Turbo X_J

The hinge is made of flimsy pot metal fastened to plastic, one good sneeze and it's gone.

JeepingDan

Want one that bad that's hard to get into then your better off building one. I could put a better lock on this.. But I made the lid so it's hard to get a tool under it for prying open.

Demonoid369

Did you not read my entire post? I specified how to brace that section and upgrade lol mine I've take a crow bar to to see its functionality, mine holds up. The metal keeps the lid from bending except under extreme abuse(but I'd imagine the same goes for any car/truck with or without doors lol) is it 3/16 steel box proof? No but it's going to take a lot longer than a "swift kick" and "good sneeze" to open it. Most would be deterred and if someone is making that much ruckus without getting anyone's attention.... Then you might be just in the wrong part of town to have your doors off lol

black label

If I wanted that open and didn't know how to defeat the lock I would attack the rear with a pry bar between the hinges. I am also going guess that I could break the lock by inserting a strong flat head screwdriver in the keyhole, grab the handle of the screwdriver with a set of vice grips and twist the lock right off.

That said, the lock you have seems like the type you would find on a file cabinet or a desk drawer which are relatively easy to defeat with a paper clip. So in reality if I was a criminal (I'm not) it would be easier and quieter to just pick the lock.

JeepingDan

Yea if you really wanna get in you will but it's going to take a lot of effort and to much time to waste getting caught compared to ripping a plastic cover off with your hand in a second.

Turbo X_J

Exactly, criminals don't think like "normal" people. Instead of spending all day to cut through a club, they spend five seconds to cut through the steering wheel. If the owner is unlucky enough to show up, the thief now has an additional weapon.

"Did you not read my entire post? I specified how to brace that section and upgrade lol mine I've take a crow bar to to see its functionality, mine holds up. The metal keeps the lid from bending except under extreme abuse(but I'd imagine the same goes for any car/truck with or without doors lol) is it 3/16 steel box proof? No but it's going to take a lot longer than a "swift kick" and "good sneeze" to open it"
If I were a thief I would at least try, "nothing left to lose".

JeepingDan

From my own experience breaking into locked non modified consoles.. It's too easy.
I've done so on cars going to the scrap yard. Most of the time it takes a good heel kick and the whole thing falls apart lol

Turbo X_J

Yep, when dealing with theft there is no real way to win. The ultimate story I heard was a dude that stole a wrecker just before it was to be delivered to the customer from the conversion shop. The insurance company "recovered" the vehicle 10 years later with almost 300,000 miles on it!

black label

When it comes to locks and security I don't think like a "normal" person but that comes from a decade plus of defeating and bypassing these systems (as a hobby, again, I'm not a criminal).

There is a common phrase in the lock manipulation world regarding engineers, "engineers are quite good at building things, they typically are not as well versed at destroying them." They put a lot if time and effort into their designs and frequently point to the measures they took to make something secure much like the home made lock box posted above. As someone who is well versed in breaking into things I look past all the protective measures and find the flaws to exploit.

As I mentioned a pry bar between the hinges would likely be successful. That is the only part that isn't "shielded" by the top and because it was built with 2 hinges there is space between them for the pry bar. A partial solution to this attack would be a hinge that went the whole way across with no gap.

Just like the old saying, "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link" the lock box is only as strong as its weakest point.