0:00 -hello I'm Roger please be from
0:01 -skill-builder I've got some bad news
0:03 -I've had a robbery some bastard has got
0:06 -into my van has stolen all my tools and
0:09 -like everybody I now think about van
0:12 -security and I've come down to Sussex
0:15 -installations who specialized in
0:17 -securing vents to see what they can do
0:20 -for me this is Jeff Scott you're an
0:22 -expert in this Roger nice to me you're
0:24 -thanks to making the trip down to us do
0:25 -that's right we're going to show you
0:26 -what I recommend for your van we show
0:28 -you a little bit what we've done on our
0:29 -own vehicles and have a good talk
0:30 -through and see what we can do for you
0:32 -okay lovely
0:33 -[Music]
0:38 -now funnily enough you've got van which
0:41 -is very similar to mine your your fleet
0:43 -ban here is is more or less the same
0:46 -model obviously you've got the crew cab
0:47 -version so you've got the additional
0:48 -seats inside the van it's not a complete
0:51 -just straight van like this one but the
0:53 -same sort of principles applied the same
0:55 -type of braking techniques the team type
0:57 -of thing that we need to do to secure
0:59 -the van is it's very very similar so
1:01 -what we got on this van is we've got a
1:03 -combination of product here we've got
1:05 -slam handles this is so it's taken off
1:07 -the original handle and put a slam lock
1:09 -in and we've also got some extra dead
1:12 -locks on this door and then there's an
1:14 -alarm system but we can show you in a
1:16 -minute the reason for these slam handles
1:18 -were the the previous model they had a
1:20 -big plastic handle on them here and what
1:22 -people would do would they break the
1:23 -whole hand off and they'd attack the
1:24 -latch mechanism and regardless that the
1:26 -van was lot deadlocked from the factory
1:28 -remote control but I attacking that
1:30 -latch mechanism through like the
1:31 -security shield which is one millimetre
1:34 -piece of plastic they get the van open
1:38 -and so we used to change it with a slam
1:40 -handle and we'd have a nice big play in
1:42 -there which is blocking access to that
1:44 -vulnerable yeah so you can see that's
1:47 -right so it was like a sandwich on the
1:49 -old van so now once we've moved over to
1:51 -this model van we carried on with the
1:54 -slammer handles and but it was also them
1:56 -by themselves it's not enough to really
1:58 -do anything that the latch mechanism is
2:00 -still vulnerable so it's actually the
2:02 -key part is our internal shielding so
2:05 -what we're gonna suggest on your van is
2:07 -just because we want to give the most we
2:08 -can for the budget yeah we're going to
2:10 -leave the slam handles so you don't have
2:12 -the inconvenience of locking your keys
2:14 -inside the van okay we're gonna fit the
2:16 -internal shield in right so we're not
2:18 -going to do this then no okay but the
2:20 -internal shielding is the bit that you
2:21 -reckon is really where this really
2:24 -really important and if you see the type
2:26 -of break-in attacks we're seeing on
2:27 -these vans and if they do circumvent the
2:29 -factory deadlock and so even if you've
2:31 -done the factory deadlocking on your van
2:32 -by cutting this hole in there do they do
2:34 -that
2:35 -no they got hack or something or what
2:37 -well it seems to be that over they use
2:40 -in a can opener or they just poke in the
2:41 -screwdriver or they drill in a hole
2:43 -through the back of the van okay so then
2:45 -mechanically bypass that factory
2:47 -deadlock it's not and it is I'm not
2:49 -talking about someone getting a computer
2:50 -and heck
2:51 -into the system the thing is you can
2:52 -never see what's coming and obviously
2:54 -that's what we find in these
2:55 -manufacturers they designed this van
2:56 -bang you know whether it's this this
2:58 -found with this vulnerability whether
3:00 -it's like the forward with the the
3:02 -driver's door barrel which is absolutely
3:03 -plagued them or any of these other
3:05 -models that we've seen these very
3:06 -strange type of vulnerabilities where
3:08 -they they push a side load door out with
3:11 -a screwdriver and the whole vans unlock
3:12 -in itself there's just madness one thing
3:14 -I want to ask you you don't have to
3:16 -answer this really but why the
3:19 -manufacturers not do a better job of
3:21 -security because we've heard about the
3:23 -transit thing which absolute disaster
3:25 -you know thousands and thousands
3:27 -transits been broken into just by hack
3:29 -in the the software so now we've got I
3:31 -mean what I consider to be basic things
3:34 -why haven't I got a guy like you on
3:36 -board telling them what they ought to do
3:38 -I mean I think it's just it's the bigger
3:41 -the giant the slower they move
3:43 -[Music]
3:46 -okay I'm feeling more confident already
3:48 -and I know that we were late arriving
3:50 -this morning so you've got a big job on
3:52 -your hands you've got it are you gonna
3:53 -do it on your own or what no no I got
3:55 -the guys here so I've got Matt and Danny
3:56 -here and we're gonna crack on and we're
3:58 -going to get you're bouncing I'm gonna
3:59 -leave you to it okay thanks very much
4:00 -brilliant thank you
4:04 -[Music]
4:11 -you might find a 50 pound note and there
4:14 -is all over the place have to keep our
4:16 -house honor
4:18 -[Music]
4:27 -I guess from a point of view with the
4:29 -light like where to put the flashing LED
4:31 -for it is it's night if it's somewhere
4:32 -where you know you can sort of see it
4:34 -from around so what what I'm suggested
4:36 -in but it's your personal preference is
4:38 -the customer what you like it
4:39 -so we put it somewhere pretty much
4:42 -around about here which would be kind of
4:44 -there so that would be kind of a good
4:47 -all-around sight if someone was looking
4:49 -in you you know sizing up your motor
4:50 -from the driver side he's going to see
4:52 -it from the passenger side and actually
4:53 -probably as he's walking down the road
4:55 -he can zip also for your point of view
4:57 -you want to is quite nice did a lot with
4:59 -a van up you know you just look out the
5:00 -window at night oh yeah you see the
5:02 -light flashing get this far
5:03 -[Music]
5:08 -that's not it's not normal
5:10 -we've got a leak from his area was on me
5:17 -[Music]
5:23 -so what's the most common I thought the
5:25 -transit is most one of it the custom is
5:29 -the most popular van we do probably the
5:35 -high roof transit after that and then
5:37 -these these are very popular as well I
5:43 -think is pretty those are three main
5:45 -ones everything else is probably about
5:46 -even scale actually probably the Citroen
5:49 -relays we do a lot of those you can
5:51 -relay Pocho Papa's are all that shape
5:53 -you get quite a few of those as well
5:59 -[Music]
6:04 -so are the models that are harder to
6:07 -work on access wise yes yeah what's your
6:11 -worst nightmare
6:12 -retail is not my favorite the alarm on
6:16 -of vetoes all right but doing the
6:18 -security locks in the veto it's not fun
6:20 -but it just comes down to what not
6:23 -befitting as well certain vehicles
6:25 -deadlocks is nice and easy other
6:27 -vehicles Altima lot to easier it just
6:30 -depends where you got really
6:34 -[Music]
6:53 -what is hey what did you do loads and
6:56 -loads of tests for the yeah of the
6:58 -kustra it's not
7:06 -[Music]
7:18 -[Music]
7:24 -[Music]
7:44 -[Music]
7:46 -oh yeah if you ever want to refresh your
7:49 -pie lining yeah
7:51 -then buy whole new set just take it all
7:53 -off give it dust off the acoustic carpet
7:54 -over it loads of online places and get
7:56 -it from and it instantly refreshes all
7:58 -of your load area and because it's all
8:00 -cut to size already you just put it back
8:02 -on very cheap and easy it's all cut to
8:04 -size yeah all the point lining you've
8:06 -got inside already because to do the
8:08 -acoustic carpet you lay on the floor you
8:10 -spray adhesive glue all over it and then
8:13 -you pray spray adhesive glue onto this
8:14 -pyrite lining as well wait 60 seconds
8:17 -put it on top you cut around it but give
8:19 -it so it can come back over put it back
8:22 -up these pisac it's very easy I don't
8:25 -know couple my mates friends where they
8:27 -were talking about getting new piling or
8:29 -or just putting a wasteland 50 pair on
8:31 -that when you can just spend 20 pound a
8:33 -letter but couse t carpet and 10 pounds
8:35 -from glue and it looks 10 times better
8:38 -as well yeah much nicer finish
8:44 -I say cockpit upgrade now you should
8:46 -yeah crazy not to love it yeah I love it
8:49 -when a plan comes together
8:56 -[Music]
8:59 -what we found is that practically it's a
9:01 -bit Carwood and there's no glue Brittany
9:03 -no they can they can sort of jam a
9:04 -little bit and yet to the point then
9:06 -where you probably need to use a
9:08 -screwdriver to tease the hook out at the
9:10 -same time is turning the lot yeah all do
9:13 -is I'm gonna give you some of this
9:14 -lubricant they might be spray it punch
9:17 -them up at this point tricep fried all
9:20 -over yourself like I've just done
9:27 -[Music]
9:31 -so let me tell you I'm a tradesman and I
9:34 -consider myself to be quite handy I can
9:36 -use a drawer can use a screwdriver but
9:38 -having seen what these guys have done to
9:41 -the van
9:41 -all that fascia that they took away all
9:43 -those ways they had to get in I wouldn't
9:45 -even begin to do this as a DIY job so
9:48 -I'm really pleased to see what you've
9:49 -done
9:50 -and I think it's fantastic yeah well let
9:53 -me show you what we've done first off
9:54 -there's just couple little pieces for
9:55 -you there's the installation certificate
9:57 -for the alarm system there's an owner's
9:58 -manual and an emergency pin number
10:01 -basically there's three strategies that
10:02 -we've worked on here first strategy is
10:04 -trying to help secure the manufacturers
10:06 -weak point of the van and what we're
10:08 -looking at this being a a crew cab
10:10 -version really we're looking at that
10:12 -latch mechanism down low and people
10:14 -accessing that latch mechanism so we
10:16 -fitted a shield inside of the door
10:18 -covering that latch so somebody gets
10:19 -through the week bodywork of the of the
10:22 -vehicle we've got an extra layer of
10:23 -protection between them and the part
10:25 -that gets the van in the unlock position
10:26 -so that means that hopefully this main
10:29 -catch here is going to stay in the lock
10:30 -position and that's going to be great
10:32 -you know
10:33 -yeah half the battle one hopefully yeah
10:35 -the next thing is in terms of securing
10:38 -the manufacturers part is the
10:41 -manufacturers lock part is down here and
10:43 -we've put a security point up the top
10:45 -here so this is our hook style deadlock
10:48 -which is up at the top of the van here
10:50 -and that means that basically that hook
10:54 -goes in onto the bracket which we fitted
10:58 -onto the other door just up here and
11:01 -that's given an extra securing point so
11:03 -some ones that just come along and try
11:05 -and fold this door down from the top it
11:08 -means that we've got an extra securing
11:09 -point at the top the dead locks also
11:11 -serve another purpose
11:12 -they're basically an extra layer of
11:14 -security which is completely manual
11:16 -completely separate from your factory
11:18 -remote control so if anyone actually you
11:20 -know got unlocked a van electronically
11:22 -or if they did get the van open in any
11:24 -way basically the door would just go
11:26 -that little bit and then the dead locks
11:28 -would stop the door from from opening so
11:30 -that top locks on the hook lock and the
11:33 -bottom locks on as well same key fits
11:35 -both locks is nice
11:36 -so the door opens that's it just a
11:39 -little bit and that it doesn't open any
11:41 -more than now as far as that key I'm
11:43 -terrible at losing Keys what happens if
11:45 -I lose that key we can send these out to
11:47 -you you know we can get it overnight to
11:48 -you the next day should you lose lose
11:50 -one but there is two keys now the next
11:53 -thing the third strategy suppose the
11:55 -first strategy trying to secure the
11:57 -manufacturers weak point
11:58 -second one having the extra layer of
12:00 -security on the van with the deadlocks
12:02 -and then the third one is having an
12:03 -alarm system as we said before and you
12:06 -said how would I know if I've got an
12:08 -alarm to start with from the factory and
12:09 -that's like I said that's a really good
12:11 -question because on these fans it
12:13 -doesn't really seem to be any kind of
12:15 -like visual alert that there might be an
12:19 -alarm fitting I mean quite often there's
12:21 -a very basic alarm and inside the like
12:23 -you don't even see anything by the
12:25 -lights there's no cab detection it just
12:27 -seems to be on the doors itself so if
12:29 -someone's got a Renault trafic or
12:31 -they've got a Vauxhall Vivaro van of
12:34 -this shape and they want it listen yeah
12:36 -there's the nice and it was MV free
12:37 -under here if they got one of these vans
12:40 -and you want to check if you've got an
12:42 -alarm on your van
12:43 -lock it dead lock it and so press the
12:45 -factory remote control twice and wait
12:48 -for at least a minute so I know it's
12:50 -paying for when you're waiting for a
12:51 -minute you you almost have to set a
12:52 -timer just to make sure you don't go too
12:54 -early but you have to wait for longer
12:56 -than a minute then don't touch a remote
12:58 -control but open the door manually you
13:01 -do have a manual lock on this door but
13:03 -it's only on the passenger side so if
13:04 -you looked on the driver's side you
13:05 -think well I don't have any manual locks
13:07 -but but you do so you would then turn
13:10 -that into the unlock position and then
13:12 -open up your door and then you're gonna
13:16 -turn it off then you're gonna know if
13:18 -you if you open up that door and you
13:20 -hear the alarm go and you'll know that
13:21 -you've got an alarm but if you don't
13:23 -hear anything then of course there's no
13:25 -alarm fitted so your van actually it
13:28 -didn't have an alarm when we started
13:29 -today did it so I don't know we've done
13:32 -the test we've got sewer lines we've
13:34 -done the test and there was no alarm
13:35 -system so what that means is we've had
13:38 -to actually fit an alarm system to it
13:40 -and that'll um does operate from your
13:41 -factory remote control so you press the
13:44 -lock button the van locks the alarm goes
13:47 -on we heard the beep and now there's a
13:49 -flashing blue
13:49 -nice bright blue light up at the top of
13:51 -the van got it on the interior there
13:53 -just to let you and everyone else know
13:55 -that the alarm is on and what that means
13:59 -is your your van is protected and a good
14:01 -visual deterrent though it's protected
14:03 -once you if you want to turn it off you
14:05 -just press the unlock button and it
14:07 -turns off so it's no real extra
14:09 -inconvenience to you to have every time
14:11 -I lock bet then double deadlock on the
14:13 -key will even if you lock it the once
14:15 -the alarm will go on okay yeah yeah and
14:18 -then once you unlock it the alarm will
14:20 -turn off and you'll get the two bleeps
14:21 -yeah okay say that it the alarms also
14:24 -have a sis alarm work basically this is
14:26 -more than the perimeter doors it's not
14:27 -just the perimeter alarm around these
14:29 -all it is yeah as well but what also
14:32 -with this particular alarm is it's got
14:34 -some extra sensors in the cab so these
14:36 -are ultrasonic sensors up in the cab of
14:38 -the van and it means that it would
14:40 -attacked if anyone breaks a window and
14:41 -leaned in to remove contents then these
14:43 -that these sensors will pick up that
14:45 -movement basically they send an
14:47 -ultrasonic frequency around the vehicle
14:49 -and it times the brain times how long it
14:52 -takes to go around so any kind of
14:53 -variation smash window someone moving
14:55 -around that will set the alarm off so
14:57 -this is sort of like I'm not gonna say
14:59 -standard but this is the type of thing
15:01 -that we would have fitted the cars for
15:02 -years and years we would have fit an
15:03 -alarm detects all the doors and the
15:05 -bonnet and the boat and interior sensors
15:08 -but that that sort of mindset of you
15:10 -know alarm fitting like this is not
15:13 -enough for your van man
15:14 -it is not enough for your tradesman that
15:15 -we've got tools in the confined cargo
15:17 -area so this has really been the big
15:19 -thing for the last sort of few years now
15:21 -is if we fit in any kind of alarm or if
15:23 -the manufacturer has already got an
15:25 -alarm on there we want to put extra
15:26 -sensors in the load area so okay that's
15:29 -what we can go talk about can I just say
15:31 -that does that mean I've got to keep the
15:32 -windows closed and everything when I
15:34 -park it up and I make sure they're
15:36 -absolutely closed if I would look
15:37 -cracked open that much what would that
15:39 -do these sensors ultrasonic sensors are
15:42 -really are super reliable sensors and
15:44 -they don't typically they don't false
15:47 -alarm if you hear your alarm go off it
15:49 -means that someone's in your van however
15:51 -it does mean that actually you do need
15:53 -to have your windows fully closed and
15:55 -you do have to you can't have people
15:57 -children dogs inside the vehicle with
16:00 -those sensors are turned
16:02 -but we can turn him off and put the
16:04 -alarm on so the rest of it is still on
16:06 -oh really yeah
16:07 -yeah and I'll show you that so what you
16:09 -would do it's just before you exit the
16:15 -van you turn the ignition on three times
16:18 -and you hear that beep that noise and
16:20 -then once you come out the van and set
16:22 -the alarm it will set the alarm around
16:24 -the perimeter
16:25 -it'll set the the additional cargo
16:27 -sensors that we fitted but it won't City
16:31 -it won't actually detect on the inside
16:34 -so you can have that partial detection
16:36 -so if I put the alarm on now we hear the
16:39 -one beep and then you hear a different
16:41 -Boop if it sound after and that's your
16:44 -your audible confirmation that yeah I
16:46 -did do it right you know if you think to
16:48 -yourself did I do it or didn't I do it
16:49 -you can hear it is there but that one's
16:51 -still flashing in there the light the
16:53 -LED still flashing the art the alarm is
16:55 -on the car go sensors on everything is
16:58 -on except for these interior scents now
17:00 -I'll tell you why this is important to
17:01 -me right it's confessional gonna make
17:03 -its because sometimes very very rarely I
17:06 -might have a Kip on the backseat yeah
17:10 -lock the door you know just lock the
17:12 -door if I'm taking a crafty cat nap in
17:14 -the middle of day for now yeah I don't
17:16 -want that alarm going off so that's the
17:18 -way around it you've got a you got two
17:20 -options one is that you can do this with
17:22 -the alarm for you turn the ignition on a
17:23 -few times the other one would be that
17:25 -actually you could just I think you've
17:26 -got a lock button on the dashboard there
17:28 -you could just lock the buttons
17:29 -internally reach across and not put the
17:31 -alarm on at all just low that's another
17:34 -option you got oh that's good one that I
17:36 -never would have thought of doing that
17:37 -but I see yeah okay I mean you might
17:39 -feel that you're in a position that's
17:40 -actually there's no security risk but
17:43 -you know if you could fall asleep but
17:44 -I'm gonna build inside a did you wake up
17:46 -with you've left your mates there you
17:47 -could be in the right State good night
17:50 -shave your head or done anything that
17:51 -could have happened
17:52 -not bad notes I wouldn't do that would
17:54 -they anyway let's have a show you the
17:57 -ring so just while we're on the way back
17:58 -to the rear yeah actually we've not done
18:00 -it on this van but if this was a regular
18:03 -van where this is your this is also your
18:05 -cargo area in the middle regular panel
18:07 -van then we would typically put a switch
18:10 -on the top of this door so if someone
18:12 -starts to pull this door open to fold it
18:14 -if they get to sort of round
18:15 -ten millimeters out then the alarm goes
18:17 -off nice and early so we're trying to
18:19 -stop that thing where people actually
18:20 -folding-doors all the way down the top
18:22 -of the doors yeah
18:23 -which is happening we'd also probably be
18:26 -putting locks on this the standards on
18:28 -this door
18:28 -so deadlock and also some internal
18:31 -shielding actually inside the door
18:33 -protecting the latch mechanism similar
18:35 -to what we've done up there at the back
18:36 -but from my point of view if I leave
18:38 -that no tools in there nothing on
18:40 -display that anybody thinks is worth
18:42 -nicking something likely they're gonna
18:44 -go yeah it's not a huge risk you know we
18:46 -could have said look you should have
18:47 -deadlocks two to the side doors and to
18:49 -the front doors as well but I didn't for
18:51 -that amount of money you're gonna spend
18:52 -to protect not a lot that's in there
18:55 -it's probably not worth it in your in
18:57 -your case you know but it might be worth
18:58 -it for for others yeah okay so so the
19:01 -key to it with you is that basically
19:03 -you're looking at each individual
19:04 -working out what their needs are and
19:07 -coming up with a package yeah I see
19:10 -packages as being the way as being
19:12 -important I think that quite often like
19:14 -if it's if it's within budget so do a
19:16 -package I realize that is you know it's
19:18 -not within everyone's budget to spend a
19:20 -lot of money on on their van security so
19:22 -we've got to be reasonable you know if
19:24 -if it's a shared alarm that someone's
19:26 -going to buy from from being humans in
19:28 -it if that's if that's what is necessary
19:30 -for them then they should do it you know
19:32 -if someone's just gonna drill big holes
19:33 -and put out half some staple on there it
19:35 -might look a bit naff if it all roughs
19:37 -up and it doesn't look so good but if
19:39 -that's within their budget and that's
19:41 -serves the purpose you know then they
19:43 -should do it you know if they can if
19:44 -people can take the tools out the van
19:46 -and they've got a secure place to store
19:48 -them and it's practical for them to do
19:49 -that then they should do it but as as
19:51 -far as I'm looking at is a package where
19:54 -we can help to make the manufacturers
19:56 -lock in more secure and we can add an
20:00 -extra layer of security like with the
20:02 -locks the deadlocks awesome surface
20:04 -mounted locks which we also fit and then
20:06 -ideally with an alarm system which
20:09 -encompasses cargo area protection as
20:11 -well
20:13 -one of these detectors in the cargo area
20:16 -is vital you know any alarm don't
20:18 -overlook that I would say you know if
20:20 -anyone's getting any alarm fitted
20:21 -anywhere and it's for a van
20:23 -forget the fact that it's our old school
20:26 -fit in a car alarm ultrasonic sensors in
20:28 -the cab protection on the doors it needs
20:30 -to have this cargo area of protection is
20:31 -essential and nearly all manufacturers
20:34 -know they don't fit any of this as
20:35 -standard with their lungs so if you got
20:37 -the factory fitted alarm we we probably
20:39 -can do an upgrade with this type of
20:42 -detector maybe for your factory alarm
20:44 -just so you don't have to pay out for a
20:45 -whole new alarm and we might do that at
20:47 -the same time as fitting some locks and
20:48 -perhaps make sure shield in to protect
20:50 -the manufacturers and vulnerabilities if
20:52 -we've got that available for that make
20:54 -and model vehicle because it varies you
20:56 -know every one is different every make
20:58 -and model is different and there's
21:00 -different advice so I just want to make
21:02 -one final obvious observation which is
21:05 -there's no point having all this work
21:08 -done or as lovely security locks fitted
21:11 -if you're going to leave your keys in an
21:13 -easily accessible place in other words
21:15 -we all come in chuck them on the whole
21:17 -table and go to bed so that is an
21:21 -essential thing is to keep your keys
21:23 -somewhere safe somewhere secure so that
21:26 -the thief can't get hold of them and all
21:27 -the time it's changing isn't it all the
21:29 -time the advice changes all the time so
21:32 -best thing is if you're interested in
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