Kill Switches for security.

[white90crxhf]

I do not care if my car is broken into as there is nothing in it, no stereo, no speakers, no speaker holders, only thing are books for college and an air pump. I just do not want them to take my car i don't want to buy another one and finding a stock crx around here is hard if not impossible.

Can i make a kill switch for the starter or is the starter too strong? excuse my ignorance i know nothing about the electrical systems.

I've read about the fuel pump kill switch, which i can easily do.
The distributor ignition kill switch?? i assume i'll be splicing into wires inside the cabin? Any other switches i could make? i'd like to make some for the headlights so they don't come on, right now i just take out the fuses .

[skewbe]

Solenoid,injectors,computer,pump,crank signal,coil, lots of things can be disabled and can slow down/stop a potential thief.

You can hide/camoflage "kill" switches, or combinations of kill switches all day. As long as the switch and associated wiring blend in (and the thief doesn't have prior knowledge) it will likely go un diagnosed. Of course there's always the lucky guess so no guarantees.

[northboundtrain]

The starter operates on a relay. most relays are on the starter itself, though some are remote. If you get a wiring schematic, it will show/tell you where the relay is. Power goes from the ignition to the relay which then completes the circuit directly from the battery to the starter. So you should put a switch between the ignition and the relay, not on the heavy cable going from the battery to the starter. A determined thief could bypass the switch, but it will take him time to trouble shoot so it would be an excellent deterent as long as the switch is well hidden.

[white90crxhf]

Originally Posted by northboundtrain

The starter operates on a relay. most relays are on the starter itself, though some are remote. If you get a wiring schematic, it will show/tell you where the relay is. Power goes from the ignition to the relay which then completes the circuit directly from the battery to the starter. So you should put a switch between the ignition and the relay, not on the heavy cable going from the battery to the starter. A determined thief could bypass the switch, but it will take him time to trouble shoot so it would be an excellent deterent as long as the switch is well hidden.

i do have an electrical schematic, i bought the factory service manual, i guess i'll have to study it. When i had a stereo the line from the battery to the amps had a fuse and the amp it self had a fuse, should i add fuses to the kill switch lines or are they not needed for switches?

[thisisntjared]

there is a starter relay that operates off the clutch in civics and it is usually under the driverside dash, if you follow the clutch switch wire back you should eventually run into the relay that will have 2 larger wires (probably white with a black stripe) if you were to put a switch on the clutch switch wire then it would be the same as trying to start the car without the clutch pedal pressed.

one of my current 3 anti theft measures is removing the starter relay and taking it with me every time i park the car.

[GasSavers_Red]

Originally Posted by thisisntjared

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one of my current 3 anti theft measures is removing the starter relay and taking it with me every time i park the car.

Pull that and the ASD relay if you have one and the car won't be able to be moved under its own power.

[red91sit]

I would go with a fuel pump cut relay, you can easily bump start a car (as we all know) but you can't get too far with out gas.

[thisisntjared]

i agree that having the starter cut is not enough, but there is no single most thing that will stop your car from getting stolen. multiple switches is best.

no fuses are needed on the lines for kill switches. there is nothing there that you need to worry about protecting. keep studying the manual. follow all the wires for the fuel pump. its best to install a few switches all the way from the ecu to the fuel pump.

[Compaq888]

I got an alarm, battery backup, hidden siren, hidden kill switch, autolock. I wouldn't mind getting a lo jack and gps tracking too. It's a civic. Nothing I can do.

[thisisntjared]

did you re-run the hood latch cable? if you did not then all of that is useless.