Hi peeps,
Just wondering o peoples opinions on the disklok full sterring lock priced at £80 i think.
Is it a worthwhile investment, are they any good.
I have a CAT 1 alarm and immobiliser anyway, but just wondered if this would be 380 well spent aswell
Thanks
I bought one for my rev 3 tubby, even though i have a cat 1 alarm/imob.
I paid £80 for mine, then went to COSTCO for a look around and saw them for £35 + vat!
If you want one, ask a member of family or a friend who has a costco card to go and get you one, wish i had thought of it first!!
These were highly recommended by most of the motoring mags a couple of years ago, with many of the tests done on the unit either taking the 'friendly' thieves far too long to remove it, or failing to even half damage it.
I always carry mine in the boot in case I'm forced to park somewhere a bit unsavoury, and it gives great piece of mind.
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I use one of these for my MR2, however, one day I decided to take the whole family for a day out to Cadbury World in Birmingham so I took the Disklock with me to protect my trusty Rover 600 whilst we were inside making ourselves sick with an excess of tasting melted chocolate. Anyway, as I'm walking back to the car fumbling for the keys its slowly dawing on me that I've left the Disklock key on my MR2 keyring........at home. Major Doh! :-(
With 2 fractious kids and a wifw beginning to question why she married me I ring the AA for help. Sure enough, 30 minutes later a cheery chappy turns up just like in the adverts. With the immortal line "so you think your car's secure with one of these things do you?" he swaggers up to my car with a grin on his face ready to do the AA proud whilst I look on feeling sheepish. He pulled, he twisted, he scratched his chin, rang HQ for 'special info' on removing Disklocks (they had none) then announced that the only way to get it off would be to break the lock. So out come the hacksaw. Well after a good few minutes hacksawing the AA man confirmed that when they said the hinges were made of hardened steel they really where. More chin scratching folowed by the announcement that these locks were 'quite good'. Anyway, to cut a long story short after various use of a wide assortment of tools and 40 minutes of hard graft one worn out AA man finally broke the lock off - hoorah!! The Disklock was a write-off and there was a bit of damage to the steering wheel but we were on our way from the now empty car park.
In conclusion:
1) The tough reputation of Disklocks is well earned - I replaced mine with another.
2) Even after seeing how to defeat a Disklock (which I'm nnot going to divulge so dont ask) I dont think anyone would bother as it looks like a lot of hard work - and you certainly cant do it without being noticed.
Blimey. That's an advert and a half for the Disklok! =D>
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1) They are a bit clumsy to use at first as they are quite heavy - but saying that thats reassuring for a security device!
2) Further to above - my wife absolutely hates using it!
3) There is a great temptation to keep the lock inside the passenger cabin once youve taken it off rather than in the boot. DO NOT DO THIS!!! A relative of mine had a bad car accident where even their car stereo was ripped from its mounting and found in the back seat. The last thing you want in an accident is a heavy disklock flying round the inside of the car especially in a MR2 where the cabin space is limited.
Other than that its spot on - I bought my first one for £100 (R.I.P.) when they first came out and used on both my AW11, SW20 Turbo, my current SW20 NA and Rover 600 - so it gave faultless service for 7 years service - sad to see it go really - it was like one of the family! ;-')
4) Finally, just one smidgeon of criticism - if you leave your car in the sun on a hot day with it on - cover it with a cloth or something otherwise getting it off is painful - ouch!!
Yes I know I'm replying to my own posts but I just thought I would mentiion that the one removed by the AA was ione of the original yellow ones in size 'small'. You can get silver ones but I think theyre the same - anyway Disklok have a website you can check fitments.
Fortunately for me my dad bought one for his mondeo but because it had an air bag it wouldnt fit so he gave me his for free - the only good bit of the story! Ao if youy have a later MR2 with an air bag check with them whether this size fits
just purchased one guys for £70 from halfrods, cheapest i could find. Only question i pruchased the small one and it seems like you could drag it over the top of the wheel when it is on, but you can not quite.
is this part of the security device so it spins on the wheel?
Thanks
They are supposed to spin so someone couldnt drive away using the lock as an impromptu steering wheel. Although mine spins (its a small one too) it doesnt look like you could get it off in the manner you describe. Is your steering wheel standard?
btw £70 is a good price - think they have come down a lot since I bought mine.
