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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: keith on June 24, 2004, 02:18:18 AM
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As you all know the softtops on our Trackkicks don't present much in the way of security. My 90s tailgate didn't even come with a lock. So I am wondering if you lock your doors when you park it? I usually put anything slighly valuable in the glove compartment and lock it. I rarely lock the doors though. I figure I don't want someone messing with the top to get at what little I keep in the truck. The only thing I worry about is a $25 set of tools I keep in it. But I figure I can stand to loose $25 if it comes to that.
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Wow! No lock in the tailgate? Never seen that one. Everry one that I've seen, worked on, or parted out had a lock in the gate. If you need a lock cylinder with a key, I bet I have one.
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I dont lock mine. I dint see the point when the top velcros off.
Zig
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Wow! No lock in the tailgate? Never seen that one. Everry one that I've seen, worked on, or parted out had a lock in the gate. If you need a lock cylinder with a key, I bet I have one.
There is no hole in the gate for a lock! That must have come on later years. I like how the new ones come with a hard plastic shield that makes a sort of trunk when you lock the tailgate. I can't even add that type of thing though because the tailgate doesn't have a lock!
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My 90's tailgate doesn't have a lock or a hole for one either! I lock mine at work and at the mall or walmart, but that's about it...
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My 1990 Sidekick does not have a tailgatelock either.
Rod
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I had a 89 tracker and it didn't have one, but my current 91 has one.
Although the 89 & 90's don't have a key hole the lock is in the hindge and if you pull the back panel it's all there, all you have to do is drill a hole for the lock and grab a rod that connects it together, or do what I did and fab a rod thats on the inside and lock it on the inside...
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I don't lock it up either. Most the time the windows are down and out anyway.
J
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I do lock my tailgate cause the tail gate is the back half of my tool box. ;D
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My 89 build 07/88 has a lock in the gate
but it's a JLX
and no I don't usually lock up, but I
do just to discourage would be door openers
at the Marts and such, I figure if it's locked
they will think I have an alarm
Wild
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I usually lock my doors if I don't have the top down, just to give myself a false sense of security! I don't worry much though, cause I try not to leave anything of much value in sight. Even if I do nothing more than cover with a jacket or put in the unlocked glove box. The controls for my remote CD player tuck under the dash when not in use and the stereo is stock. However, in 3 years, I don't think I've locked the tailgate but a couple of times.
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i have no back window on my solf top so who cares. i even molded the tailgate lock hole in when i got my new tail gate. becides i don't think any one would want to set in my tracker long enought to steal the CD player anyway.
stu
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becides i don't think any one would want to set in my tracker long enought to steal the CD player anyway.
stu
Why is that?
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their is so much dust and dirt in my tracker. people around here are all really clean.
stu
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when i take the $3k :o (gesus that sounds rediculous now) of stereo crap out of my car i wont even have doors most the year lol
if u have nothing to steal then whats the use? if u have alot to steal then yes lock that sh$t!!! lol
i have a hard top now..but the hard top is just about as easy as unzipping the back..just push on the top above the seats and those little swing type latchs will break pretty easily (had to do it a few months ago)
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cheap JVC CD player - $99+tax installed
brand new soft top - $300+ :o
the soft top on my tracker is worth more than the contents inside. i never lock it, i can't afford to buy a new top right now so i'd prefer to keep it simple if they feel compelled to break in. the stereo is a removable face and that comes in the house with me....so r4eally not much in there to steal.
i was lucky i found a sling pack at Old Navy for 6 bucks and i throw everything in it when i go places, so nothing is ever left in of any value.
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I never lock my doors. In fact the other day I greased the locks up so they would work again (not cause I am gonna use them but it was another thing to fix and I like fixing things) I don't lock them because if a theif wants in all he needs is a knife or the ability to use a zipper, so no point. As for the temptation of people to open the door up and look around, they way I look at it, if they steal anything from MY Tracker, they're just cleaning it for me.
Robert
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Dude, you and I must have the same mother. ;D
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I wish I had a soft top to leave unlocked :(
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Nope, not worth getting the top knifed by some dumbass who is too lazy to pop the snaps off to get in. I also have a detachable face Sony HU so I can at least take it with me. Only thing of value inside the truck is the hi-lift jack, and it's bolted down behind the rear seat, so it's a PITA to get out anyways.
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Heck, I leave the key in the ignition all the time so why lock it. No, it doesn't work and serves no purpose in starting the vehicle ;) I just laugh when I think about someone stealing my Sammi. Good luck!! ;)
Oh, I have no radio but my son wants me to get one so that I can listen to it at stoplights. The Boggers are way to loud to hear anything unless it's sitting at a light ;D
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i have the doors and top off most of the time so i just put the t case in neutral. i actually want to see someone try to steal it.
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If you don't lock it, even with top down, how do you keep the Jeep guys out?
Wayne
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u just shake a big stick at them and say no boy no ;D
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u just shake a big stick at them and say no boy no  ;D
LOL ;D :D ;D :D
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Guess I will have to get a big stick.
My '91 Sami has the hole and lock on the gate. Don't know if it works. As a youngster, I had a ragtop. Thieves used a knife on my new top to get in.
Wayne
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Heck, I leave the key in the ignition all the time so why lock it.
;DFREE SAMI TEST DRIVES ;D I would not want to steal it, just try her out on th the trail for a few hours 8) :o 8)
Zig
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I mounted an ammo box under the hood, between the master cylinder and fender. It is water tight and lockable. I use it for the emergency tools and related.
Oh yea. I now carry a big stick to keep the Jeep guys out.
Wayne
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You guys put your tops on??? My doors don't lock, but the gate does though, go figure. The only thing worth stealing is my police siren/PA but that would take an hour to get out. I don't like to leave her alone too long though. You're right about those Jeep guys!! :D I would recommend a lock box for off and on road security. Are you partial to your back seat? If not just pull it out and bolt in a nice box. I'm partial to diamond plate 8), but your creativity is free here.............Uuuuhhhh, did I just sound like the Martha Stewart of Zuks there? ???
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I don't smoke so I used to stick loose change in my ashtray and leave doors unlocked. Two weeks ago someone took the whole ashtray, there was about 2 bucks in it, I just wish they would have left the ashtray!!!!!! I wouldn't suggest locking anything in your glove box because I think that would be an easy break open and you would be looking for a new glove box. There is a site I found called morris4x4jeepparts.com (I think that is right) that sells lock boxes for Trackers and 'Kicks that go either on the armrest in the backseat and another lock box that goes behind the seat. I believe they get bolted in and look pretty handy. Besides if you lock your doors, won't someone just take a knife to the top???
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Yeah, they'll knife it cuz they're too lazy to undo some velcro and a zipper.
My Tracker was "broken into" (door unlocked) a couple weeks ago and they took my cd's and the face for my stereo cuz they couldn't the deck out. HA! But they tried getting into my locked glovebox and they snapped the nadle off. So now I need to buy a new handle for it. But it looks really easy to break off. But now I'm getting an alarm installed (Clifford Matrix RSX 3.5) simply because I'm tired of my cars getting pillaged and the sound system I plan opn putting in is gonna be expensive. The new deck I'm going to put in (Kenwood DDX7015) is not a removeable face either, so the car will stay locked. There's also a digital tilt sensor on it so if they try jacking up the car to steal the wheels the alarm will go off also.
Should my alarm go off when I'm home they'd better run faster than I can shoot. or if they are still hanging around the car then they need to prepare for an ASP beatdown. Ah, the pleasures of being a security guard.
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That's a sweet show n' shine Tracker Phu.  Do you have some meaty tires to swap out to go muddin, or are you strictly a street guy?
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That's a sweet show n' shine Tracker Phu.  Do you have some meaty tires to swap out to go muddin, or are you strictly a street guy?
Pretty much street but the more and more I look at muddin pics and vids the more I wanna go out.
But alas, I have only this 1 Tracker. But when I get a good paying job I'm going to continue with my intentions:
All the trackers I own are going to get Vitara grilles and headlights cuz the Tracker grilles are hideous, get slammed, 18-20" or larger wheels, thumping sound systems and whatnot. So yeah.. the Trackers are the street cars. Oh yeah, all are gonna get new engines. Mostly Mitsubishi and Nissan.
All the Vitaras I own are going to get lifted and set up for off-road use only. Bare bones interior, prolly sprayed down with bedliner, marine sound system, etc.
I've love these cars since I got my 1996 Tracker. Alas, she didn't last more than 8 months. (Rolled it on the freeway doing about 95mph. Walked away with essentially no injuries and knew then and there I'd be buying another one.)
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Rollin' the tracker, makin' it HERT. Nice man. You shoulda kept the wreck and mudded with that!! I think you need to find a couple hundred $$ beater tracker and go wheelin so you can get and appreciation for it. If you break something(you probably won't unless you really make it hert) just leave it.
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wtf is the this make it hert crap...sigh lol
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I've got a TinTop, but I still dont' lock it... Then again, 90% of the time that it's out of the garage it doesn't have the doors on it to lock.
I put the t-case in 4lo - so unless the thief knows 4x4's then they're probably not going far at a max-speed of 25MPH - that and trying to steal a spooled out rig on the road -- for most thieves is just too much effort to go through.
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Rollin' the tracker, makin' it HERT.  Nice man.  You shoulda kept the wreck and mudded with that!!  I think you need to find a couple hundred $$ beater tracker and go wheelin so you can get and appreciation for it.  If you break something(you probably won't unless you really make it hert) just leave it.
(http://www.acfiles.org/tracker/1.jpg)(http://www.acfiles.org/tracker/2.jpg)
(http://www.acfiles.org/tracker/3.jpg)(http://www.acfiles.org/tracker/4.jpg)
(http://www.acfiles.org/tracker/5.jpg)(http://www.acfiles.org/tracker/6.jpg)
(http://www.acfiles.org/tracker/7.jpg)
Kinda hard to keep it. Instant total by the insurance company and I couldn't buy it back. But I found out if I had 2 spare tires I prolly could have driven it home.
The blue arrow in the last pic is pointing to the only problem with the motor. Yes, the windsield washer fluid tank popped open.
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Ouch!! 8) That sux that you couldn't buy it back, especially with the drivetrain still good. But hey, now you got a 99 right :D
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Mike, see "makin it HERT thread" to follow