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also, drugs...

- stevie

 

jimmi-jammers stop the handle from coming out.. but they might have tried and mangled the door too.. more than without them..

 

Would Plain English Work?

 

Based on what I'm reading, plain Spanish might be better.

 

As someone else said, with the lock removed and jimmy jammer in place some crooks will move on. No shortage of these trucks to break into. But yeah I believe if you have something in your truck a crook can see, and wants to get. smash and grab. The reason I use the jimmy jammer was because I was in a meeting for 30 min at a restaurant, at noon, and someone simply twisted the lock on my truck and then sat inside and went through all of my stuff. The stole a black case that contained a water quality test kit. Value=$25. total fail. with the jimmy jammer in place this would not have happened ( or less likely) at lunch on a very busy weekday. At night I still remove things that will entice the criminals, I made the mistake of leaving my MAX360 in my 4 runner and the window was broken, all caught on video, took less than 1 min to assess, break, grab, and run.

 

We all know that nothing will stop a determined thief and that's why we have insurance. That stated, anything we truck owners can do to mitigate and protect our assets is value adding in my opinion. For me that includes:

1) Avoid leaving items of tangible value visible inside the truck, i.e. lap-tops, tablets, smart phones, purses, back-packs, briefcases, etc. and try to park in well lighted locations
2) Ravelco installed; immobilizing ability to hot wire & drive off including relay attacks, only option is a tow-away (decals in windows); hopefully they "walk away"
3) Jimmi Jammers in all four doors, with mech. lock cylinder and rods removed (decals in windows); won't stop the vandals but it is what it is and with these too, hopefully they will walk away.
4) Locking wheel lugs (knowingly not a lot of protection but at least an effort)
5) Tailgate Lock (same as above)
6) Full size rim and spare underneath with tethered chain & lock
6) E&G Console Vault installed for casual security of small valuables or high risk items (i.e. fire-arm), i.e. valets, car detailers, etc.
7) Ford optional Perimeter Plus add-to security system installed with glass & body shock sensor (again, not a lot more but may serve as an additional deterrent at-least to the lessor experienced bandits)

Lastly, I always try to park next to nicer trucks than mine (hopefully they will take the bait and go for the other guy's ;-)

I spent many years abroad during my career and often refer back to an ancient African saying, "EVERY DAY IS FOR THE THIEF, ONE DAY IS FOR THE VICTIM" which implies that sooner or later a thief will find himself in the wrong place at the right time and meet his destiny one way or another!

 

I think I will find a way to put Taser prongs on my door handles that engage when the alarm is set. 50,000 volts should deter.
But knowing the tweakers they will probly get pissed off and put a brick through the windshield.

 

From previous experience.Translating English to Spanish only works if they can read Spanish.
Many can not.

 

Maybe we should start a citizen justice club, sit in a few parking lots with pepper spray & 45ACP backup..

 

VERY helpful. Thanks for posting this!

 

I’d love some of that poison spray Bruce Willis used on the handle of the minivan in The Jackal. That dude just touched it and 30-seconds later was dead. Do they sell that at O’Reilly Auto Parts? NAPA?

 

My 2017 F150 was stolen in San Antonio. No glass, no alarm, no sign of break in.
My 2017 F250 was broken in to yesterday. Door lock pop method. It was sitting next to another F250, same thing. They even taco'd his bed prying off and stealing the bed cover. Again, a well lit area, no alarm with a security guard.

I am a bit amazed that the thieves are able to knock these Fords over without tripping the alarm. Looks like I will be going the lock cylinder removal method.

Understanding that nothing is truly secure unless there are eyes on it, I do think the all or nothing mentality is a bit misguided when it comes to security.

 

Yeah - I ended up just removing the lock cylinder. I feel better, hoping the average lazy thief will just move on to easier pickings when they get to mine... Time will tell.

FWIW the rear driver's side door handle was the correct part. I watched a youtube video on a jimmyjammer install to figure out how to get the door apart, had the whole job done in about an hour. Maybe a 2/10 on the difficulty scale.

Good luck to you.

- stevie

 

With the proxy key and haptic lock and unluck sensor, I think that I am going to need to pull a passenger side front handle to use on the driver's side...

 

Your truck is fancier than mine. I'm kickin' it old school with an actual key.

I think you're right, you may have to make some minor mods to get the passenger side stuff to fit on the drivers side.

- stevie