Securing Race Car In Garage

[mcfast]

Hi,

I have just bought a house with a garage where I intend to keep my race car. For a few months we won’t be living in the house apart from some weekends. The house is very rural.

I will be leaving my race car which has no locks, push button start etc in the garage.

Any ideas on how to keep it secure. I know nothing is completely secure but any tips please. We are installing a remote monitoring camera system so it’s more about making the car less easy to steal.

[foggy]

Make it as difficult as possible to move e.g. chained down to the ground, on axle stands with no wheels nearby, remove steering wheel, maybe remove some suspension parts, disabled so it won’t start, blocked in with other time consuming, noisy and difficult to move stuff.

Cover it over with sheets and other stuff to disguise the silhouette.

Fit a little tracking box thing, they’re relatively cheap now.

Screw/bolt all accesses shut if possible.

Smoke releasing intruder alarm thingemyjig. Just don’t forget about it!

[Gc285]

wheels, wheels nuts, steering wheel, battery switch ,take off and keep separate, maybe in the loft. I put in gear and as paddles are on the steeringwheel that makes it a bit difficult to move..

[grumpy52]

Secure garage doors , strengthened with some thick wall tube and high security locks , security posts in front of doors but try to make them subtle , if they stand out to much it makes the oiks curious.
Car on stands and wheels secured elsewhere.
Trailer ?
Move it to a secure site if not being used ?

[stevieturbo]

A steel bollard over the doorway.

But TBH, a good alarm system, cameras, remote monitoring and alerts...and also linked to fire/smoke detection.

If the property is vacant altogether, than also throw in some detection external to the garage. That way you can be alerted of people around the garage to maybe give forewarning of an actual break in.

And it does no harm to add a tracker in there too, have it wired to a permanent charge via a short lead...but one that would be very easy to just unplug or pull out should the car move.
ie so it can remain charged, but also so that if the car were to move it would hopefully unplug without drawing any attention to those moving it.

I have a vacant property, outside I have 2 external PIR detectors and then inside alarm is also linked to a GSM alert system.

So basically if one detector outside goes off.....not a big deal. Maybe someone there. If both go off....definitely someone there. ( They text me on any alert for each detector )...if external goes off AND internal alarm also goes off..clearly there has been a break in.
If only the internal goes off...again, probably a false alarm as this would nearly be impossible without tripping at least one of the external.

But visible cameras, detectors externally....hopefully might prevent anything before it happens, or at least can alert you to get someone there before it gets too late for any other levels of protection to kick in.

I think you can get some CCTV cameras that are movement detectors etc too, rather than needing external PIR type sensors ?

[VH02 AML]

If you can get a signal then these look a good idea:

https://shop.v.vodafone.com/UK/V-Camera

[mat205125]

Make it difficult to move:

Jack it up onto axle stands.
Remove wheels, and if possible don't leave any wheels in the garage.
If not practical, then take the wheel nuts and steering wheel with you, and critical electronics like the ECU to make it so it can't be run to drive.

Secure the garage:

Make it as difficult to enter / exit as possible.
If you've a pedestrian door, then use that to be able to enter the garage and seal shut the car entry / exit. With brackets fixed inside to the wall, my door is reinforced with scaffold poles and padlocks which would mean that the door would need to be cut open with a disc cutter to get in, and even then, the car couldn't be rolled out.

[RobM77]

One way is as mentioned above - put it up on axle stands and keep the wheels somewhere separate. The chances of a thief turning up with the correct PCD wheels is fairly low, and to be honest if it's a planned theft they'd probably come prepared for anything. My car lives at home like this all the time, as it makes spanner checking and cleaning easier, and it also makes it easier to walk round the car (it's a single seater, so the wheels add quite a bit to the width). It's also better for tyres; even if they're not slicks it's not that good for a tyre to sit in one position with weight on it for long periods of time (this even applies to some floors, which get stained if a tyre stays in one position for a while).