LMAOThis is the reason people will break into your car anyhow... simply because they are expecting to find the faceplate under your seat if it isnt on the deck.
Removable face on Car Stereo
by Elsewhere 20 Replies latest forum tech-support
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freedom96
Even better is this:
A piece of plastic molded for your car, and it clips right over the stereo, looking like there is not even one there.
I used to have one on my old car.
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ISP
It happened to me! Thieves will take whatever they can with or without the removable face!
ISP
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eyegirl
mine got stolen when i was partying with joanna for her bday in minneapolis. should've taken the face off, i really doubt it'd have gotten stolen if i had.
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Elsewhere
So why do so many car stereos get stolen? I have never had one stolen, but I have always used the factory stereo and I keep my car in a garage.
What's the attraction?
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pr_capone
They are easy to get to and easy to sell. Many young people who cannot afford a high end stereo from Best Buy can get one for about $50-$100 off the street. These are stereos that would normaly cost the person $300+.
Thieves will not mess with stock stereos as most of them will only work on a particular model car for a particular year. Aftermarket stereos will work on 95% of all vehicles out there.
Kansas District Overbeer
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eyegirl
i was assured by a friend that mine was probably traded for some drugs............
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TresHappy
My car radio makes a funky noise to remind me that I need to take it off. It's so annoying, I never take off the faceplate. This was a high tech radio my hubby wanted. Me, I'd still be happy with my 8 track.
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Eric
My current truck has a CD player with the detachable faceplate and supposedly a little coded chip in the detachable part has to agree with a little coded chip in the fixed part, but thats not why I bought it. I figure the "hot stereo" market is big enough that there is gear out there to read and rewrite the chips or bypass it altogether. And even if I'm wrong about that...
...they'll still steal it even if it is useless to them.
I had the radio stolen out of my old, clapped out, base model 1978 Ford F-150 pick-up truck in 1993.
The radio was a stock analogue tuner AM/FM radio. No cassette deck. Not even stereo. It drove one tinny speaker in the dashboard. Mechanical push-button presets. A piece of aged crap. Wouldn't command five bucks at a garage sale.
Someone stole it. Smashed the window and cut it out of the dash with a Sawsall. Who did they think they would sell it to?
Eric
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Elsewhere
A 1978 truck is getting to be a "classic"... I wouldn't be surprised if there was quite a market for buying and selling original parts for people wanting to restore trucks to original condition.