Stop thief! Cheap DIY Car Tracking Option

[r1.]

Hi everyone.
Just like to let everyone know that Optus also provides this service.It's called 'Friend FindA'.They have had this service for at least 6 months now.

[CIV-18C]

Great Idea!!!

Anyone know if Vodafone offers the same?

[Sexc86]

really good idea, but would the plan with telstra mean you have to spend so much money with them every month to keep it active.

A good idea would be to store the phone under the carpet somewhere with a hard active from the battery to a 12V charger, keep it constantly charged!

[aznalex]

does the phone in the car have to be on a plan?
or can it be on pre-paid (telstra)?

[im.Kusuma]

get a fising line hooked up to ur car everytime u go home or before u sleep

[hectic_filo]

bro i work for telstra and i dnt even know bout this.. thanks for the info m8!!!

[aznalex]

get a fising line hooked up to ur car everytime u go home or before u sleep

200kms of fishing line with alot of slack sound about right?

what about the old bucket of paint + tiny hole trick from the simpsons

[im.Kusuma]

200kms of fishing line with alot of slack sound about right?

what about the old bucket of paint + tiny hole trick from the simpsons

good idea! :L why not just have paint in your boot and make a hole!? LOLS

well.. my uncle in ind did this to his car..
he kinda made a switch for the ignition.. Switch kinda hooked up with the dizzy or something (not sure).. well
the switch is like an on & off switch and everytime you turn off your car, u switch the switch to on, kinda like a cheap immobiliser.. but he has it mount inside his glovebox so thieves wont look anywhere near the steering wheel. When the switch is activated, the car will not start at all.. which i reckon is pretty cool.. lols

He also has a sensor on his front wheel "valve cap?" that thing where u can re gass ur tyre? lols well he used those "speed sensor" for bikes and he hook it up to inside the wheel arch and the valve cap.. So while the engines off, everything is activated.. The alarm will go on if the wheels rotate..

Pretty ghetto but does the job.. I got no idea how he did it.. I'd love to ask but its a hassle doing it here .. especially when he has to explain it over the fone lols

did i make sense?

[hitoriko]

Sounds like a nice way to keep track, just make sure you hide the phone somewhere from visibility but easy to get it to recharge.

simple get an 8210 (because there small and lightweight hide it behind your glovebox and run a chager cord to the back 12v where your lighter is (it would be ablit of mucking around etc.. but hell for the cheapest tracking sytem why the hell not!

[quangsuke]

what to do is make a switch for your fuel pump in your car. and hide it in the car so when u leave you switch it off so no power runs to fuel pump when they wire up your car. =D

[TheSaint]

we need a seperate thread for DIY killswitches lol

[Fluffmeister]

tried setting this up tonight, website was slow ... i got a confirmation that requests have been accepted but they are stuck on pending so cant track at this point.. meh will check again tomoz