My 86 extra cab was broken into about a year and a half ago and they semi-messed up my drivers side door lock. I have since installed an alarm with the door lock option so I rarely use the locks. I noticed the other day that someone went to town on my pass side and it is now unuseable. Are there any aftermarket locks that are more durable?

 

You can always wield them shut and use your remote key to trigger a relay to put your window down and crawl through. or not wield them and open the door after the window is down.

 

I think you'd be S.O.L. in the winter.
Winter = frozen windows.

 

yea, anyways, anyone have any intelligent answers? there must be a lock that is the same size that you cant open with just about anything

 

mod in a gun safe lock or something, I dunno

I've never seen "upgraded" type locks for any vehicle in my life

you might be SOL for something to just bolt on...

 

Come on...that's a good idea!!! Get the vent shades and the windows are less likely to freeze shut.

You are a bit further north though...

 

I hate frozen windows! I learned my lesson quick how locks can freeze too, wd40 is your friend in wintertime

 

i've seen some weird looking locks while i was in peru (the key looked like one of those extra secure bike locks) but i've never seen them in the states.

one thing you could to is to fabricate a sheet metal shield for your lock mechanism, they are fairly common to the VW aircooled crowd. basically it makes it much harder to slim jim your door. of course, if you ever lock your keys in, it makes it that much harder to get back in.

alfio

 

When i bought my truck it came with circle locks in the doors. That's right I said circle locks. Just like alfio said. I'll see if there is a vendor name on them..

 

http://www.alibaba.com/productshowim...ft_Device.html

here they are ....

 

thats awesome. thanks alot for the help guys!

 

There was a company like Medeco or Mul-T-Lock that was offering a lockset that was pic proof and retrofitable for ignition sets but I can't remember the name...

 

wrap entire cab twice over with diamond-grade steel line.
put 4 hardened steel locks on the loops on the bottom of the truck.
enjoy

 

Those things don't fill with dirt and quit working? Interesting, but I'm skeert!

 

I wonder if you can pick those with an ink-pen tube like some bicycle/motorcycle locks.

All it takes is one of these:



I've done it myself on a motorcycle brake disc lock to see if it could be done. I was highly annoyed when I was successful in unlocking it.

Not all rotary locks can be picked this way, though. I was dorking around in the office breakroom and gave the vending soda machine a try... those locks are much better quality.

So there's hope for this lock set, I'm just curious.