Hood lock and/or kill switch

[Incommando]

What have some of you done to secure your hoods? My preference would be for something I could only use when I wanted to. Even a good way to route a chain/cable & padlock would be appreciated.

 

In the same vein these things are really easy to steal with a flat blade screw driver and 45 seconds. I have a large on/off battery switch from one of my old bracket race cars that I can remove the handle from the actual switch. Unless someone else has a good idea I was going to mount it inline between the starter and the battery as I have the parts to do it on hand.

Thanks

[shelbyluvv]

Kill switch to the ground behind the tail light, kill switch on the coil hot wire, kill switch on the starter feed wire.

[relyt120]

You could easily put a kill switch the ground to the starter relay.

Its easy to find and labeled on the relay.

[Blue XJ]

Put a switch on the ground from the NSS, won't crank if there is no ground.

[jimoshel]

The first thing a thief looks for if the starter doesn't work is a anti-theft device of some sort. Better to have the starter engage but not let the engine start.

I have mine rigged up so that I have to hold the cigar lighter in or it won't start.

[Wesleypipesyo]

The first thing a thief looks for if the starter doesn't work is a anti-theft device of some sort. Better to have the starter engage but not let the engine start.

I have mine rigged up so that I have to hold the cigar lighter in or it won't start.

 

 

But can you still use the cigar lighter to light your cigars?  These are important questions

[jimoshel]

Yes. But only if the engine is running or has been cycled.

[Incommando]

Good suggestions. Thanks folks.

 

Unfortunately it is getting to the point that mods like a winch,etc.... Really turn your vehicle into a target

[64 Cheyenne]

Good suggestions. Thanks folks.

 

Unfortunately it is getting to the point that mods like a winch,etc.... Really turn your vehicle into a target

 

Or you could move to Montana, I rarely take the keys out of the ignition at home, we never lock the front door...

OH wait! what am I saying? Montana sucks! Don't come here!, there is too much blue sky and wide open places, thousands of miles of open forest...

[Megadan]

The first thing a thief looks for if the starter doesn't work is a anti-theft device of some sort. Better to have the starter engage but not let the engine start.

I have mine rigged up so that I have to hold the cigar lighter in or it won't start.

This!  I usually install a fairly simple relay or interrupt switch on the ignition or fuel pump (or both). Works like a charm, and it will do a far better job of making the thief give up instead of hunting for a theft system. (POS Truck vs. Protected truck)

[Crash]

Rig it with switches like in Mad Max: Fury Road..