I recognized that this is a hard topic because the people that you hire to have your car protected or to fix it are the ones that have you targeted. This is a sad reality. Do what I did. I uninstalled all my equipment when I went to have my stuff installed. I left the wires out for the guy to see. He asked me when the installation was being done if I had my stuff ripped off. I made a sad face and said 'yeah'. He then asked if I had intentions of putting in another stereo. I told him that I wouldnt be putting one back in adn that the only reason the alarm was going into the car was because I now feared the car wouldnt be present upon returning to it.

I had a guy show me a pretty weird trick to getting around car alarms. I dont know if it's been corrected within the last couple years. He basically sent a large amount of electricity though the frame. The alarm that he did it on chirped very briefly and then shorted ... he open the door and my mouth dropped. It was that easy to disable the alarm system! This wasnt a cheap system either!