LOCKOUT TOOLS This mall store includes tools expressly designed for car opening (lockouts).  In addition to such tools as the classic Slim Jim, you'll find Under Glass Tools and Horizontal Linkage Tools.  We also offer a large assortment of complete lockout kits, car opening kits and starter kits. Car opening tools have evolved over the years in surprising ways.  When I first got into Locksmithing, in 1983, there were many fewer available specialized tools than you can find today!  The Slim Jim was supreme in those days because a good practitioner could open most anything with it.  While it was invented primarily to lift vertical linkages, knowing how horizontal rods worked in the cars that came along in the mid-eighties made it easy to use the Slim Jim to slide them sideways. Then came the late eighties, and the nineties.  Almost all car manufacturers went out of their way to protect vulnerable lock linkages and the poor Slim Jim lost a good deal of its usefulness.  Sliding linkages became more common on vehicles, and many of those were protected with various materials to hide them from the Slim Jim and other similar openers.  Even autos that maintained the sill mounted "lift up" buttons started having their linkages protected with things like nylon and plastic tubing, leaving only a tiny vulnerable spot deep in the door. Lockout Tools nowdays come in large arrays, with highly specialized tools designed to get past the obstacles that car designers have come up with.   We offer a wide variety of kits and individual car opening tools, for the beginner as well as the professional.  You'll find tools by HPC, ProLok and Brockhage, among others.  Kits are available in all price ranges. We recommend, at the very least, a kit that contains one or more Slim Jims, one or more "under the glass" tools, and wedges to make entry into car door cavities as safe as possible.   Lights designed to illuminate the dark interiors of car doors are not only useful -- they are mandatory in this day and age where so many electronics are involved.  It is imperative that the Locksmith be able to guide his car opening tool to the 'sweet spot' within the door, especially if he is working on an unfamiliar vehicle.  ProLok and HPC both make excellent probe lights, and one better is the illuminated car opening scope, or Lockout Scope. We have differentiated between tools designed for car opening and those designed to do more general work on automobiles (such as removal of door panels and the tearing down of steering columns.)  You'll find a separate section for AUTOMOTIVE TOOLS. Lockout Scope Slim Jim   Under Glass Tools     Horizontal Linkage Tools Click this link to view our complete selection of car opening tools