Customer Reviews

PIAA 30092 Lamp Lock

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I used this on my PIAA 410 that is mounted on a grill guard. I installed it as per the instructions and realized the bracket is now very well protected from the bracket nut being loosened BUT there is nothing protecting the light casing from being separated from the bracket by using a simple allen key or socket.

I feel this does nothing to protect the light from being stolen but your bracket will be protected.

This $29.00 lock protects the (probably) $10 brackets while, as pointed out in another review, leaves the expensive lights easy for the taking. I am sure PIIA could have specified at the very least, simple torkx screws, or even better lock screws. They could have passed the cost on to the consumer. As is, it is fairly useless. If you have $29 to burn....

I ordered the PIAA lamp lock kits from Amazon in mid-July. They were supposedly in stock, but by early August, I was told that they would not ship until October. I decided that $600 worth of PIAA lights were too tempting to be stolen before then, so I found another distributor who had plenty in stock for $29.99/set.

The locks themselves are great products. They are hardened tapered round metal that completely cover the nut making it difficult to remove without the tool - there is nothing to grip on the lock nut and it is too hard for a pair of pliers to grab (particulaly if you can't get pliers to the nut). If you have lug nut locks on your alloy wheels, the same special key technique is used to put these locking nuts on and off. I found it was a challenge to do so with the Warn light bar on the front of my Hummer, due to the tight working area and a hole too small to fit a socket through, but a set of metric crows-feet to tighten the key worked well.

No one will be able to take your lights off with the brackets, these will secure that. But taking the light off the bracket is still possible. Very solid material.

These locks "seem" like a great idea. They are installed over your existing mounting bolt with a hardened conical device that is difficult to grab with vice grips and comes with a key. Great idea right!? The problem is...PIAA lights are attached to a bracket by a small bolt which is easily accessible by anyone. These locks will lock your mounting bracket down great...and it may keep the honest thieves away. All is takes is to remove the small bolt between the light and the bracket and your lights are stolen. The thieves may not get your mounting bracket though...but PIAA probably sells replacements for a couple bucks however. I purchased these locks, so I went ahead and installed them. It gives me a piece of mind against the honest thieves...otherwise, don't waste your money. I will replace the standard small bolt that attaches the lights to the mounting bracket with some sort of "security" bolt or torx bolt. Not guaranteed protection, but more piece of mind to protect my $260 investment.