3$ Lock for the Tail Gate!!!

So i read up on the forum found the pop n lock, but i don't really feel like paying that much so i made my own. I went to the hardware store and bought a cabinet lock for 3 dollars! With a little cutting and bending i managed to get everything to work quite well. Here are some pics!

 

I'll be interested to see how that holds up against Mother Nature. She is a bitch, after all.

Good ingenuity though!

 

i put a rubber grommet behind the lock and tightened it as much as possible so it would protect it under corrosion etc... the lock itself was so cheap i can easily go buy another one if this one gets rusty and grummy in a couple years!

 

more pics!

 

Interesting....Interested to see how it holds up....Should do the trick for making the average "lets see what's back here" thief think again.

 

lol if someone really wanted to get in there they would but i like the added protection that would delay someone a bit of time trying to get in there... and it was only 3 dollars haha

 

That's the key- Make them work for it.

I'm just too chicken shit to start cutting into the tailgate like that. I like how easy the pop and lock was...even if it cost a bit more than yours....

 

^Yes, and the PnL looks OEM.

A+ for the effort.

 

Good job!

 

Dude that is awesome!! After the test of time and weather....to see how it holds... this should be a sticky.

 

I think I may take it off and see if I can powder coat or paint it black without messing up the key hole! That will def make it last longer and I think will look better with my black and red moteef (sp).

 

Did you treat the metal w/anything after cutting into your tailgate?

 

I was just thinking...on my tool box and even on the tacoma door it has a little cover over the key hole when it is not in use. As soon as you stick the key in --the cover pushes back. Could you find something like that. It would keep the water out.

 

Id rather pay the extra money than put a hole in my tailgate.

 

uhh... its a darn tailgate.... who cares. a truck is a truck. you want something all nice and pretty, go get a car... you want something that takes abuse and you can romp on, then stick with your truck.

 

I don't mind my truck taking some abuse, but I wouldn't want to drill a hole into the tailgate either. Cool idea though. Does look clean. I just went w/ the cheap $1+ hose clamp