Thieves are smart too. They’re tricky little bastards and some of them will get into your car and open the hood and see your wiring get up ,not good because he just stole your car and quite easily. Run the wires from under fuse box wiring harness, with the wires hidden to a remote breaker and fuse or a kill switch and put a dummy fuse in along with the rest of the fuses, and it will be less noticeable visually.… Great show… Keep on rockin.
I also think the wire should be wired under the fuse box to hide the wire. Use the same type of wires that you normally see under the hood. Your wire looks radically different. Hide the kill switch, but install an additional fake kill switch in an obvious prominent place. Wire the fake kill switch to activate and lock on loud siren’s inside and outside the car, powered by separate batteries. If the sound volume from the sirens is extremely loud, the criminal will be severely punished by the loud sound and will not be able to stay inside the car, unless the criminal is also deaf, which is very unlikely. The loud sirens will also attract attention to the car. Make sure that you or your passengers never switch the fake kill switch!
I suspect if someone wants to steal the vehicle, it will be a smash and grab. If they are willing to invest the time to raise the hood and do some troubleshooting, they probably know enough about vehicles to successfully steal it whether it has a kill switch or not.
@@OldGuyDIY True, they tied to steal my Kia Soul a few days ago(got rear ended the sam day!) they successfully did everything they had to, but for some reason they didnt get it! i think they failed to realize you have to turn the steering wheel right while starting it to unlock the wheel. i guess i got lucky. going to wire up a kill switch to the fuel pump. in the meantime ive been taking the terminals off the battery to at least make it take a bit longer to get it started...
You forgot the part about tying into the power locks so it locks the criminal in the car with the blaring siren. Lol Wasn't there a movie Death Car or something like that.
This is a great idea. One improvement You could buy a remote activated relay and add it in. 20 bucks. That would eliminate the switch and make this more convenient . Then there is no switch for them to find. Thieves know about kill switches and might take a minute and find it. The remote is with you.
Thanks for sharing the next step in thief proofing a car. This solution was intended to stop the smash and gab thieves. I believe if a thief has time and wants a vehicle badly enough, he will get it.
I used a button in my car that already exists in the car, that way everything looks original, I put it with a relay in combination with the key, and it has worked for me for years
Not bad! It's preferable to put it on the fuel pump. Some thief will simply jump start, but they might think the car is broken if it "starts", but does not ignite
I really think we need to start getting more aggressive. Like, don’t even bother with immobilizing it, just set it up to where you get a notification when it moves without you, remote activate the door locks and window locks (to keep them in), then, remote activate the taser in the driver seat (make sure you reupholstered that seat with conductive thread at each seam), and watch the show via the dashcam with your loved ones. 👍
Great vid. There is another cheap fast way. 10$ for a fuse switch. Install in the fuse box in your cabin. Mine is next to left foot. 10 second installation but a little longer to hide and disguise the switch.
Love it, so simple My brother got caught by dirty popo with his friend,then they put in the cruiser and another guy drove thier car pushing the gas to the floor, after a night in the station they let them go in the morning, they even stole some money, either way my advice is don't connect it to the gas pump cuz they might kill the battery or burn the starter, thank you and have a nice they!
I had a Ram recently. There was a guy on a forum that made a "plug and play" harness you could put in line with the start button to add a kill switch without cutting the factory wiring in amy way and to the untrained eye it all looked factory. I'm hopeful i can find something similar for my new Silverado. If not I'll do something similar to this. 👍
It is great idea and much easier for gas model car. Kill switch for gas pump, fuel injector or starter solenoid but any idea which fuse can use for hybrid or plug in hybrid as they don’t have starter
I don't know anything about hybrid vehicles, so I cannot help based on experience. If I were attempting it, I would go to the fuse panel, starting with the lowest amperage fuse, remove the fuse and see if the vehicle starts. Continue testing each fuse until you find one that causes the car not to start. Run a hidden switch to that fuse. Good luck.
You have no fuse for ecm, you won’t have to worry about car stolen if have short or surge and fry your computer. From that fuse trace that wire to the main wiring harness that come behind dash and tap into wire there, hide the switch and wrap with electrical tape to blend it in with rest. Also match that fuse amp with a switch that rating can handle that many amp.
Thank you. I suspect most thieves are opportunists, not problem solvers. I'd rather end up with a broken window and messed up ignition than a stolen car.
The wiring point is an excellent idea, but the rest won't cut it. Those wires under the hood can be bypassed by the dumbest of thieves. They have to be hidden, and a burnt fuse has to be in that slot.
@@KartsAndCoffee It certainly does matter, because fuses only protect against a short to ground down stream... so the inline fuse needs to located as close as possible to the hot side of the fuse panel socket. A second fuse added further downstream adds zero protection.
The fuse he installed is just connecting a single wire with no ground connection at this level so, no, it does not matter which side of the wire he places the fuse ! Just imagine it is a single wire interrupted by a fuse ! Just the same concept inside the fuse itself, it does not matter if you place the fuse one way or the other it will still work !
I put a 250 V 25 amp switch in my car with the fuse box. It worked at first then the car went off as I was driving and I put a fuse in one of the wires. I put it with the fuse box so what’s wrong?
I have a driver side fuse panel that has a 7.5 A , number 8, AM1, fuse for starting system. If I remove this at night and put back in morning, do you think it will kind of do the same?
Probably. I suggest removing the fuse and attempting to start the vehicle. If it does not start, you found a fuse that does the job. If it does start, pick another fuse, perhaps IGN, ignition, and try again. Good luck.
that's a starting point but were is the fuse ? what is going to protect the current ? so how about a piggy back fuse holder [ lets you put two fuse's in one slot ] that you can Branch off of ! but why stop there do the ignition , the starter and the fuel pump ! six wire in a loom that looks oem not some zip cord from an old lamp ! one switch could do it a sp3t or single pull three pole its like having three single switches in one ! and if it won't crank has no spark and no gas there gone ! just don't brag about it ! or they will still it just to show you !
You could do that. I am an old, big guy who doesn't do his best work in small, dark spaces under the dash. The technique I show here doesn't require finding a schematic or using a multi-meter to confirm wire hotness.
EXCELLENT! I AM GOING TO DO THAT! I am sooo full of it, and to prove it: That prevents start. Add another switch to interrupt the alternator power and you can shut down a running engine in case of a runaway situation.
I like the video…sure things could be better, but too many critics. The car I i’m going to put this on was stolen in broad daylight by people with masks before the cops could get here there’s no way they were gonna be popping their hood and trying to rewire anything.
I'm sorry to hear about your car theft. Yes, this technique is designed to stop smash and grab thieves; not someone who really wants that specific car.
You are effectively putting the switch in line on the hot wire. The ground is run to ground somewhere else. So no, it doesn't matter which side you wire into.
Not very smart...thieves would quickly check fuse box, see your wires... and EXPENSIVE car is gone... if you have an old/inexpensive car, thieves wouldn't even noticed it
Thieves usually break a window them use a slide hammer to pull out the ignition switch, cut a couple of wires, twist them together then touch the start wire to the run wire, then drive off. Most thieves know very little about checking under the hood or even opening the fuse box. On the other hand, if they are high end cars and being stolen by professionals, they will like just pull up in a tow truck and drive away with your Ferrari
