Mar 17, 2015 · 4,725 recorded views
The Armaplate on this Mercedes Sprinter was there for exactly one reason: to stop the screwdriver between the handle and the bodywork attack that was common at the time on Sprinters and Vitos of that era. A thief forces a screwdriver between the handle and the bodywork of the van to lever the mechanism inside the door and pop the door open — often leaving only a small bend in the panel and crack in the paint rather than an obvious hole.
That is the layered approach, where the Armaplate addresses the manufacturer's weak point at the handle-area and the deadlock offers an additional layer of security
That is the layered approach, where the Armaplate addresses the manufacturer's weak point at the handle-area and the deadlock offers an additional layer of security in case the thief still manages to get past the factory locking of the van. We also fitted some additional internal and external plates, rather than treating one product as a universal fix for every door.
Here is a video demonstration video showing the van security products that we fitted to a Mercedes Sprinter. We fitted a combination of deadlocks, armaplates, our specialist security plates and a catalytic converted Catloc.
There is an album on our website that shows pictures of this installation along with other security products at; http://www.sussexinstallations.co.uk
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The Armaplate was additional protection around the handles of this van as the common attack method at the time was to push a screwdriver between the handle and the body of the van.
The deadlock. Even if the original locking is bypassed, the door only opens a few millimetres before the deadlock holds it in place. The deadlock has to be manually unlocked with a key before the door will open normally.
All 4 opening doors of the van had both Armaplates and deadlocks fitted to it, in addition to this we fitted internal shielding to the side load door and rear barn door an external magnet shield for the rear barn door.
Transcript source: the YouTube transcript supplied for this project with minor corrections. Automated transcripts can contain recognition errors and should be checked against the original video.
