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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 07:08 AM
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Default Some ___hole decided to have themself a merry Christmas on my expense....

It was 2am of the 27th, after attending to my friend's Christmas/bday party I returned to my car and noticed that they broke the passenger side window and stole my stereo along with some other items. On top of that, they damaged the paint on my dash! It took many man hours and hard work!

I'm going through insurance of getting the HU replaced. I hope there's a special place in hell for these people. Better yet, I hope this person suffers during their life.

Had to vent and I'm hoping you guys are having a better Christmas than I am. Anyways....here's a few before and after pics.

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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 07:45 AM
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SICK paintjob, and im so sorry to hear that bro. ive had my window on my older civic broken 3 times in front of my ____ing work lol...

u have an alarm?
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 07:56 AM
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I feel your pain. Sux about your dash. Don't you hate people?

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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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That sucks, I hope there was no damage to that paintjob.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 09:48 AM
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yes i hate ppl..bad ppl
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 09:51 AM
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and that second car... looks more like my older civic! that suckssss ;(
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 11:45 AM
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Man im sorry to hear bout that. God reigns on the just as well as the unjust, so know that theirs is coming. just be lucky they didn't try and steal your ride.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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that is one awsome lookin dash dude, i hope it can be repaired to its glory!!! any close ups of the damage?? curious to see how hard it would be to fix
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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That sucks. Notice in the picture with the other guys radio that got stolen how the tint held the glass together. Radios in Scions are pretty easy to take out.
Which is why I tell people before spending $1000 on stereo equipment spend $500 on a quality 2-way security system.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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Man sux to hear. When I got my paint keyed I was furious, I cant imagine how this must have felt. Wish ya luck on the repair. That A-hole will get whats comming to him
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 05:06 PM
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Old Dec 30, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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ouch sorry to hear
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by tCb00b
That sucks. Notice in the picture with the other guys radio that got stolen how the tint held the glass together. Radios in Scions are pretty easy to take out.
Which is why I tell people before spending $1000 on stereo equipment spend $500 on a quality 2-way security system.
Viper 5901 on Amazon is $200ish.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by chrischoi
Viper 5901 on Amazon is $200ish.
Anytime you buy a DEI alarm system from an online retailer that isn't an authorized DEI outlet, you lose your warranty not to mention unless you do the install yourself and take in a DEI alarm to an authorized outlet you will get raped on installation.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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They do have an alarm system that shoots flames out from underneath the side of the car. OFF-ROAD USE ONLY, of course.
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I'm definitely going to get an alarm system after getting my HU replaced. Looking for the pager ones but nothing too expensive since I'm unemployed.

As far as the dash goes, I think the body shop ordered a new one since the current one is slightly damaged. So I'm gonna have to redo my dash.
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by shortbusxb
They do have an alarm system that shoots flames out from underneath the side of the car. OFF-ROAD USE ONLY, of course.
Although I would love to see the next thief get fried, I love my paint even more....Dont want to damage it from the flames.lol
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 09:49 PM
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Damn, that's awful dude ! I'm begining to think it's a mistake to install a nav system in the dash. Maybe one of those portable ones are safer. Thinking of security -- the Scion system has a glass breakage detector and would definitely have fired up when the window was hit (even if it didn't break on the first impact).
Old Dec 30, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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Sometimes I wish we would do the whole eye for and eye ____ other countries do. I would love to cut someones hand off who stole my ____.
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Originally Posted by Hix
Sometimes I wish we would do the whole eye for and eye ____ other countries do. I would love to cut someones hand off who stole my ____.
Yes, the Taliban is definitely into that, but they seem to be under some degree of pressure these days.



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