Most effective theft prevention devices for e30s.

[Danny]

What do you guys do when your e30 is parked in a seedy area? Double lock? The Club? Nice alarm? Anything?

Discuss.

[george graves]

I'll look for a parking spot next to a car nicer then mine.

[Hey_You]

If someone wants your car, and they are good at what they do, good luck stopping them. To be honest, parking location is probably the best way to keep someone from stealing your car. If you have the money, Retna Scan and Voice Command all the way! :P Mix that with knockout gas for the cab if they get it wrong!

[Earendil]

Strip the interior, highlight rust holes.
If some asshole still takes your car check R3V.

I leave my windows down all the time, hoping that one day someone will do me the favor of removing my stereo for me, one of the last interior pieces to go. No luck yet.

[CrusherCurtis]

If they are good there's definitly no stopping em. Get a lojack to recover it quickly. I live in the worlds most seedy area have had e36's e30's e34's and even a honda civic. I never lock doors and have never had one problem (knock on wood). They just don't steal these kinds of cars in my area. I guess it is all about location. Now my roommate drives this and I fear for his life:

[ttrousdell]

I take the main relay with me or use my club. they cant fix it if they don't have the parts. Plus i dont think a thief would want to trouble shoot a no start anyway

[e30e]

Disconnect trunk battery, no one knows about the trunk battery.

[Earendil]

Disconnect trunk battery, no one knows about the trunk battery.

Even if they suspect it's dead, it'll take them at least an hour to find it in order to jump...

[Sagaris]

Preventing the whole car from being stolen:
This doesn't quite apply to residential areas as much, but when I am downtown or in a commercial area. I either park where I have a convenient view from a window to check on my car or I park within view of a surveillance camera.

wire a kill switch under the dash or something trick like a dummy defrost button which disables the fuel/ignition so even someone with a key cant drive it (similar to the CODE function, but you dont need a 13 button OBC to do it obviously)

Preventing a smash n' grab
I do not have anything laying in sight in the car besides a fire extinguisher on the rear floor.

I have the original head unit for which nobody would really want to steal

Preventing wheel theft
Bottlecaps
-strong and lightweight
-tires are cheap
-perfect fit
-homeboy aint gonna pawn em off

[Sagaris]

I take the main relay with me or use my club. they cant fix it if they don't have the parts. Plus i dont think a thief would want to trouble shoot a no start anyway

Thing that sucks about pulling the main relay is that repeated pulling+replacement can wear out the prongs and socket to where the relay is loose and loses contact and can cause your car to cut out, not to mention losing or damaging the relay while its out. Just something to think about.

I had a relay socket go loose from a day of diagnosing a current draw problem on a Toyota.

[Mullet Bullet]

remove the engine

[ak-]

Buddy of mine has a clutch lock that looks similar to a wheel lock. Doesn't let you depress the clutch, lol.
Code function for me.
Sheriff sticker on the window.

Idk.

[kid325e]

Double locks and staying low key has always worked for me. Also I try to park where I can always somewhat see my car.

I don't know if I'd ever install an aftermarket alarm on my car..

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[Eecen]

Push Start ignition, discretely placed somewhere.

Dead switch sounds like a good idea.

[dannyyisntt]

I hide a Leprecon in the glove box to protect my vehicle. He gets to hide his pot of gold, I get protection. It's a win-win.