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Don't let thieves steal your cargo or tailgate. This ABS plastic tailgate handle has a keyed, steel tailgate lock, and the lock cylinder can be keyed to match your truck key. This handle replaces OEM handle. Great for tonneaus or camper shells.
Features:
Replace your existing factory tailgate handle with this ABS plastic tailgate handle that has a built-in lock. The lock mechanism is made of sturdy, armored steel to resist tampering. The black handle and trim around the lock complement your vehicle's trim and give you a straight-from-the-factory look. The lock is raised slightly for convenient key access and to help prevent your fingers from being pinched. And it installs easily using basic tools - no welding or drilling is necessary.
Are you tired of carrying a bulky ring of keys - for your hitch lock and coupler lock, your pickup cover or trailer door, and all the various padlocks securing your equipment?
BOLT (Breakthrough One-key Lock Technology) has solved that problem by designing a line of locks that can operate with a key you already have handy - your vehicle ignition key.
When you insert your own key into the cylinder, spring-loaded plate tumblers move up and down until they are matched exactly to that key. The first time the key is rotated, the cylinder is uniquely coded to that key. When the key is removed, the cylinder moves into the locked position. When the key is turned again, it will rotate to the unlocked position.
A new tailgate can cost you hundreds - the Pop & Lock saves you the cost and aggravation of replacing a stolen tailgate.
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Ellen: Hey everyone, I'm Ellen here at etrailer.com, and we're going to be taking a quick look at the Pop & Lock Custom Tailgate Lock. This allows you to convert your tailgate into a locking door, so that way you can keep any gear, accessories, tools or anything else you might be storing in your truck bed under your camper shell or total cover, safe from anybody getting access to it. It's going to replace the existing handle and give you a nice lock to keep everything safe. The cool thing about this is that it does code or keys to your ignition key, uses BOLT Lock, which is a one lock technology. So as soon as you put your ignition key in there, it codes to that key, and will allow you to then use that one for the rest of the time that you have this. With that you want to be sure that you don't remove this sticker until you're ready to put your ignition key in there.Use the key that you're going to be using every day.
That's going to make sure that you have the best outcome possible with that locking technology. If you use a spare key or something like that, it might be a little bit different and it can sometimes cause a little bit of issues. So use the one that you use all the time. That makes it really easy that you don't have to keep track of that second set of keys, just uses that ignition key right there to lock and unlock. There's going to be a manual lock.
So it doesn't work with the power function. If you do want a powered function, we do have those kits available here at etrailer.com. This particular lock housing is going to work for the 2005 through 2015 Toyota Tacoma. This is the black sand pearl color. So it should match with your factory paint, Has that nice high gloss paint color.
There's a little bit of a pearly shade to it, but it's a pretty nice dark black.Handle gives you good access to get in there and open that up. There's a little notch in here. If you want to pop that out to allow for a backup camera, you can put that in there as well. This reuses all the existing hardware from your original locks. So there's no cutting or drilling required.
It's just going to use the existing stuff that you have back there to get this in place. So you put your clips into this mechanism to operate the lock and all the stubs here or weld nuts are going to allow you to thread that in place with the existing hardware.So pretty straightforward. It does come with instructions on how to do that, and it should make a nice addition to your Toyota Tacoma. It's covered by a one-year warranty and made in the USA, and that's pretty much going to do it for our look at the Pop & Lock Tailgate Lock. I hope this has been helpful in deciding if this is the right one for you. We do have a lot of other colors available. So maybe if this doesn't match your particular shade, you can find a better one. Also again, the powered version is available as well. So check it out if you're interested. Thanks for watching.
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 Customer Reviews)
Don't let thieves steal your cargo or tailgate. This ABS plastic tailgate handle has a keyed, steel tailgate lock, and the lock cylinder can be keyed to match your truck key. This handle replaces OEM handle. Great for tonneaus or camper shells.I bought one in 2015 and it did great until someone tried to force my tail gate open and the plastic lever broke. I bought another one this year (2023) and install went just as smooth as last time. Works perfect.
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