i have a 7 inch flip up touch screen panasonic tv but i kinda live in a bad neighboor hood. im trying to find a way to hide it so now1 will no i have it. my cars been broking into twice and i have a 2 way alarm. any ideas?
Its a flip out.... Keep it closed?
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
Also, if u really are a motorcycle mechanic(I say mechanic because I've grown up with the belief that a technician went to college
), you should be able to afford living in a nicer neighborhood man. If you can't afford living somewhere u won't get broken into once a week, you shouldn't be buying $ 500+ head units.
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
JLAudioCavalier wrote:Also, if u really are a motorcycle mechanic(I say mechanic because I've grown up with the belief that a technician went to college ), you should be able to afford living in a nicer neighborhood man. If you can't afford living somewhere u won't get broken into once a week, you shouldn't be buying $ 500+ head units.
That's a little bit of an insult to the kid.
He cant help where life has put him. For all we know, He's trying to save up for a better place.
Lets be helpful before we jump to conclusions, and insult him.
To the OP:
Maybe try to fabricate some kind of cover for it? If you're a mechanic, You've got access to some nice equipment.
Maybe some kind of metal door? On hinges, or something? Might be kinda hott if you do some black or stainless, and if your windows are tinted, perhaps it would be harder to see?
Send some pics, and we can help you a bit better.
JLAudioCavalier wrote:Its a flip out.... Keep it closed?
Thats kind of what I was thinking. All flip-outs Ive seen close when the car turns off.
It wasn't meant as an insult, it was common sense. If you know your neighborhod is that bad, and you can't park in a garrage, plan accordingly. An epensive head unit is a bad purchase if you are almost certain you'll get broken into. If he has a good job like his profile says, he shouldn't have to live in a bad part of town (like the entire @!#$hole city of dayton lol).
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
"You really need to staple your face shut"-THE Joey Baggs.
most thiefes would know a flip out from a piece of junk or stock stereo so wether its flipped out or not likely wont make a diffrence. added to that allot of people that modify cars will tint there windows. chances are good tinted windows on a car means a higher chance of having an aftermarket radio.
now jlaudio isnt nessicarily being an ass when he says move to a better neighborhood. that doesnt nessicarily mean he has to buy something way more expensive, just some neighborhoods are worse then others. because if its been broken into twice now and hes now got a flip up screen. chances are the theif is the same guy and he knows that this kid just keeps putting stereos back in the car. its like the theifs own little bank. he hits the car. waits for owner to replace the headunit, hits the car waits for the owner to repair the headunits over and over and over.
some options. if you have a paging alarm with a battery backup to alert you, then i'd look at mounting the headunit with steel instead of those buy in a bag cheap plastic install kits that any 10 year old could rip out of the car. use security screws or hex heads. something a theif isn't likely to be carrying with him so he can't get the thing out. anything to make it take longer to get out. other option is to build a fake faceplate to put overtop of the aftermarket unit that looks stock so hopeuflly they will look in. see a stock looking unit and move on. go without a head unit. can't steal what isnt there. move somewhere else.
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In the past (with more room behind the deck than our cars. I would recess the flip out and make a snap in faceplate out of raped old chevy tape decks. You gotta be careful you don't make it look
too custom though, or you ruin the purpose.
JLAudioCavalier wrote:It wasn't meant as an insult, it was common sense. If you know your neighborhod is that bad, and you can't park in a garrage, plan accordingly. An epensive head unit is a bad purchase if you are almost certain you'll get broken into. If he has a good job like his profile says, he shouldn't have to live in a bad part of town (like the entire @!#$hole city of dayton lol).
Hey hey hey. Dayton isnt that bad. Well 75 is going through there because they cant actually make the roads not a giant series of potholes. I almost lost the Sunfire in one the other day.
I think I probably park my car in worse areas than downtown Dayton.
bradsk88 wrote:In the past (with more room behind the deck than our cars. I would recess the flip out and make a snap in faceplate out of raped old chevy tape decks. You gotta be careful you don't make it look too custom though, or you ruin the purpose.
I've done that before with old Ford AM/FM faces. You just build a box to slide over the existing, paint the sides black, and voila, it looks like it's factory.
Install it in the glove box and leave a big hole in your busted up dash with the wires hanging out with a cut harness.
its not really a bad neighboor hood were i live its just the place about 3 minutes away is a plat were alot of ppl live that are well known for stealing and crap. but im welding up a metal frame to bolt the radio into im trying to hide the radio as far back cause i found a beater radio outa a s10 im gnna try and cut the front face off and clip over the radio when im away from the car. but good advice guys thanks
titans746 wrote:its not really a bad neighboor hood were i live its just the place about 3 minutes away is a plat were alot of ppl live that are well known for stealing and crap. but im welding up a metal frame to bolt the radio into im trying to hide the radio as far back cause i found a beater radio outa a s10 im gnna try and cut the front face off and clip over the radio when im away from the car. but good advice guys thanks
Good looks man.
Post pics when you're all done. May be nice to have ideas for people with the same problems.
I'm interested in seeing how this comes out. fo'sho.
ok will do i got some left over fiberglass sheets so i might make a cover to put over the radio and paint it my interior color or do some fancy fabric over it
ill wait in general for the my radio was stolen thread.
