Originally Posted by Crikeymike

Wow!! That's pretty incredible.

I've thought about RTT security a lot in the past, but then just gave up. You can cut the cross bars off, or unbolt them. You can undo the bolts that clamp the tent rails to the cross bars. You can use bolt cutters to cut one bolt from each of the 4 mounts, and slide the other part out of the way....

One way or another, if someone wants it, they'll figure out how to get it off pretty quick, and they won't have any regard for your paint, or scratching the car, while they do it either...

I've seen some hard shells that have the cross bars of the tent embedded into the base, so those would be harder to get to, but then there's till the actual cross bars of the rack that could be taken off.

Moral of the story is: Whatever can be bolted-on can be bolted-off just as easily.

Originally Posted by Bumbo

Pretty wild right… It’s amazing how crappy a lot of consumer security products are. I can pick, bypass, or decode just about every Master Lock product I ever bought.

Don’t watch too many of those videos because it will cost you once you realize what good locks are and where to get them. Most all my personal stuff is now from high security brands like Mul-T-Lock, Assa Abloy, and Medeco. Pretty much impossible to pick or bypass… stainless steel anti-drill pins and bearings. Plus I could give you my house key and just about guarantee you won’t be able to copy it.

But I agree with you, if they want it, they will find a way while showing absolute disregard for your property… This is why I always revert back to the insurance argument. I look at insurance as a type of security tool.

Originally Posted by ProfessorP

I replaced all of my Victory 4x4 roof rack button head screws with powder coated stainless steel spanner security screws from route66mods.com They don’t stock them regularly, but they ordered them directly from McMaster Carr and powder coated for about the same cost as the rest of their screws.

The driver bit for those screws is almost impossible to find locally, so most people won’t have one available. Not perfect, but at least it’s a deterrent. My goal is to make it a little bit of a pain in the a$$.

The most expensive thing I stand to lose is a rotopax gas can or a high lift jack if the thief just happens to have a #14 bit and wants to go through the trouble.

Ultimately, if a serious thief wants it, no lock or security measure will stop them.