Door Jamb Slide Pins

I'd like to you about something that I made for my car for security.

This is something that I made about 6 years ago for my car for security.

I made a set of remote controlled deadbolts that go inside of my car's door jamb and push a deadbolt into the door. To make them I got a wireless remote control door lock kit from J.C. Whitney which is normally used to remotely lock and unlock a car's existing manufacturer's door locks. Then I got two deadbolts used to lock large sliding doors in houses. I retro-fitted the two things together to have a remote control deadbolt kit for my car. I've had it on for about 6 years now & it really works great.The total cost for all of the parts was only about $85.

I made this because I'm not too confident in a car's existing manufacturer's door locks because a thief can get into the car by doing things like using a "slim jim" tool against the window to unlock the door mechanism within the door or by ripping out the door's external lock with a dent puller.

The deadbolts are cool because they physically prevent the car's doors from opening to keep thieves out!! The deadbolts are located behind the rear fender's sheet metal and are not accessible by a thief. The only way into the car is to break a window and climb in through the broken glass. I'm betting that a thief would rather move on to another car than mess around with mine.

I've had critics say to me, "You can just break a window to get into the car." I understand this point but the exact same scenario is on all of our homes: a deadbolt is used on the doors and there are windows all around the house. I say to these people, "Does this mean that you're going to stop using the deadbolts on your home?". They say, "No way." Well, they've just answered their own objection: The deadbolt is another line of defense against thieves and it's a good one!! It keeps people out !!

I originally got this idea in New York City when I saw that alot of delivery van owners had welded brackets onto the outside of their van's doors and padlock the doors closed when the van is parked so the doors cannot be opened at all.

Points that need to be made:

• This can be used as a separate device or in conjunction with an existing alarm system. When you press the remote control for your alarm system, in addition to the alarm arming itself, two or more deadbolts can engage into all doors.

• The deadbolts mount behind the door jamb's sheet metal and cannot be accessed by a thief. On the contrary, car manufacturers put all of the locking mechanisms for the door within the door itself. This leaves everything accessible to a thief with "slim jim" type tools.

• The electric solenoid & deadbolt are only about 3 1/4" long so it fits into a very slim door jamb as is the case with the front doors of 4-door cars.

• The police recommend, especially in enclosed garages, having your keys ready when you go to unlock your car so you don't give a rapist or mugger time to attack you. With the deadbolts installed, it's possible to not even bother using the manufacturer's door locks since they're so easily defeated. Upon returning to the car and pressing the remote control to retract the deadbolts, you can enter the car extremely quickly; no fumbling to find and insert the correct key into the driver's door.

• This is an active (IE. not passive) theft deterrent that physically does something to keep thieves out of the car so theft insurance discounts may apply.

• Engagement and disengagement of the deadbolts is very easy and quick with the push of a button. This is in contrast to, say, "The Club", which is tedious to install and uninstall on the steering wheel. I've used "The Club" and it's a pain in the neck to take on & off every time you park the car. Also, "The Club" does nothing to keep thieves out of a car to steal the radio, a purse, packages, etc.

• They were easy to install and require no maintenance at all.

• I installed an LED light on the dashboard to show that the deadbolts are all engaged.

• The device can be unbolted and transferred to another car if the car is sold. A handful of plastic covers can plug the small holes in the door jamb that are no longer needed.

• PREVENT DEADBOLT FROM ENGAGING IF DRIVER IS IN AN UNRELATED CAR ACCIDENT. ** New Design: **
  A spiral gear is used to engage the deadbolt. By design, this secures the deadbolt so it cannot move when it isn't supposed to. When the spiral gear turns, the screwing action engages the deadbolt into the door.

• IF THE CAR'S BATTERY DIES.
  I had a rental car a few years ago and it had a fuel filler door on the driver's side rear quarter panel. There was a lever next to the driver's seat that used a cable going into the trunk to open this filler door. I noticed that in the trunk there was a short piece of wire hanging from the back side of the filler door with a decal that said something like, "In case fuel filler door lever doesn't operate, pull wire to manually open door." I thought this was a great idea to always make it possible to get to the fuel tank by going through the trunk if necessary. The same could be used with the car door deadbolts to manually pull on them if the car's battery could not power them.

*** Manufacturers Wanted ***

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