Security for 2022

Hi. I think I am going to finally get my hands on a '22 OR. I remember a few years ago there was a whole thread or forum related to ways that people were securing commonly stolen or vandalized items on their truck. Something about securing the gate. Something about how to secure the spare. Etc.

Can someone please point me to that? I spent some time looking around and couldn't find it.

Alternately, suggestions about common things that are stolen and great, hopefully inexpensive, ways to secure/modify?

Thank you in advance.

 

Toyota sells a "spare tire lock".

A TW member (@christian06 ) sells something to keep the tailgate from being stolen. I bought a SaBellCo instead of that one, but his does not have any thefts/failures reported, I think.

Read this about catalytic converter guards: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/catalytic-converter-theft.826958/

 

Put your key fob in the microwave aka faraday pouch.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aLhWzMOccTg&pp=ygUjQXVzdHJhbGlhbiBmbGFtZSB0aHJvd2VyIGFudGkgdGhlZnQ%3D

Spoiler: Caution

Utilize at your own risk. Probably not legal. Or moral.

 

Trunk Monkey

 

@RichochetRabbit Thank you for your reply.

Hoping there are less expensive ways to protect cat converter.

 

Here is the discussion on tailgate theft.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tailgate-theft.779213/

 

Not many. Sheets of aluminum or steel, bolted to the truck to make your truck not worth the effort. Finding replacements can be costly and take time, and some less-enlightened states will make you ground your truck until replacements are installed.

 

A friend of mine had a Tundra and wrapped his Cats with chicken wire and rebar. He felt a Sawzall would have trouble cutting through the chicken wire. Looked awfully ugly when I looked under his truck.

 

Fucking sad that all those measures have to be taken.

 

Thank you @TA2016

 

Also mine has no key to lose, lol

 

Highly recommend getting the OEM tailgate lock (

$237 PK3B6-35JS0 Toyota Genuine 2019 & Newer Tacoma Short Wheelbase Tailgate Lock (PK3B6-35JS0)

PK3B6-35JS0), not the pop&lock version of it. Will it stop a determined thief from stealing your tailgate? No, but for most thief's if your truck is inconvenient they'll move on to the next one.

 

Correct, anything thats not a 5 second theft and they usually move on. Hose clamp, sobellco, anti theft device, washers are all highly effective deterants.

 

Remote tailgate lock, GBS, console safe, wheel locks, spare wheel lock, cat protectors, metal skid plate for furl tank, lockable gas cap. Some also have a kill switch hidden somewhere. My dash cam starts recording when someone approaches the vehicle from the front or activities in the car itself. It also senses motion of the car-hence it ran down my battery dring the last stromy night.

 

i put a hose clamp on the tailgate. it prevents easy removal. if anyone's more dedicated to the cause, they get the tailgate, no different than the wheels on the truck. that's why i carry insurance.

as far as the spare, same thing. i padlocked the extra winch chain to prevent the mechanism from lowering. if they cut the padlock, or chain, they get the spare, just with a little more effort.

 

Padlock in that dirty and wet area? Asks for a lock that does not open with the key when you need the spare. The OEM spare lock makes more sense here.

 

A bolt and locking nut works as well…….and it was free. Spare hardware from my bin.

 

i've got a weather-rated padlock for the job. but really, i've got the tools in the truck to break the chain if needed. honestly, if i need the spare, i've got unlimited time to get it down, so i'll find a way. the idea is to prevent grab-n-runs.

 

Uh, ok