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 Jun 18, 2004 - 1:50 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Apr 18, '03 From milwaukee, wisconsin Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
ok while ive had my golf clubs out of the car everynow and then. that damn sub box which was nicely built (not by me) keeps sliding to the back and making me pissed about so i have decided to buy some brackets and drill them into the cardboard that holds the spare down. I was hoping someone could tell me what kind of brackets to use , best to use for holding 2 12" in a box against the back seats, other possible solutions. this is getting annoying and i want to get on this project asap. Also do anyone know if the back of their back seats are also made out of hard cardboard and kinda just hanging off like mine are
 it looks tacky and wanted to see if there was anyway to fix those as well?
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Jun 18, 2004 - 2:10 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Ohio Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i used a couple lil L brackets.
screwed them to the box, then the floor -------------------- Jared Harwell
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Jun 18, 2004 - 2:30 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 8, '04 From LA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I screwed them to the space tire cardboard thing covered by the carpet
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Jun 18, 2004 - 2:42 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 18, '04 From Portland OR / Vancouver WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I think I have posted this already some where but ooohhh well! I hadnt heard of 6gc.net when I first got my subs...so I had to kind of invent my own way to keep them down cause I didnt know about the bracket method. I used about 6 pieces (3" x 2") of velcro on the bottom of the box....& positioned it where I wanted it on the carpet. The sticky sides of the velcro didnt stick very well sooo I sprayed them w/ 3M adhesive spray....which worked GREAT. There was one more thing I had to fix though.....The sub enclosure stuck so well that it started to slide around WITH the carpet attached to it haha. NO WORRIES though that only took 2 seconds to fix! All I had to do to keep the carpet in place was slap a couple of those BIG safety pins in the upper left & right corners of the carpet (right in crack where the back of the seats & floor meet up) You cant see them & they hold the carpet in place beautifully. ANYWAY I like to take my corners sharp when I drive & I have coilovers (which you know makes the ride very bumpy)......& my subs wont move no matter what I do now. SO make fun of it if you want but I stand by my cheap white trash method Lol..... 
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Jun 18, 2004 - 5:49 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 31, '03 From Orlando, Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i did this and it works great... cant beat it |
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Jun 20, 2004 - 1:55 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 25, '02 From Pittsburgh/Clairton, PA Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
or if you have a rear strut bar you can try to hang something from that...
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Jun 28, 2004 - 2:15 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 27, '04 From Illinois Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Ya know that carpet backing on the back of your seats? Look where it is fastened to the trunk (it should be done by a plastic 'button like' thing attached to the trunk flooring. I cut slits in my carpeting and buttoned the plastic things through the slits in the carpet. It looks like it was meant to be there and I've never had a problem with it. If you want me to take a picture of it, I'd be glad to do it for ya.
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Jun 28, 2004 - 8:59 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 22, '04 From Rhode Island Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
thats suprising, my subs dont move an inch, and i drive like i shouldent be allowed to have a lisence.
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Jun 29, 2004 - 2:46 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 9, '04 From San Carlos, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
My box is jammed between the arches behind the seats in my coupe, so it takes a lot of work for me to even move it out. |
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Jun 29, 2004 - 6:03 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 2, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
can you still remove the spare with the L brackets installed?
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Jun 29, 2004 - 6:05 PM
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 Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
What we did last weekend with Natalie's car was we fabricated two straps out of aluminum, and then screwed them to the underside of the sub box. We then drilled a couple holes in the trunk floor and bolted the two straps to the floor of the trunk. It's really solid, and isn't going to go anywhere.
With my next system, I'm going to bolt the enclosure into the floor from inside of the enclosure, and then put the sub in after the enclosure is bolted in. 
-------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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