AJ, that really sucks.....I know how much time and effort you put into your work.....hope you find the a$$holes.
-Aaron

 

God, we both got ripped of in the coarse of a week. That's really rediculous.

 

OOOHHHHH NO!!!!!!!! Man sounds like you got screwed...Or should I say @#$%& those CD, bumper,lightbar,stealing mother@#$%&"s... Sounds like my bumper was in your truck....@#$%& . I had just taken mine off this weekend and tossed it in a bid A$$ dumpster..... hoping the one you biult me was going to be here soon. @#$%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

We need to kill those Motha's No need for that $hit at all. SCRAm

 

Don't worry MJ, they didn't get yours..it was sitting in the garage yet because the paint wasn't quite cured. What luck eh?

 

I hope you find your creations, good luck!

 

did you take pictures of all your stuff like you usualy do? If so definately make copies and report it to the police if you haven't already. You never know. The more eyes you have out there the better and I am pretty sure everything they took was in excess of $100. I'm sorry about the loss bro. Try not to go Vigilante although I agree with you 100%. I don't know what will happen if the two are put in custody but I do know this... This country screwed up when we labled the judicial system criminal justice instead of victims justice. NORM

 

Well said.

 

Thanks guys, I only had pics of a couple things and gave a complete description best I could of everything that was stolen. I used to work with the local sheriff's department so they were really helpful and would be checking around with the known dirtballs. I'm just glad they didn't trash my jeep.

 

I use to work at a super max prison there in Kansas. You talk about poor inmates. Let see, Free health care free dental movie on Friday and Saturdays. Color TV's in the cells ( Poor inmate have to pay for them). They can by smokes and food from the canteen for a little of nothing. Let see in the get in trouble in the cell house it's not thier falt let blaim it on the gaurds. Free wieght systems and Basketball. And there is NOT that much Butt Love going on as people think. Just like any buddy they give it up if they want.
Rick
PS Don't forget they steal because the system makes them and if you did not have the stuff in the first place then thay would not have to steal it.
Kansas needs to bring back Hangings!

 

Let's not forget they can't go out in a jeep and do wheeling. So life for them must suck even though they get things cheap in prison.

 

well I just got laid off about... an hour ago and well i could use a bumper lets say i come to iowa and do some snooping around... im sure i have enough "supplies" to get rid of them and get your stuff back hehe. I always wanted to be a contract killer. why not start now eh? j/k

 

Somehow cherokees are thief magnets. Why is that?

 

Thief's are only about 1 notch from being in the same class as child molestors......

But this does bring up a good point.....it's time to go out and buy one of those engraving tools. If you have a serial # (or any other number) on you stuff, the chances of getting it back go way up. I can not stress the importance of keeping records of all serial #'s...and if it doens't have one, then put your drivers license # on it. There is nothing I enjoy more than stoping some dirt bag who is in possession of stolen property. If he didn't steal it, he usually knows who did...and it doesn't take long to sweat a guy into singing.

And if he grinds it off...then that is just as good as saying he did it...It's a felony in almost all states to be in possession of any property with the S/N removed or altered. Which means that if you put your DL # on there and they scrape it off...GUILTY. But the point is, you gota mark it first.

I would also like to stress the importance of not showing off what you have. Those tinted windows on the back work well the hide what you have back there. At least keep a blanket to cover stuff up. Remove the radio faceplate. Put those CD's away. Use theft deterent bolts on those bumpers...and make it obvious. I know an alarm system does not do much good when your jeep is 10 miles from the nearest ears, but you might consider installing a LOUD sonalert inside the cab...say the 110 DB type? The painful noise just might be enough to 'encourage' him to go elsewhere. And don't forget the hood lock so he doesn't open up the hood to disconnect the battery.

 

it's a damn shame we should even have to worry about being ripped off. people should respect eachothers belongings. i bet those lowlifes would be the first ones crying if something were stolen from them.
a few years ago, i was out with a club on a trail ride. i had my warn hitch shackle mounted on the rear of the xj. we encountered a few stucks where i had gotten out to help. i never got stuck so i never needed to use the rear shackle mount. but i did notice when i had gotten home that someone helped themselves to it.
not that this was a very costly part ($30) but the fact that this was a club outing and someone from my friends club took it. so who can you trust?
sorry to hear about your loss athlonaj.

 

Damn AJ, I am sorry they hit you too.
With all the talk of a pain generator, what did you have set-up when they hit your Jeep?
I hope you weren't like me and typing all that stuff on here, but not actually installing it on your XJ............
I am glad to hear they only got copies of your CD's, and not the originals. Did you just burn them, or have you had them for awhile?
I just did a search on Ebay for the stuff you described and nothing jumped out at me. I saved the search, so when other items are posted, I'll get an email and will check it out.
Sorry again about your misfortune.

 

Nope, no alarm of any kind at all to be honest. Where I live at I even leave my key in it unlocked all the time even. The place I was at is not a well traveled spot at all but I still locked it up, my dad thinks it was just some ******** that were bored and I'm thinking he was right. To be honest I probably won't mess with an alarm or anything at all, I've already got a starter interrupt with a hidden switch. I know I posted some ideas before of alarms and pain generators but in all honesty if someone wants something they are going to take it regardless. Maybe I'll wire up 5 lbs of C4 explosives to an alarm though.

 

5 lbs is a little much man. only a few ounces would take care of them no problem... if you even need that much.

 

Pain gens dont do much. Trust me its not much to drive a greedy thief away. You have to install a full size siren into the dash to be loud enough. I think the full size ones are about 130db. Not too sure on the exact decible.
sorry to hear about the loss AJ. Hope your belongings show up soon.
Someone tried to break into my jeep last night. When i opened it up this morning the alarm beeped 3 times meaning that the alarm gave off a warning signal during hte night sometime. You have to hit it kind of hard to get it to give a warning.