Looks like a wimpy lock that I could easily get through in a matter of minutes.

It shouldn't be. Tuffy is known for making very good in vehicle lock boxes. If you look through the rest of the site they make a ton of lockable compartments for convertible jeeps. I know a lot of people who have bought there stuff and I haven't heard of any of it being broken into.

Really, 99% of thieves won't be bothered to try to break any sort of lock. If it takes them more than two minutes they might as well just move on and try the next car. A small box like that or a surplus ammo box is a lot more subtle than something that looks like an actual safe. A thief might spend some time with that because it is more obvious there is something of value inside.

Regardless I agree that the box/safe/empeg should not be visible from outside the car.

-Mike