Anti-Theft Devices

I'd appreciate any tips on anti-theft devices to fit my 1996 300 TDI CSW - the wife keeps asking me what I want for Christmas and haven't been able to come up with anything. BUT on another forum I belong to related to shooting I've just read about a Landy stolen from a Lidl's carpark in Hastings in broad daylight and both have prompted me to get something. I already use a really heavy duty locking bar type thing which passes through the steering wheel but I'm thinking a pedal box lock might be the way to go.

I have been looking at Item No. 171992614011 on the Bay - it's about half the price of other similar devices but if the expensive one is the way to go I'll take heed of advice.

Disclocks are good. I've just ordered a Skytag.

The list is literally endless.
Some research time on google is well worth the effort, most people wont say on a public forum what they have security wise for obvious reasons.
Best advice make yours more difficult than others and hopefully they will move on to the next one.
I reckon thats one of the worst things about owning a defender, normal car walk off press the fob and forget it.

The ebay plate looks good, I would imagine after a period of time you would stop using it as its to much hassle, imagine its ****ing down and you have just got home with the takeaway, so slam the door and run in to enjoy the food and dont fit the lock., bet they are a pita to store when using the car.

Im a fan of the xeng box.

Yes its pricy but. Its self storing , always fitted and takes but a second to throw up into the locked position. Infact its quicker to use that than to lock the door.

Disklok, pedal lock and then a couple of other things to make it a pita, fuel cut off switch, fuel feed pipe cut off, battery cut off, a good idea is to have a multi layered approach.

You can't make it nick proof but is what you should aim to do is make it harder to nick than the one down the road so they move on and leave yours alone.

Also simple things like block it in with another car, park it near the front of shops not out of sight at the end of the car park.

Use the security devices every single time you leave the car, even at the petrol station.

Alarm systems can help, if they are not what the thief is expecting.
There's one that locks the brakes on the first time they are applied.
My alarm has saved the Defender twice. Both times the thieves got about 200 yards before the alarm (a ship's foghorn hidden inside the cab) caused them to slam the brakes on (which then locked on) and fall out of the door.
The siren is so loud that you have to wait for it to reset before approaching the Land Rover to turn it off.
It's got a backup battery (motorcycle battery) so can't be disabled by the usual methods thieves use. In fact trying those methods just triggers it.

i use a disclock. sep alarm and a tracker. and iam amazed at how many who get cars nicked have no security, on another site a defender went and the owner stated..i shouldn't need extra security..it shouldn't get nicked.
any one who gets car knicked without using extra security has there self to blame, a disclock cost 100 quid, and it aint coming off by some t leaf with out a grinder which is gonna make a hell of a noise, a tracker can cost 70 quid, mine is good for about 20 meters and i got the wife to drive it away and sit in it till i found her, she drove 9 mile away and i tracked it to our fav pub..cost me a meal..lol..so no excuses

NorfolkBird said:

Disclocks are good. I've just ordered a Skytag.

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i use the full disclock ..100 quid and it says to any thief..go find one without ....which they will as loads cars have nothing as security

Trackers are a great idea but GPS trackers can be jammed.
Some tracking devices use other methods in addition to the GPS and are harder to jam.
Although more expensive, it might be worth it if your Landy is a particularly high risk of being stolen.

flat said:

Disklok, pedal lock and then a couple of other things to make it a pita, fuel cut off switch, fuel feed pipe cut off, battery cut off, a good idea is to have a multi layered approach.

You can't make it nick proof but is what you should aim to do is make it harder to nick than the one down the road so they move on and leave yours alone.

Also simple things like block it in with another car, park it near the front of shops not out of sight at the end of the car park.

Use the security devices every single time you leave the car, even at the petrol station.

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hit it on the head...make them look for one down the road , they need to be in an gone in mins,,not spend 10 m fighting alarms

lightning said:

Trackers are a great idea but GPS trackers can be jammed.
Some tracking devices use other methods in addition to the GPS and are harder to jam.
Although more expensive, it might be worth it if your Landy is a particularly high risk of being stolen.

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there was one on here other day it seems his defender was seen being towed from a car park, wouldnt done that with a disclock unless wheels of floor and that takes time

Yes the tracking device needs to be in addition to other security.
I use a disclock and pedal lock in addition to the invisible security measures.

Extra security is very sensible, the more the merrier but blame for theft lies with the thief.

lightning said:

Yes the tracking device needs to be in addition to other security.
I use a disclock and pedal lock in addition to the invisible security measures.

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i was asked..is it not a pain putting that big disclock on and off then storing it,,,not half as much a pain as getting it knicked, no car for weeks, making my own way home from 50 mile away

blue beasty said:

Extra security is very sensible, the more the merrier but blame for theft lies with the thief.

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but its up to the owner to secure there vehicles to prevent it, my mom used to leave her back door open and times some ones been in and left cakes or home made lemonade...that was 50y ago...try it now

lightning said:

My alarm has saved the Defender twice. Both times the thieves got about 200 yards before the alarm (a ship's foghorn hidden inside the cab) caused them to slam the brakes on (which then locked on) and fall out of the door.

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Hilarious - love it!

Disklok slides nicely behind the passenger seat in a 90

flat said:

Disklok slides nicely behind the passenger seat in a 90

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have to admit its a hell of a deterrent eh

i did see a mint defender weeks ago...pub car park..windows open..but it did have two Alsatians in the back...now theirs a brave thief ...

lightning said:

Alarm systems can help, of they are not what the thief is expecting.
There's one that locks the brakes on the first time they are applied.
My alarm has saved the Defender twice. Both times the thieves got about 200 yards before the alarm (a ship's foghorn hidden inside the cab) caused them to slam the brakes on (which then locked on) and fall out of the door.
The siren is so loud that you have to wait for it to reset before approaching the Land Rover to turn it off.
It's got a backup battery (motorcycle battery) so can't be disabled by the usual methods thieves use. In fact trying those methods just triggers it.

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Iirc the set up that locks the brakes on is illegal on the uk roads