FIRST OFF I WILL UNDERSTAND IF TREY DECIDES TO DELETE THE PICTURES OR THE ENTIRE POST...



well since i got many of the usual people who post regularly on here, here goes. but realize this may or may not be information you already know ,, depends on how much you have messed or modded your car..

well one of the most common practices in stealing the honda, acura cars including the type r is removing the plastic switch behind the main metal part on the ignition. if you look at the photos (from a honda 98 civic)(the ignitions are the same or similiar. and the part where the car manufactors help the criminals is that most of these types of ignitions are held in by two thin small screws that screw into the back of the metal part of the main ignition, and they also have a zip tie around the plastic part and main ignition,, so all you do is you take a flathead and snap one of the thin screws , which makes the two pieces come apart and as you see in the next photo all you have to do is stick that same flat head in the little hole and turn and the car will start.... and as we all know it takes 2 secs to rip the plastic panels off to get to the ignition area.. and you will also notice when you carefully take the lower panel off there are metal plates that try to protect the ignition area and are very sharp so becare when you look,,, but those snap off also the are only two spot welds that hold the main middle plate, snaps off in 5 secs.. once again using that nice flathead.... all this can be done by one person and it only takes about 1-2 minutes at the most.(which is very long, sit somewhere quiet and put your watch to alarm after 2 mins after about a minute your thinking when is the alarm going to sound) . and all the tools you need is an 1/4 inch size flathead,, the same flathead is also used to damage and open your door also, either by sticking it in the key hole and prying off the whole handle (hard to finish if you have an alarm) or by using the flathead to pry open the window less than an inch to stick in a coat hanger to flip your power door switch....(this still can be done even if you have a glass sensor,, they put electrical tape on the flat part of the screw driver to minimize the vibration.(good thing to put a power kill switch on the door switch also) .

i know i skimmed through different ways they are able to access the car and start the car.. alarms you say?? those are usually done by two or more people, the reason the siren,the noise,,, but if you got one person at the door, and two at the hood area , it take about 4 secs to turn that siren off. one guy pops and hold the hood open while the other guy rips or cuts the siren off.. and where are most of the sires located? (you must tell the alarm tech to add more wire to the siren and place it farther down in the engine compartment to make it harder to rip out and find) most sirens are placed on top on the firewall in plain view.easily deabled,,, another place is down in the front of the engine area where the aem pipe goes done the hole, or on the other side ifyou dont have power steering... ive even seen them in front of the radiator behind the front cowl area , or at the bottom cowl area, it take 2 secs to check to see if its there.

so yes the alarms do make it harder, and they will need another person to be involved in those thefts....but a smart thief will always work with more people anyway.there is alot of money to be made in stolen parts especially type r..and the fact that alot of the parts are interchangeable also...

getting back to the first part about the ignition andthe plastic part,,, i havent tested any alarms but many alarms that have the ignition kill, or the starter kill can also be bypassed, due to the simplicity of getting the alarm installed (meaning the alarm companys dont want to cut too many of your wiresand spend hours rerouting them to the brain) so they enstall it in a way that it will do what its supposed to do, by cutting it off at a lower part of the wiring diagram, and at the fuse box .when it should be at the top of the main wiring diagram.. i hope that wasnt too confusing...picture the main wires (the wires at the plastic part) as the roots of a tree and the lower part the branches of the same tree... the alarm triggers are set on the branch areas and not at the roots.. not sure i made it more confusing??? plus cutting your main wires onthe ignition deletes your entire electrical warranty. but in the end you have to remember that any alarm is just a deterent. and not a fool proof way to keep your car... and there are plenty of cars to get at, so if one car seems to be slightly harder to get, but not impossible, most of the time they will just look for another one and not bother and location also is a deterrant.

so hopefully i didnt make it sound too confusing, you may have to reread it again, but i hope i have help at least one person know more about their car and how easily it really is.. and investing in an alarm will help. along with putting a hidden kill switch on your interior door lock switch and also your fuel pump as well. those are very simple and very cheap ways to keep your car ,, the key to those are location of the switches and also remembering to flip them when you leave the car...with our busy days it is possible to forget about the switches.. if you want to know how to add a kill switch send me an email and i will try to walk you through it,, but first find a hidden spot to put it figure about a hole the size of a dime for the switch.