PandaBoi
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Hey y’all,
So in light of the recent stories of theft among the raptor community, I have started to become concerned about the safety of my truck living in Dallas. I have never thought about this problem before but given that it took me a little over half a year to get my gen 3, I don’t even want to think what insurance will try to pull on me godforbid it does happen.
I plan to relocate the horns into the engine bay so that a thief cannot simply cut the horn wires rendering the alarm useless. I also considered options on reinforcing the key hole on the drivers door but that’s another story.
When looking at the horn I noticed that there are shutters behind the front grill that do look like they can close and open. Not that it’s worth much defense but aren’t these shutters supposed to close when the vehicle locks?
I’ve seen luxury cars with this feature too. Once I saw one that had metal shutters and when locked they would close essentially preventing any access into the engine bay whatsoever. The raptor ones are plastic but nonetheless without horn relocation, it could still delay a thief’s intentions to try and break into the car.
Has anyone seen these shutters close and know if there is a way to have them close when the vehicle is locked? I have yet to see them closed on mine so I’m thinking maybe they are broken?
Cheers!
So in light of the recent stories of theft among the raptor community, I have started to become concerned about the safety of my truck living in Dallas. I have never thought about this problem before but given that it took me a little over half a year to get my gen 3, I don’t even want to think what insurance will try to pull on me godforbid it does happen.
I plan to relocate the horns into the engine bay so that a thief cannot simply cut the horn wires rendering the alarm useless. I also considered options on reinforcing the key hole on the drivers door but that’s another story.
When looking at the horn I noticed that there are shutters behind the front grill that do look like they can close and open. Not that it’s worth much defense but aren’t these shutters supposed to close when the vehicle locks?
I’ve seen luxury cars with this feature too. Once I saw one that had metal shutters and when locked they would close essentially preventing any access into the engine bay whatsoever. The raptor ones are plastic but nonetheless without horn relocation, it could still delay a thief’s intentions to try and break into the car.
Has anyone seen these shutters close and know if there is a way to have them close when the vehicle is locked? I have yet to see them closed on mine so I’m thinking maybe they are broken?
Cheers!
