Sep 12, 2016 · 7,829 recorded views
This one shows why we fitted two deadlocks to the side load door rather than one. The low one, with a long-throw bolt, holds the door secure against the standard prying attacks at the bottom edge. The high one is there for the same reason we started adding high-position door switches around this time: some thieves are willing to go to a higher level of attack and try to bend the door away from the frame at the top instead, so a second lock up high holds that end secure too rather than leaving it as the one place still vulnerable.
If someone gets the door open, the manufacturer's lock, which you've already secured, this lock is going to hold it secure, so is the bottom lock.
It's the same layering logic as the alarm side. The factory door switch sits low, so we added a second one up high specifically to catch that top-of-door bending attack and sound the alarm before the damage gets too far along, plus a PIR in the load area to catch anyone who cuts a hole in the roof instead of going through a door at all. And because the vulnerable factory barrel on the driver's door is gone, replaced with our high-security lock, a thief can no longer get in through that door and disable the whole factory alarm system the way they could with the original barrel and a Ford Tibbe key.
This is a video demonstration of different security products that we fitted to a Ford Transit Custom van at our workshop in Eastbourne.
We fitted;
1 x T Series Deadlock to the rear barn doors
2 x Deadlocks to the side load door (1 up high and 1 down low)
1 x Replacement drivers door lock
Load area PIR and high position alarm upgrade
If you would like more information on security for your van then please get in touch via our website at https://www.sussexinstallations.co.uk
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A low deadlock with a long-throw bolt secures the door against standard prying at the bottom edge, while a second deadlock fitted high up specifically holds the top of the door secure against a more determined attack that tries to bend the door away from the frame.
The factory door switch sits low on the door, so an additional switch fitted high up is there to detect a thief trying to lever or bend the door out from the top, sounding the alarm before that kind of attack can do too much damage.
The original vulnerable lock barrel that could previously be picked to disarm the whole system has been removed and replaced with a high-security lock, so that route into disabling the factory alarm no longer exists.
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