EXHIBIT 5


                                February 14, 2003




STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION
3333 West Good Hope Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53209

Gentlemen:

         We are providing this opinion in connection with the Registration
Statement of STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation (the
"Company"), on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), filed under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with respect to the proposed
sale by the Company of up to 1,600,000 shares of Company common stock, $.01 par
value per share (the "Shares"), pursuant to the provisions of the STRATTEC
SECURITY CORPORATION Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan").

         We have examined (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Company's
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, as amended to date,
(iii) the Plan, (iv) the corporate proceedings relating to the adoption of the
Plan, the issuance of the Shares and the organization of the Company, and (v)
such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary in order to render
this opinion. In rendering this opinion, we have relied as to certain factual
matters on certificates of officers of the Company and of state officials.

         Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

         1.       The Company is a corporation validly existing under the laws
                  of the State of Wisconsin and, based solely on a certificate
                  of the Department of Financial Institutions of the State of
                  Wisconsin (the "DFI"); (a) has filed with the DFI during its
                  most recently completed report year the required annual
                  report; (b) is not the subject of a proceeding under Wisconsin
                  Statutes section 180.1421 to cause its administrative
                  dissolution; (c) no determination has been made by the DFI
                  that grounds exist for such action; (d) no filing has been
                  made with the DFI of a decree of dissolution with respect to
                  the Company; and (e) Articles of Dissolution of the Company
                  have not been filed with the DFI.


         2.       The Shares, when issued as and for the consideration
                  contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Plan, will
                  be validly issued, fully paid and


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                  non-assessable by the Company, subject to the personal
                  liability which may be imposed on shareholders by Section
                  180.0622(2)(b) of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, as
                  judicially interpreted, for debts owing to employees for
                  services performed, but not exceeding six months service in
                  any one case.

         We consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are
"experts" within the meaning of Section 11 of the Act, or that we come within
the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.

                                       Yours very truly,

                                       REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN s.c.

                                       BY   /s/ Benjamin G. Lombard