The best security for a hardtop is leaving it in the basement, and driving around with no top on.

 

I have done just that except with only about 3 different fasteners. At least slows them down. So you can hopefully catch them and knock their ******* teeth out :]

 

Those thin metal mounts don't look very robust so cutting along the lines would be of little consequence to the hard top itself. Why would someone just sit there tinkering with fasteners.

 

The best security is comp insurance, especially now that the tops are in production again. If it gets stolen oh well, that's life.

 

At the end of the day, if they are in your car with an angle grinder there is probably not much you can do that that point.

 

Very true, but if you have stock latches with a toploc for instance, that might exceed the diameter of some cutoff wheels depending on what said theft is carrying.

 

Well this discussion is pointless if we start talking about how one could just use a cut off wheel. I figured the focus was kinda more on defeating thieves that work quietley with hand hools.

 

I went for about 2 weeks without any sort of lock on my hardtop - it was nerve-wracking even though I live in a good area and the car was parked in my lighted driveway the whole time. My son uses TopLocs on his, but I went with the Acne Talon (it was just being released when I got my hardtop.

ACNE TALON Hardtop Security System for NA & NB Miatas ? RetroModern USA

Pricey, but I feel pretty comfortable now...

 

Attempted Theft of Hardtop


The creeps strike again. We are using the Talon security system which worked fine for ten years until a thief with a Sawzall came along. Fortunately a neighbor interrupted the brazen mid-day attempt. We immediately removed our hard top. But what to do next?

 

Get the same parts made out of stainless steel, or something even harder. That would take so long to cut with a Sawzall that they would bail. Then again, they may get pissed at you and take the saw to your top. At least their blade would be so dull by that point that it might not matter.

 

Take the part to a machinist and have them bore some holes to take common tungsten carbide drill rod in a press fit with some green loctite (I think that’s the color, the machinist will know). I’m not familiar with the particular mechanism you’re using, but make sure the rod would be in the way of any effective cut through the part.

Still, you’ll be in an arms race with them. They may step up their game.

 

Bloody hell! I know HTs are getting exxy, but this is .

Not only do they steal them, they come prepared to defeat the antitheft devices!

I'd be thinking about a hidden GPS tracker and/or internal motion detectors with camera or alarm. Is this happening on the driveway/at home, or out on the street (ie opportunistic)?