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V-ARMOUR - Secure - Repair - Style Trade Brand Van Security Shields Powered By Sussex Installations

Nov 17, 2023 · 761 recorded views

Video ID: n60mn5ZtYJYBusiness, manufacturing and recognitionNov 17, 2023 · 761 recorded views

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Jeff Scott’s retrospective context — 2026

V-ARMOUR became the trade route for products designed and manufactured by Sussex Installation Team Ltd. It allowed local installers and resellers to offer the products while keeping the Sussex Installations retail and professionally fitted service distinct.

The product itself can be controlled through design, manufacture and instructions. The quality of a third-party installation and the customer experience provided by another business cannot be controlled in the same way, which is why the distinction between the brands matters.

The quality of a third-party installation and the customer experience provided by another business cannot be controlled in the same way, which is why the distinction between the brands matters.

Original description

V-Armour is the trade brand name that we will be wholesaling our exclusive products to dealers around the UK and beyond and we could use your help. Are you in the van security installation business? or know someone who is a dealer and installer of van security products? If so, then please share this video with them as it is an exciting opportunity for dealers and installers around the UK and beyond to be able to supply and fit the quality products designed and manufactured by us at Sussex Installations. I have spent the last 25 years learning all I can about vehicle security and the last 6 years I have spent designing and manufacturing a quality product range of internal and external van door shielding. We have been selling this product range on the Sussex Installations website, on eBay and Amazon for you guys to fit yourselves and we have been installing it ourselves here at our Sussex Installations workshop in Eastbourne and mobile fitting in the South East of England. Some of you don't want to fit these products yourselves, are not in an area that we cover for installations and have been wanting dealers of our products that are more local to you. We have really wanted to help with that, but we only want to have a direct relationship with our end customers as we at Sussex Installations value our reputation so much, that we just don't want to risk our reputation by having any other business represent us by carrying our installations in our behalf or with their customer service. With us launching our trade brand V-Armour, this will mean that when you are considering to have internal and / or external shielding fitted to your van doors, you will be able to request that your local dealer supply and install V-Armour products. This will mean that even though you will not be dealing with us at Sussex Installations, you will still be purchasing 'Trademark' products that were designed and manufactured by Jeff Scott and the team. Thank you for your help in spreading the word, we are very proud of of what we do and our community of trade people. Regards Jeff

Historical context: This video records the advice, products and attack methods relevant when it was published. Current recommendations may have changed as vehicles, products and criminal methods evolved.

Common questions

Why launch V-Armour as a separate trade brand instead of just selling through dealers as Sussex Installations?

Because I can control the design, manufacture and instructions of a product, but I can't control the quality of a third-party installation or another business's customer service in the same way. V-Armour lets local installers and resellers supply and fit our products while keeping the Sussex Installations retail and professionally fitted service, and our direct relationship with our own customers, separate and protected.

Are V-Armour products the same shields you design and fit at Sussex Installations?

Yes. V-Armour is the trade brand for wholesaling the exact shielding I've designed and we manufacture in Eastbourne, just sold on to dealers and installers around the UK and beyond through the trade shop, rather than fitted directly by us.

Are you planning to make even bigger shields as break-ins get worse?

Very likely, yes. Even our large Ford Custom side load door shield is pretty huge already, but because the attacks we're seeing keep getting bigger, I expect we'll end up making an even larger size at some point to keep pace with what thieves are actually doing to these doors.

Transcript

Show transcript
0:00 -all of the Sussex installations
0:01 -shielding which I've designed and which
0:03 -we manufacture here in eastborn in our
0:04 -Factory with care and love is available
0:07 -for you guys to buy under the V Armor
0:09 -brand V Armor V Armor it's
0:14 -sexy secures repairs adds style to the
0:18 -van the quality sussex installations
0:20 -product with some sexy V Armor branding
0:23 -and that's our trade brand so if you
0:25 -guys are looking to have the ability to
0:28 -supply our products but not sstics
0:30 -installations you can buy them as vmor
0:32 -so trun if you guys to buy it it's in
0:34 -the IIT stuff shop go to iFit stuff.com
0:37 -um click on the shop link and you can
0:39 -see our products there just by browsing
0:41 -by Vehicle Manufacturer if you're
0:43 -already on IIT stuff you probably
0:45 -already got a discount that set up uh a
0:47 -trade discount on the account already um
0:50 -but if you haven't got the appropriate
0:51 -level discount for the money that you're
0:53 -spending like per year then get in touch
0:55 -and we can look at that with you uh on a
0:57 -caseby Case basis so we can be
0:59 -competitive um on price against industry
1:02 -suppliers but bear in mind you are
1:04 -buying something that's really is a bit
1:05 -special from us so give you an idea of
1:07 -some of our products V Armor custom
1:10 -bondor Shield that's a large size Shield
1:13 -a lot of the products that we've got
1:14 -we've actually been doing different
1:16 -sizes of them not for every making model
1:18 -van but just continue like as it needs
1:20 -to be there's our standard size full
1:22 -custom side load door one of our
1:24 -bestselling products so many sell so
1:26 -many of them talking about making
1:29 -different sizes is this is our large so
1:31 -full custom large side load door it's
1:35 -pretty huge really but in all honesty
1:36 -we're probably going to make a bigger
1:37 -one at some point because the attacks
1:39 -are just getting bigger and bigger like
1:41 -to be a to fit to be able to fit this
1:44 -could save someone like 1,000 on having
1:46 -to buy a new door so it really is an
1:48 -important product and then combining
1:50 -that with our internal Shields to give
1:52 -them additional security that's a Ford
1:55 -Transit mar8 side load door shield and
1:58 -the all the bumps to match like the
2:00 -Contour of the van the suage lines it
2:02 -really is a really great product all
2:05 -supplied with a nepr gasket as well of
2:08 -course with the nuts bolts washers and
2:10 -installation
2:18 -instructions and then here we have a
2:21 -Ford Transit large side side load door
2:24 -Shield so again matching all the
2:25 -Contours of the van but it's a nice big
2:28 -side load door Shield most of those
2:31 -external side load door Shields we stock
2:33 -in a matte black finish or the brushed
2:35 -um polished stainless steel finish so
2:38 -all depending on what your customer is
2:40 -looking for depending on what color the
2:41 -van are what type of customer you've got
2:44 -um the external Shields are compatible
2:46 -with our internal Shields we suggest an
2:48 -internal Shield like you can set it as a
2:50 -stand alone internal or have the
2:53 -internal and the external which is the
2:55 -the best thing really but these internal
2:58 -Shields what I try and do where possible
3:01 -is layer them up so the we've got them
3:02 -double layered up on most of them where
3:04 -the area where someone might drill and
3:05 -we've had some really horrific attacks
3:08 -which have been stopped by our internal
3:09 -shielding being a standalone product so
3:11 -it's so effective it really really is
3:13 -good I think the internal Shields are
3:15 -like the best value for money that you
3:17 -can buy that a customer can spend then
3:19 -it's between the Deadlocks and the
3:20 -external Shields or an alarm system
3:22 -after that but if it's a a van where we
3:25 -got internal shielding for it it's
3:26 -probably the best money they can
3:28 -spend obviously the external shield in
3:31 -terms of a repair product are just the
3:32 -best money you can spend and it's a
3:34 -really good way of getting a van back on
3:35 -the road quickly and
3:38 -cheaply that's a for custom EUR 6 um or
3:42 -a Ford Transit Mark 8 EUR 6 bolt on over
3:44 -the lat Shield we also have a version
3:47 -similar version like that for the Euro
3:49 -6.2 um Vol over the latch but we do have
3:53 -for the four Customs one which would do
3:55 -a 6.2 or or the Euro 5 or Euro 6 and
3:59 -that's layered up and it's more like an
4:00 -L-shaped bracket so there are also some
4:03 -different choices depending on what you
4:05 -want or what your customer wants
4:07 -something like the bondor mar8 shield
4:11 -there's a lot of protection both at the
4:12 -bottom and at the top and because of the
4:14 -size that we make it and again that's
4:16 -double layered up so another another
4:18 -quality product for varo B door Shield
4:22 -like within the industry you want to
4:24 -seen anything like this you wait till to
4:25 -get this in your hands it's really is
4:27 -protecting from so many different angles
4:29 -there's one of those Barn Door Shields
4:30 -without the the bag gives you a better a
4:33 -better view of it but you protect them
4:35 -from so many different angles it is
4:38 -quite honestly a work of art it is a
4:40 -masterpiece side load door shield for
4:42 -the REO traffic I'll show one that's not
4:44 -in the bag gives you a bit of an idea
4:46 -for it again really guarding from so
4:50 -many different angles to actually get at
4:52 -the latch it does make it really good
4:54 -security product and again it's double
4:56 -layered up in the most vulnerable area
4:58 -where someone might
5:00 -drill and then other than that the list
5:02 -goes on really we've we've got so many
5:03 -different shields for the external for
5:06 -the internal for different makes models
5:08 -Vans and doors in some cases I said we
5:10 -got large or we've got extra large um in
5:12 -some cases we've got medium large extra
5:14 -large we may have the brushed finish or
5:17 -the matte black finish as well so give
5:20 -us a
5:24 -try I can't wait to get your feedback on
5:26 -what you think of our product thanks for
5:28 -watching

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Author
Jeff Scott
Publisher
Sussex Installation Team Ltd
Updated
2026-08-27
Primary focus
Business, manufacturing and recognition
Jeff Scott, founder of Sussex Installation Team Ltd
About the author

Jeff Scott — Van Security Specialist and Industry Educator

Jeff Scott is the founder of Sussex Installation Team Ltd (Sussex Installations). He has fitted vehicle-security systems since 1997, started Sussex Installations in 2003 and has specialised in van security since 2008. His work combines installation, vulnerability research, product design, UK manufacturing and long-term public education.

In 2009, Jeff published the first known YouTube video explaining mechanical key-operated van deadlocks. He has continued documenting van-security products, installation standards, vehicle vulnerabilities and changing attack methods ever since – earning his description as "The OG Van Security YouTuber."

Jeff has supported thousands of professional vehicle aftermarket technicians across the UK and beyond with access to technical information, while actively promoting higher quality installation standards through his trade community ifitstuff.com since 2006.