carpmart
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 10:17 AM |
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Great value for money garage security!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUTOLOK-COMPACT-REMOVABLE-SECURITY-POST-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ260349461801QQihZ016QQcategoryZ15329QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksid
Zp1742.m153.l1262
Just bought two of these! They have turned up and they are pretty good quality and certainly represent excellent value for money.
They are being installed just inside behind the garage doors as an extra security measure. I decided inside is best as I am not sure that I want to
draw attention to the fact that I am trying to secure the garages!
Anyway, they are another physical security measure which will help me rest a little easier!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack 
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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Z20let Corsa
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 10:47 AM |
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i appreciate you dont want to draw attention to your garage but surely inside they can still force the door open and take anything they can carry.
where as outside they couldnt actually open the door at all. (assuming you have a up and over door???
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 10:49 AM |
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good idea though with all those tools around they may just take your car out in component form 
Another tip is to switch off the power to the garage at night or when away on hols so no one can use the grinder/drills etc on any chains / posts and
the like. I fitted a large cooker switch (yes it say garage not cooker  ) on the wall next to the fuse box for that purpose.
[Edited on 21/1/09 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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carpmart
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 11:19 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Z20let Corsa
i appreciate you dont want to draw attention to your garage but surely inside they can still force the door open and take anything they can carry.
where as outside they couldnt actually open the door at all. (assuming you have a up and over door???
Good point but protecting against the loss of a few tools or other 'sundry' garage content, wasn't the objective!
The doors are protected with various covert locking points meaning that the doors would be pretty tough to force open but nothing is impossible. The
primary reason for buying the posts is to stop anyone getting my Fury out easily and taking the Drakart from the other side of the garage. The Fury
is tucked away in one corner of the garage so I will put one post directly behind this car and use the other post to block the inside of the other
garage door.
Using these inside the garage, it keeps it low key rather than giving the 'opportunist' thief a 'challenge'! These little
scrotums love nothing more that to have a challenge and the 'lets see if we can break in there' mentality can appear! I'm sure you
know what I mean!
How far does one go? I think that's my lot now!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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whitestu
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 11:25 AM |
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quote:
Another tip is to switch off the power to the garage at night or when away on hols so no one can use the grinder/drills etc on any chains / posts and
the like.
That's a good idea, but assuming that most garages that need to be protected have an alarm then a seperate feed would be needed to supply it.
Stu
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BenB
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 11:35 AM |
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My security option of choice is
A) removable steering wheel
B) big ground anchor at the back of the car secured into concrete floor. Big bike chain attaching to rear towing eye
C) big F.off alarm system
So although theoretically someone could break in, rummage through my garage to find my angle grinder, do some more searching to find the grinder
spanner to swap the flap disc to a cutting disc (never can find that spanner!!!) etc etc, all the time the 3 alarms going, 2 strobes and smoke bomb
going off I think it's unlikely. Particularly as my flat is overlooked by a huge block of flats so that about 40 appartments full of precious
Norf Londoners who would certainly kick off if said alarm system went off.... They complain enough when I just drive my car down the alleyway into the
garage....
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Meeerrrk
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 05:53 PM |
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the ting is, where do you stop?
you dont want the place to look like fort knocks, as someone will certainly think "oh, must be something worth knicking in there" but
there again you dont want it to be easy for them.
to be honest i dont think a locost would be stolen that often, they are locost after all, and they are very unique so hard to sell on. I have just
started renting a garage and i have a padlock on the main built in locking mechanism, but i am thinking of fitting another small lock of somekind;
something that bolts into the wall or the floor i think. Nothing that jumps out and says "COME HAVE A LOOK, THERES SOMETHING I WANT TO PROTECT
IN HERE"
just my 2p
For Sale : 2008 Aries/Stuart Taylor Motorsport Locoblade (954 Blade)
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johnston
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 05:54 PM |
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We have a very good home security system at home.
cost 35 quid including licencse
Its about 8 stone big teeth and great with kids!!!
Not so good with strangers who jump the back fence..
or assholes who threaten the mrs
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carpmart
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 06:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by johnston
We have a very good home security system at home.
cost 35 quid including licencse
Its about 8 stone big teeth and great with kids!!!
Not so good with strangers who jump the back fence..
or assholes who threaten the mrs
What happens when the security system goes out for the day? 
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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JoelP
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| posted on 21/1/09 at 06:54 PM |
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i believe you can buy blank firing landmines and tripwire bombs, would love to have some of these.
I constantly have the security of my van on my mind. Not sure how best to go about it TBH.
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