Stops Thieves Dead in Their Tracks | Hidden Van Security Explained

A Stealth Trap is an anti-cut around device designed to stop thieves from cutting around externally fitted door shielding, it's covertly mounted inside the van door to the studs of an externally fitted shield and it uses internal containment zones to limit how far a cut-around attack can spread, the Stealth Trap Anchor version also provides a connection to the door's internal structure to make the external shield much harder to fold away or lever off.

External shields are tough enough that thieves generally don't try cutting through them directly — instead they cut around the shield, through the thinner surrounding bodywork, to reach the latch mechanism. A Stealth Trap is designed specifically to stop that cut-around attack succeeding.

Whilst external shields do give additional security, they are generally more useful as a repair solution for vans that have already been damaged by thieves, many van security businesses rely on the external shield to fix their internal shield, but thieves now have started making holes above, below or the side of external shields and in some cases cutting around the external shields altogether. Sussex Installations saw this as a problem in 2019 and switched our strategy to our internal Stealth shields being standalone covertly fitted inside the door using the factory latch fixings with most of them are multiple layers thick in the most vulnerable drill areas and having wrap around the latch features to deflect against angled attacks from top, bottom and side, they also serve as a layer of protection even if the external shield is cut around. They are compatible with our external OG Shields and our Stealth Traps to give the van owner a flexible choice to suit them.