With contents theft on the rise, an in-car safe makes perfect sense to protect all your valuables. Items such as Satellite Navigation systems in particular are targeted and simply leaving them in the cars glove-box is not very secure, the locks on most glove-boxes are usually flimsy plastic affairs that can… [Click Title To Read More]
Steering Column Locks are simple but effective devices that encase your steering column in a protective metal casing, which blocks the potential thief from accessing your ignition switch, and also from tampering with the surrounding casing and wiring. This means the thief will have great difficulty trying to… [Click Title To Read More]
Electronic immobilisers are now fitted as standard to most makes and models of new cars, and have been mandatory fitment on all new cars in the UK since 1998 and in Australia since 2001, and 2007 in Canada. Most systems work in a similar way – a transponder fitted into a keyfob or in the key itself contains a… [Click Title To Read More]
When you’re considering buying a used car, one of the most important cost effective things you can do it have a car data check carried out, as one in 3 cars has a hidden past – maybe the car has been stolen, has outstanding finance or has been involved in an accident, and this check will… [Click Title To Read More]
Vehicle Tracking systems have been around since shortly after the launch of GPS. Many different systems are available, and most work in a similar fashion, being connected to a cars alarm immobiliser system, and activate once the car is in motion without the owner present. They then notify the police of the position… [Click Title To Read More]
Locking Wheel Bolts won’t stop your car from being stolen, but they will do a great job in protecting your wheels and tyres from being removed, and are another cheap and effective investment to help safeguard your vehicle. Locking Bolts are a simple idea – you replace one retaining bolt on each of your 4… [Click Title To Read More]
Car wheel locks and clamps are a great way of securing your vehicle. Working exactly the same way as commercial clamps used for parking fines, these disable the vehicle by placing a clamp either over or through the wheel (if it’s an alloy wheel rather than a steel wheel) stopping it from rotating. The locks can… [Click Title To Read More]
Car Security Cameras come in all sorts of different shapes and sizes, and with many different applications. Several vehicle security companies that also produce alarms and immobilisers such as Toad, also produce ranges of in car hidden cameras, similar to those used by ATM’s to record what is happening inside… [Click Title To Read More]
Brake and Clutch pedal locks work as a mechanical immobiliser by disabling the pedals so that either the brake or clutch (or both) is fully applied in the car unless the lock is released, making the car undrivable. There are a few different systems, with cheaper ones working as a brace between the… [Click Title To Read More]
Ignition kill switches are one of the cheapest and most effective means of protecting your car. In simplest terms they are a switch inserted somewhere into your ignition circuit that stops the circuit from being completed without the switch being on. This means that the would-be thief must find and… [Click Title To Read More]
Etching the VIN number onto your car windows is one of the cheapest and simplest ways of helping to reduce car theft. Every car ever made has its own unique VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) in a standardised format agreed across all car manufacturers, and it can be found on your vehicles registration… [Click Titile To Read More]
Car steering wheel locks are one of the more basic forms of physical immobilisers, and are available from almost any car accessory store. Prices range from just a few dollars to over 100 dollars for the most expensive systems, and quality and effectiveness varies just as much, but generally you get what you pay for… [Click Title To Read More]
Car alarms were originally a popular device for aftermarket fitment to a car. Now due to several reasons they have lost their popularity. Early kits were quite basic and triggered only when the cars door was opened, sounding the vehicles horn and flashing the lights. Following this motion & vibration sensors were… [Click Title To Read More]