Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site wjh12.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!wjh12!mhg From: mhg@wjh12.UUCP (Goldstein) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Re: Protecting Car Stereos Message-ID: <609@wjh12.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 21:59:54 EDT Article-I.D.: wjh12.609 Posted: Tue Jul 2 21:59:54 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 05:18:56 EDT References: <110@emacs.uucp> <124@shell.UUCP> Organization: Psychology & Social Relations Dept., Harvard Univ. Lines: 27 > While I haven't tried this (never have had a car stereo anyone > would want to steal :-) ), I read about the following technique. > > Mount a thick steel strap from the back of the stereo to a heavy > piece of metal under the dash at the back. File the heads of the > nuts or bolts down, or fill the screw slot with solder, or > otherwise make it very time consuming (for *anyone*) to get the > stereo out. I was under the impression professional installers > will do this if requested (maybe extra charge). > Since you will rarely be removing your stereo for any reason > this is very cheap insurance. (Do get one that doesn't immediately > break...) > > This won't solve the dash damage if they get irritated > (or are just too dumb to notice it won't come out!). > > A. Lester Buck @ Shell Development Co. > {ihnp4, pur-ee, ut-sally}!shell!buck Well, even though I have quite a nice car stereo, I have removed it quite a number of times: to replace speaker wires, and to clean and adjust the tape transport. I use the decoy method. Plus my stereo is mounted sideways!! (the car is a chevy Citation) so noone expects there to be adecent radio anyway. Mike Goldstein.