CRX and INTEG OWNERS BEWARE!
08-25-2003, 12:33 PM
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CRX and INTEG OWNERS BEWARE!
Hello fellow Racers. I am writing this to let you good folks know that there is presently a rash of CRX and Integra thefts here in the San Diego/Chula Vista, CA area.
I heard thru the grapevine that some guy got a hold of a "MASTER" key that'll start up any Honda/Acura. I don't know if this is true, but it has happened to a good friend of mine's CRX. His car was broken into, no broken glass, but luckily it has not been taken.
Let's put a stop to these assclowns and do the following (if you have not already done some or all of these things):
1. Get a kill switch.
2. Get an AutoLock (these things are DOPE!)
3. Put the darn car in the Garage (That's why your house has one right?)
4. Don't get that stupid CLUB (you should be taken out and shot if you have that crap)
5. Takle out your ECU if you want (chances are, they might be carrying some ECU's with them to start the car anyway)
Hopefully, by doing one or all of these things, your precious hard work won't disappear in the dark. Thank you for your time, and hopefully I have no offended people. If you have other suggestions, please post replies.
I heard thru the grapevine that some guy got a hold of a "MASTER" key that'll start up any Honda/Acura. I don't know if this is true, but it has happened to a good friend of mine's CRX. His car was broken into, no broken glass, but luckily it has not been taken.
Let's put a stop to these assclowns and do the following (if you have not already done some or all of these things):
1. Get a kill switch.
2. Get an AutoLock (these things are DOPE!)
3. Put the darn car in the Garage (That's why your house has one right?)
4. Don't get that stupid CLUB (you should be taken out and shot if you have that crap)
5. Takle out your ECU if you want (chances are, they might be carrying some ECU's with them to start the car anyway)
Hopefully, by doing one or all of these things, your precious hard work won't disappear in the dark. Thank you for your time, and hopefully I have no offended people. If you have other suggestions, please post replies.
08-25-2003, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Re:CRX and INTEG OWNERS BEWARE!
it's possible to enter a car w/o breaking glass using a slim jim ya' know 
I don't think there's a master key. thats a theft nightmare waiting to happen. They wouldn't do that.
but either way your ideas are good anti-theft precautions.
I don't think there's a master key. thats a theft nightmare waiting to happen. They wouldn't do that.
but either way your ideas are good anti-theft precautions.
08-25-2003, 12:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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Re:CRX and INTEG OWNERS BEWARE!
Stealing cars isn't too hard at all... Esp honda's how you can pry the window back and stick a device in the car to unlock it ie- a hanger (i've done it). The clubs are a joke though...a cheap hacksaw and you can cut through the steering wheel and bend it a little. Club slips right off..again...i've done it. Alarms are pretty easy to bypass too....they are almost always right under the hood. All you realy have to do is snip a wire so it quits making noise... Only thing I never realy did was hot wire it...a friend of mine did that stuff..anyways it was something stupid i did when I was 15-17. Joy riding was a weekend thing for me and my buddies. Best theft device we ever incountered was KILL SWITCHES. Make one and hide it...
08-25-2003, 04:41 PM
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Re:CRX and INTEG OWNERS BEWARE!
There is a master key for acura and honda. its scarry but teh dealer doent even have access to it. you would have to work at the honda factory and rip it off somehow. they keep prety tight seal on thoes keys. Its highly unlikly they would have the key and if i had it ------- the CRX's and integras.........
08-25-2003, 04:56 PM
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Re:CRX and INTEG OWNERS BEWARE!
I made a simple kill switch. it's really easy, all you have to do is cut the power wire going to your fuel pump (under your rear seat) and install a switch inbetween the wires, hide the switch somewhere in the car, and poof your done. it's seriously the best "mod". i have it hidden in a place that noone will ever look, i'm not telling tho . i just flip the switch if i park in a bad neighborhood. here is a tutorial that worked for my car (5th gen civic).....
Fuel Pump Cutoff Switch
DISCLAIMER : TeamSol of Washington or persons submitting the information here will not assume responsibility, nor be held liable for damage resulting from the use or misuse of any information contained on this page. In other words, any information you find here is used at your own risk.
FUEL PUMP CUTOFF SWITCH CHEAP SECURITY
For less than $10, you can make your Del Sol impossible to drive off by even the most determined car thief. The idea is to install a switch in the power circuit to the fuel pump. The switch is hidden in a really secret spot. With the switch off and fuel pump dead, the engine quickly dies. Car cranks like usual, but doesn't run for more than 5 seconds. The only way to steal your car now is to tow it or put it on a trailer. You need the following stuff for the mod:
1. Wire cutters and striper
2. 10 ft. of 12 gauge wire or one size smaller(length depends on where you put the switch)
3. Exacto knife or razor blade
4. Shrink tube insulation or electricians tape (shrink wrap/tubes better - from Radio Shack)
5. Soldering gun and solder
6. A bunch of male/female connectors
7. A switch (two pole). I got a rocker switch from Radio Shack that was rated for automotive use.
Step #1. Here's the creative part. Find a location for hiding the switch. I'd tell you where I put mine, but then I'd have to kill ya. However, here are some suggestions:
· Under the shift boot. Invisible. You press through the boot cover to hit the switch. You might have to do some fabrication of a switch holder bracket.
· In the ashtray/cigarette lighter area (be sneaky)
· Inside the console compartment (too obvious)
· Inside one of the lockable storage bins (hmmmmm)
· Inside the trunk of the car (pain to get to, but max hidden)
· Any place that's a blind spot. I don't recommend the glove box or under the dash. Too obvious. Remember, the car jacker has probably already disabled your alarm, ignition kill, and starter kill system. He'll deduce that you have a poorly maintained car, or you have another kill switch somewhere.
Step #2. Remove the back center panel (just pull off) and big storage bin piece (screws). You might need to undo the screws on the back of the center console (one screw in bottom of console cover area). Then locate the top of the fuel pump. It's on the shelf where the storage bins rested, pretty close to the center. A round dohicky with a bundle of wires going to it.
Step #3. Carefully open up the cover of the wire bundle leading to the top of the fuel pump. The bundle of wires split at some point with 3 wires going to the fuel sending unit and low fuel connector, and two wires going to the C566 connector and pump. Mine had electricians tape around it. Locate the yellow/green wire (that's yellow wire with green stripe). This is the power wire (from ignition circuit) that fires up the fuel pump. [If still confused on the what is what, wires to ignore are yellow/white, black/yellow, black/white, & green/red. They are for sending unit to fuel gauge and low fuel light.] I used the yellow/green wire myself. Cut the wire. Strip some of the insulation off of both ends (just enough to connect with male and female connectors).
Step #4. Locate where you want to install the switch. Figure out how you're going to affix or attach the switch. If access to connecting the wires is limited, wait until the last minute to glue, screw, or bolt the switch down. I super glued mine. Improvise.
Step #5. Connect a new section of wire to the wire coming out of the fuel pump. You do have the option to hard wire the circuit . However, I soldered a female connector to the wire coming out of the pump and a male connector on the new wire (more about this later). Use a hair dryer to shrink insulation over the connection. Your option is to use electrician tape.
Step #6. Route that wire to your switch. Solder or use a female plug connector to attach to one pole of the switch.
Step #7. Now, take another piece of wire and connect to the other pole of the switch (female connector or solder). Route that wire back to the fuel pump area.
Step #8. Connect that wire coming from the switch to the remaining or only loose end fuel pump wire (the one that goes to the circuit and finally to the power). Use a female connector on the wire from the switch and a male connector on the remaining wire. Shrink tube insulate that puppy. The circuit is now complete. The reason I have a male connector on the wire coming from the power circuit and a female connector on the wire from the fuel pump is to have an emergency way to hook up the circuit if the switch fails. Just a failsafe backup.
To keep all the wires from chafing or disconnecting, I used small zip ties to bundle the wires to other wires or spots. Use some duck tape and tape it down. Whatever.
Step #9. Test the switch. Start the car. If it starts, the switch is in the "on" position. Then, switch the switch to the opposite setting. The car should stall out. Taaaadaaaa, fuel pump is switched off. If the car doesn't start in either setting, you have bad connection someplace. Recheck the circuit. You only have four places that it could be screwed up. The only other problem could be the cheap *** switch you bought at Target.
Step #10. If the switch works, finish the install of the switch. Hide it good. Reassemble all the panels. You're in biddness.
The only thing you have to be aware of is that it is a given you will forget about the switch. You'll jump in the car, turn the keys, and it won't start. That's when you slap yourself silly because you forgot (for the 10th time) that you didn't turn on the fuel pump switch. DAMNIT!!! Stupid, stupid, stupid. However, that's the idea. You want the car jacker to think that you're a rotten car owner that poorly maintains his car. Won't start. A more experienced car thief will look for a mechanical fuel cutoff switch under the hood or some other device under the dash or glove box. If the switch is hidden and he doesn't want to spend a lot of time looking, the thief will split to find an easier target. This security mod is a cheap, extra layer of protection. No guarantees.
Now, I could tell you how I've installed a second switch in that same circuit. The first switch is easy to find (car thief thinks "Ah HA!"), but I always leave that one in the ON position. The second switch is buried in the bowels of the car. That's the real one. I'm not going to tell you where that one is located. MOOWHOOOWAAAHAAAHAAA!
Author Tom Whipple
. i just flip the switch if i park in a bad neighborhood. here is a tutorial that worked for my car (5th gen civic).....Fuel Pump Cutoff Switch
DISCLAIMER : TeamSol of Washington or persons submitting the information here will not assume responsibility, nor be held liable for damage resulting from the use or misuse of any information contained on this page. In other words, any information you find here is used at your own risk.
FUEL PUMP CUTOFF SWITCH CHEAP SECURITY
For less than $10, you can make your Del Sol impossible to drive off by even the most determined car thief. The idea is to install a switch in the power circuit to the fuel pump. The switch is hidden in a really secret spot. With the switch off and fuel pump dead, the engine quickly dies. Car cranks like usual, but doesn't run for more than 5 seconds. The only way to steal your car now is to tow it or put it on a trailer. You need the following stuff for the mod:
1. Wire cutters and striper
2. 10 ft. of 12 gauge wire or one size smaller(length depends on where you put the switch)
3. Exacto knife or razor blade
4. Shrink tube insulation or electricians tape (shrink wrap/tubes better - from Radio Shack)
5. Soldering gun and solder
6. A bunch of male/female connectors
7. A switch (two pole). I got a rocker switch from Radio Shack that was rated for automotive use.
Step #1. Here's the creative part. Find a location for hiding the switch. I'd tell you where I put mine, but then I'd have to kill ya. However, here are some suggestions:
· Under the shift boot. Invisible. You press through the boot cover to hit the switch. You might have to do some fabrication of a switch holder bracket.
· In the ashtray/cigarette lighter area (be sneaky)
· Inside the console compartment (too obvious)
· Inside one of the lockable storage bins (hmmmmm)
· Inside the trunk of the car (pain to get to, but max hidden)
· Any place that's a blind spot. I don't recommend the glove box or under the dash. Too obvious. Remember, the car jacker has probably already disabled your alarm, ignition kill, and starter kill system. He'll deduce that you have a poorly maintained car, or you have another kill switch somewhere.
Step #2. Remove the back center panel (just pull off) and big storage bin piece (screws). You might need to undo the screws on the back of the center console (one screw in bottom of console cover area). Then locate the top of the fuel pump. It's on the shelf where the storage bins rested, pretty close to the center. A round dohicky with a bundle of wires going to it.
Step #3. Carefully open up the cover of the wire bundle leading to the top of the fuel pump. The bundle of wires split at some point with 3 wires going to the fuel sending unit and low fuel connector, and two wires going to the C566 connector and pump. Mine had electricians tape around it. Locate the yellow/green wire (that's yellow wire with green stripe). This is the power wire (from ignition circuit) that fires up the fuel pump. [If still confused on the what is what, wires to ignore are yellow/white, black/yellow, black/white, & green/red. They are for sending unit to fuel gauge and low fuel light.] I used the yellow/green wire myself. Cut the wire. Strip some of the insulation off of both ends (just enough to connect with male and female connectors).
Step #4. Locate where you want to install the switch. Figure out how you're going to affix or attach the switch. If access to connecting the wires is limited, wait until the last minute to glue, screw, or bolt the switch down. I super glued mine. Improvise.
Step #5. Connect a new section of wire to the wire coming out of the fuel pump. You do have the option to hard wire the circuit . However, I soldered a female connector to the wire coming out of the pump and a male connector on the new wire (more about this later). Use a hair dryer to shrink insulation over the connection. Your option is to use electrician tape.
Step #6. Route that wire to your switch. Solder or use a female plug connector to attach to one pole of the switch.
Step #7. Now, take another piece of wire and connect to the other pole of the switch (female connector or solder). Route that wire back to the fuel pump area.
Step #8. Connect that wire coming from the switch to the remaining or only loose end fuel pump wire (the one that goes to the circuit and finally to the power). Use a female connector on the wire from the switch and a male connector on the remaining wire. Shrink tube insulate that puppy. The circuit is now complete. The reason I have a male connector on the wire coming from the power circuit and a female connector on the wire from the fuel pump is to have an emergency way to hook up the circuit if the switch fails. Just a failsafe backup.
To keep all the wires from chafing or disconnecting, I used small zip ties to bundle the wires to other wires or spots. Use some duck tape and tape it down. Whatever.
Step #9. Test the switch. Start the car. If it starts, the switch is in the "on" position. Then, switch the switch to the opposite setting. The car should stall out. Taaaadaaaa, fuel pump is switched off. If the car doesn't start in either setting, you have bad connection someplace. Recheck the circuit. You only have four places that it could be screwed up. The only other problem could be the cheap *** switch you bought at Target.
Step #10. If the switch works, finish the install of the switch. Hide it good. Reassemble all the panels. You're in biddness.
The only thing you have to be aware of is that it is a given you will forget about the switch. You'll jump in the car, turn the keys, and it won't start. That's when you slap yourself silly because you forgot (for the 10th time) that you didn't turn on the fuel pump switch. DAMNIT!!! Stupid, stupid, stupid. However, that's the idea. You want the car jacker to think that you're a rotten car owner that poorly maintains his car. Won't start. A more experienced car thief will look for a mechanical fuel cutoff switch under the hood or some other device under the dash or glove box. If the switch is hidden and he doesn't want to spend a lot of time looking, the thief will split to find an easier target. This security mod is a cheap, extra layer of protection. No guarantees.
Now, I could tell you how I've installed a second switch in that same circuit. The first switch is easy to find (car thief thinks "Ah HA!"), but I always leave that one in the ON position. The second switch is buried in the bowels of the car. That's the real one. I'm not going to tell you where that one is located. MOOWHOOOWAAAHAAAHAAA!
Author Tom Whipple
... but seriously, this a bullshit, im sick of people stealing mint rex's and teg's and then they get smashed off 
08-25-2003, 06:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Re:CRX and INTEG OWNERS BEWARE!
all u need is a quarter to get into any crx/civic
put the quarter in the top of the window, pry back, grab the glass with your hand, spit on your wrist and jam your whole arm down and unlock it.
i use this when i lock my keys in my car
put the quarter in the top of the window, pry back, grab the glass with your hand, spit on your wrist and jam your whole arm down and unlock it.
i use this when i lock my keys in my car
