Hidden kill switch
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Topic: Hidden kill switch
Posted By: Ishinc
Subject: Hidden kill switch
Date Posted: June 11, 2002 at 1:47 AM
Hi, i am trying to put in a hidden kill switch that needs to be tripped before my car can be started. kind of a safely feature so it's harder to steal my car. do you guys have any ideas? i was thinking about adding a switch to my fuel pump. is that the best way to go? ISH
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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: June 11, 2002 at 5:24 AM
You can attach a kill switch to the cigarette lighter that will disable the fuel pump. Make sure you have a back up though in case your battery dies or something else fails  ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: Ishinc
Date Posted: June 12, 2002 at 12:08 AM
sounds very interesting! how do i do it with the cig lighter? ish
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: June 12, 2002 at 4:51 PM
I will try to find the picture of the switch taht i have . It will explain things way better. Just give me a couple of days to see if I can find it. ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: NyxBass
Date Posted: June 20, 2002 at 10:33 PM
Posted By: GlassWolf
Date Posted: June 24, 2002 at 1:23 AM
That picture I want to see, too. heh I like that idea..
It occurs to me that if I re-wired the lighter plug so that it's N/O, and only closed when the plug is inserted, it'd be quite the stealthy way to disable the starter relay. LOL I like this idea... particularly since I don't use that accessory plug anyway.
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-GlassWolf
Pioneer Stage-4, Orion, DynAudio, Fi
Posted By: mike simonelli
Date Posted: July 15, 2002 at 9:38 PM
you can put a switch on anything really. like the locks, power mirror, defroster, for loghts ect.... any switch in the car can feed a relay thats all you need to do . just hold any of the buttons down while you start it and it will work fine be creative>???
Posted By: mike simonelli
Date Posted: July 15, 2002 at 9:39 PM
i meant fog lights
Posted By: wlg83
Date Posted: August 02, 2002 at 5:03 AM
I have hidden a switch in my steering column pressed by pulling the tilt lever. I used to use it for a kill switch, but I replaced it with a posh on/off for my neon lights. I REALLY like your idea VELOCITY... never thought of it. In my monte I used my remote turn-on lead form my head unit, so the car wouldn't start without the face attached, but got tired of taking the damned thing off and carrying it around. Gotta love novelty!
Posted By: sparkyssb
Date Posted: August 02, 2002 at 11:28 AM
I was thinking about hooking up a starter kill relay to my highbeam lever too..but i wanted to make it so I flicked it when i got in the car and got something like 5 sec to start....pretty easy but havent gotten around to it yet..what can i say, im a busy guy! 
Posted By: curtishaynes
Date Posted: August 02, 2002 at 3:51 PM
I put a kill switch on the cruise control button, and also the wipers, so if you wanted to crank the car you had to hold the cruise button down and turn the wipers on to crank the car. You also had to do it in that order otherwise you would never crank it.
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txblockbeater
Posted By: HotRod53F100
Date Posted: August 05, 2002 at 8:18 PM
I did mine with a magnet and magnetic switch mounted under the console. If the magnet wasn't placed on the right spot on the console or the dash for that matter (depending where you wanted it mounted). the car wouldn't start. There used to be a system sold called the "silent system", thats where I got the idea. The best part was.....it was eligible for the discount on the insurance because it was of the type that you could not forget to arm it. Depending on the vehicle, there is probably a few options as far as tieing it in. On the older GM vehicles, there was the infamous pink wire coming from the column.
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HotRod
Posted By: cpgoose
Date Posted: August 06, 2002 at 9:54 AM
Ok, so if you hooked up a kill switch, and then everytime you got in the car you had to flick it to start the car....what would happen with a remote start? Can you have the remote start fick the switch and start automatically? It seems that some switches are actual on/off, and others have to be held in to start?
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: August 06, 2002 at 10:17 AM
Just have the remote starter START wire on the otherside of the kill switch relay or switch. No need to have to install another circuit to bypass a bypass. ------------- Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: Rjahr01
Date Posted: August 15, 2002 at 10:01 PM
just get one of those batteries from sears that have the remote turn on and turn off, this way you could have it when you wanted it, and it would be on a remote.
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rjahr01
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