How repair shielding can cover attack damage, protect vulnerable mechanisms and reduce the time and cost of returning a working van to service.
How repair shielding can cover attack damage, protect vulnerable mechanisms and reduce the time and cost of returning a working van to service.
You are often faced with a choice of taking your van to a bodyshop for a repair, or you can often have a repair shield fitted to your van to cover / repair the damage. Our OG bolt-on repair shields are vehicle-specifically designed and come complete with detailed fitting instructions for DIY installation, or we provide professional mobile installation of our shields in the South East of England, and have workshop facilities for you to bring your van to us to have our professional installer fit the shields and our other security products.
A bodyshop repair could cost hundreds or even thousands of pounds, and you may be left without your vehicle for days or weeks while it is being repaired.
A repair shield might cost as little as £64.99 with free postage, and you might spend around 1 hour to fit the shield yourself, or £142.99 supplied and professionally fitted at our workshop in Eastbourne or in the local area as a mobile installation.
The advantages of a shield repair are usually that it is faster (less downtime), cheaper, and gives additional security over the standard van bodywork to make it less likely to suffer a repeat attack.
We offer different finish / colour choices:
If you have damage to your van, then get in touch with us at Sussex Installations and we will be able to let you know if we can help you with an existing dedicated solution, using shield extensions or universal shields, or on the chance that your van model’s damage is already on our development high-priority list, to see if we can bump it up the list to help you out.
These extracts are from genuine five-star Google reviews.
★★★★★"Had my van broken into and needed my doors secured asap. Within 24hr had steel plates fitted to the inside and outside my van, worked out cheaper than getting a whole new door plus now it's got added security."
Mark Matthews · Google review, July 2026
★★★★★"Got the side door security plate fitted to the damaged door and although it hides quite a large hole/cut in the door you'd never tell, it looks factory fitted."
Don Johnson · Google review, January 2022
★★★★★"These guys are phenomenal, so helpful. I turned up first thing in the morning after having my van broken into, they were brilliant fixing a fantastic steel shield to the back of my van straight away."
Dan Pain · Google review, May 2021
Review wording has been lightly shortened for display without changing its meaning. Full reviews remain available on the Sussex Installations Google Business Profile.
Often yes. One example on this page shows an owner saving around five thousand pounds by having a repair shield fitted to cover massive thief damage on a brand new Ford Custom, rather than paying for a full bodyshop repair.
An internal shield can stop a thief reaching the latch or locking mechanism, but the door skin around it is often already cut or damaged during the attempt, as shown in the London Ford Custom case on this page, so a repair shield still needs to be fitted to cover that damage.
Yes, we offer van security / repair shields that can be painted to the colour code (most popular variant) of your van.
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This product can be purchased on our website here https://www.sussexinstallations.co.uk... Jeff Scott from Sussex Installations explains how to properly install an external security shield on a Ford Custom van door. This guide cov
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Thieves seem to be making more damage on vans than ever before and we look at what we can do to adapt to that and design bigger repair shield solutions for our customers so that we can offer them a quick and effective repair solut
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Developing internal door shielding for this model van was a nightmare, such a challenge with the little space that's available inside the side load doors of the Vauxhall Vivaro, Peugoet Expert, Citroen Dispatch, Toyota Proace and
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Tradesman Nick Hempleman of Nitec Solutions Electrical Plumbing and heating Contractors brings his Brand New Shape Ford Custom van to us after he had been broken into. There's a savage hole in the side load door after thieves brok
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Our internal latch shield stops determined thieves from breaking into this tradesman's Ford Custom Van! Great news that it stopped the thieves from getting in, but there is allot of damage that has been caused to the van. Can we f
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Did the thieves manage to get into the van? Can we repair the van the same day so that the tradesman can return to work? What makes theives think that they can go around attacking vans like this? It's Monday morning and there is a
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Massive damage caused by thieves to the Brand New Shape Ford Custom van, this is going to require us to design and develop a repair shield that is an extra large size! We ask is this is a viable alternative to a bodyshop repair an
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What do you want your van to look like after having shields fitted is a big question? You might think that all shields are alike, BUT you would be very wrong! There are many hideous looking, poor quality cheap shields being sold o
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