Keeping Auto Dealerships Safe and Secure

Most automotive dealerships keep a large portion of their inventory parked outside. They also do more than sell vehicles. For example, your car dealership may have an on-site service station and keep hundreds, or even thousands, of files about customers. When a customer comes in to buy a car or have their vehicle serviced, they expect you to keep their information confidential, and protect their car, especially if it needs to stay overnight.

While it's impossible to bring every car inside at night, security rolling doors and grilles help keep other critical items at the dealership safe and secure. These doors provide a reliable method of protecting customer vehicles and documentation while also creating a beautiful aesthetic when your facility isn't open.

What to Secure

Most dealerships have areas that need protection, typically through a security door, gate, or alternative method. They want their service areas, such as a mechanic shop or detailing station, and the main building's lobby and offices secured overnight.

Service Stations

Service stations have garage doors that allow vehicles to enter and exit. A security gate in these areas should be sturdy enough to protect from break-ins and lightweight enough to move with ease, either automatically or manually.

Main Lobby

There are two ways to secure an auto dealership's lobby with gates. The first is by having security grilles roll down the length of each showroom window. These grilles will protect the offices and any show-floor vehicles from outside influences.

Alternatively, you can opt to install security grilles around a specific lobby area. To secure employee offices, you can install a grille that encircles those areas instead of the entire building. If you are building a lobby for a new dealership, consult with your employees about their priorities.

Cornell Has the Auto Showroom Doors You Need

When searching for a door to use, look no further than Cornell, your innovative door and grille solutions expert. We offer a wide array of styles and options to choose from, including high-quality rolling doors, security grilles, overhead doors, and fire doors.

Keeping the Inside Protected With a Security Grille

For your peace of mind, use our rolling security grilles. With these grilles, you can easily keep specific areas of your lobby off-limits while offering ample visibility and airflow. You give us the specifications for the size of the opening or space you want to secure, and we will create the perfect fit.

These grilles come in several high-quality options and can be customized depending on your stylistic preferences. You could select a straight block look, where the rectangles line up perfectly with one another, or choose a staggered design, which bears a striking resemblance to a traditional brick pattern.

High-Performance Security Grille

For maximum security, you can choose to use one of our heavy-duty, high-performance security grilles. This selection is perfect for high-crime areas or places that see frequent inclement weather. Even if something damages your windows, you can feel comfortable knowing that the grilles are there to add further protection.

Window Security Grilles

If you are planning to install our security grilles over your lobby windows, we recommend our SentryGate Protection Grille, which is our most secure, lightweight option.

Garage Doors for a Service Station

Service stations have large, open garage doors that can become liabilities if you fail to take security measures. At Cornell, we offer a wide range of rolling service doors to keep all your mechanics' tools and customers' vehicles safe. As with our security grilles, you can choose to use a high-performance door, max protection door, or a standard model. Whichever you select, you can trust that our doors will provide you with the best possible protection.

Weather Protection

If you're building a dealership or own one in an area that's prone to severe weather, you will need maximum protection. Garage doors can be a weak point in any structure. So, you will want a door that keeps everything together and holds its own when the time arises.

Our StormDefender Safe Room Door and Wind-Master Operational Windload Door are the perfect choices to keep everything inside safe from the severe weather events outside.

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Upgrade your dealership with the best security grilles and doors Cornell has to offer. We'll keep your service stations safe and secure throughout any situation. Trust us to provide you with top-of-the-line doors that will provide longevity and protection for many years to come.

If you have any further questions about any of our products, need help requesting an estimate, or require any further assistance, feel free to contact us online or call us at 800-233-8366.