Vehicle Theft/Break-in Prevention Film

limamike · 2012-06-06T20:40:43+00:00

Since it seems like there have been a rash of 5th Gen break-ins in the past week or so, it got me thinking about my own experience with vehicle break-ins. In both instances, the entry way was through the driver's side door window on my 05 Tacoma. It seems that this same technique has been used in every instance of break-in I've seen on the 4Runners here as well. I've had limited experience with anti-shatter films for building windows before, so I was curious if such a thing existed specifically for vehicle applications as well and I came across this: Safety and Security Window Film: LLumar Automotive Films The demonstration video certainly makes it seem as though it is effective, and I know the films I've seen for home/commercial use are pretty good. Anyone have any experience with these types of films?

Thread starter limamike
Start date Jun 6, 2012

deekoi

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Jun 7, 2012

deekoi said:
Or when you use the window breakers to try and break in?

FYI, I found a video that shows using this tool. Looks like it can still be broken with this thing but not as fast and easy but none the less. They are in.

Don't know how to link videos to give a preview so I'll just provide the link:
Safety glass smash on a car - YouTube
He uses it at 1:08 so you can jump to that.

Last edited: Jun 7, 2012