I recently moved to a large housing development that looks peaceful but has alot of punk kids running around messing with stuff. I guess its time to get an alarm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregonman Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 yes it had a removable face plate,and no i didnt take it off :wall: last place i lived this wasnt a problem so i got lazy and quit removing it,I recently moved to a large housing development that looks peaceful but has alot of punk kids running around messing with stuff. I guess its time to get an alarm :fs1: :fs1: damn kids . :USAflag: what did the deck look like and what was the #s ... put a ad in Craig list for a reward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 Ive been checking craigslist for it but i dout it will get sold that way,some tweaker will probably trade it or get $20bucks for it to buy drugs. It seems crazy to me that people still steal car stereos,they have gotten so cheap that it doesnt make since. why risk getting you head blown of or going to jail for something with almost no street value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 here's my new custom dash,guess i need to visit the junk yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90eliminator Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 sorry man, if you look on the bright side, that plastic dash trim piece is replaceable... as well as it looks like they did not cut any wiring....so there is an extra bonus, they could have and really screwed you...still blows, but now you can upgrade....or use it as an excuse too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 ya lucky for me XJ parts fit,shouldnt cost too much to fix the damage.sucks about the stereo though i just got it last christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjim Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 My MJ got hit 7-8 years ago :( Crackhead smashed the wing window with a rock, grabbed my (cassette!!!) stereo, and pried open the dash to get the faceplate. :fs1: I had run RCA cables behind the seat for a (future) amp, they were sure to pull my seat forward looking for that too. F'in thing was 6+" lifted, on 35's, parked on a main street in Boston, in the middle of the day. :ack: I'm still not happy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 Its crazy. you put so much time,money ,and love into something like your truck and some jerk comes up and treats it like its a piece of crap. :headpop: About 8-9 years ago i had someone bounce a boulder accross the front of my EXP,took out the fender,hood,cowl,windshield,and new paint job. :fs1: cops figured it was just kids messing around as a few others got hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 we had an old mid 80s ford pickup as a woods beater. it had a out board boat gas tank in the bed dad jumps in it one day goes doen the trail and it dies. sooo he goes to check the gas ..... and the tanks gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjim Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Its crazy. you put so much time,money ,and love into something like your truck and some jerk comes up and treats it like its a piece of crap. :headpop: About 8-9 years ago i had someone bounce a boulder accross the front of my EXP,took out the fender,hood,cowl,windshield,and new paint job. :fs1: cops figured it was just kids messing around as a few others got hit. I didn't notice the EXP in your sig. In 1991 a buddy of mine had one. I don't remember the veh year, but the thing was beyond a beater. I got laid off from work, so him & I drove from Boston to Florida in it, with the temp gauge PINNED to hot the whole way. :rotf: (and we drove 24+ hrs straight though :rotfl2: ) I asked about the gauge before we even left Mass, he said it did that all the time, neither of us had anyplace to be, so we kept going. :dunce: We switched off driving every 7-8 hours, and tried to see who could do the fastest/furthest hour. I won. :thumbsup: On my fastest hour I was able to keep my foot planted to the floorboard the entire time, never lifted even once, never touched the brakes. The little car covered exactly 85 miles for the hour. :rotfl2: Other exciting parts of the trip were when we lost the oil fill cap somewhere along the way. It started running *really* bad (worse than it already was), when we finally pulled over it was down almost 3 quarts. :clapping: Filled it up, capped off the oil fill with 'something', and it was back to it's slightly less slow self. Fun little car, the only bad part was when we picked up a pair of Florida's finest ;) and I rode in the back next to 'mine', sitting on that chrome cross bar where the seats should've been. Oh, and no AC, in Florida, in August, wasn't so great either. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 Mines an 88.5 EXP LC the very last year,it started as a 90hp CFI or TBI then went to MPFI then to turbo (kinda the same plan i have for the MJ :thumbsup: ) I know what your saying about the back,the lack of rear seats is part of why the EXP didnt catch on. I got tired of it and added rear seats to mine. here's some pics they are old and poor quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 My anti-theft is 2 tape decks and an AM/FM radio.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpnjim Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Mines an 88.5 EXP LC the very last year,it started as a 90hp CFI or TBI then went to MPFI then to turbo (kinda the same plan i have for the MJ :thumbsup: ) Thanks for the pics :thumbsup: After the abuse that little Ford four held up to at our hands, it ought to laugh at the turbo. Cool ride tho, I can't remember the last time I saw one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM/78 Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 After putting allot of merchandise in my store , I wanted to be able to sleep at night . So I remembered some things I saw in the service. A LEXAN product that was developed for the military, that is more like window tint. It's applied clear and sets in a couple of days . You won't even know its on . The glass still breaks , but won't fold too easy. Its allot like windshield lamination. Check out some of your local window tint shops. I think there is a couple of products aval; LEXAN, 3M and one or two more . Take nothin away from it, this stuff is pretty tuff . You still have to replace the window , but all your stuff is safe and sound. And it really pisses off the jackass trying to get your Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88mjmanche Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 so ive got this really nice cd player that i took out of a mjj........... naa just kidding that really sucks dude i put sodder on my bults holding my amp to the back to keep them from stealing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 this weekend i went to harbor frieght and got one of thier night vision cameras. I have it hooked up to a VCR in my room,i set it up real fast last night so its gonna need some fine tuning but it seems to work. now i need to buy an alarm and another stereo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Hmm. I would have just looked online for a webcam with infrared. I have a webcam that was set to motion, it would start recording, and save it right to the hard drive... Worked great. Rob L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 can you get waterproof web cams? also my camera came with 80' of cable which i used most of.doesnt a web cam use a usb? could i get one long enough or could i wire it off a serial port with something like CAT5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automan2164 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 can you get waterproof web cams? also my camera came with 80' of cable which i used most of.doesnt a web cam use a usb? could i get one long enough or could i wire it off a serial port with something like CAT5? Something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 602_263622 Little much on the price, but that would have really great quality, no tape to mess with, and you could even watch you driveway when away from home. Rob L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimoshel Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 The trouble with alarms is unless your close enough to hear it and come a runnin your self, they don't do any good because everybody else ignores them. It's like if you realy need help don't yell "police" Yell "fire" instead. Get more attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM/78 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 :agree: You tell em " how they do it down in Pueblo CO. there Jimoshel " Twenty dude's show up and just cart it off!! I just put low jack on my bikes . Policia will show up at there house "man" :rotf: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 around here theyll break into you house and steal everything except you guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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