Fixing Sub and Amp Down

[STU412T]

How do all you Classic Bravo/a drivers fix down your sub while keeping easy access to your spare wheel?

Fed up of my sub and amp being over the other side of the car after turning a corner......but don't want to dismantle my boot if I get a flat.

Any Ideas?

 

[smokeyjoe03]

How do all you Classic Bravo/a drivers fix down your sub while keeping easy access to your spare wheel?

Fed up of my sub and amp being over the other side of the car after turning a corner......but don't want to dismantle my boot if I get a flat.

Any Ideas?

In my old punto I just used some sticky back velcro, got fed up off my sub rolling round too. Halfords sell it on a 2m roll. Make sure you get the proper Velcro make stuff though as the cheap substitutes don't work too well.

 

[Puntodriver1991]

Ye could use velcro

its not quite as stealthy, but i use like 2 blocks of thin wood to wedge it in against the backseats, works quite well and doesnt move , but you can see them.

 

[Kirbs]

How do all you Classic Bravo/a drivers fix down your sub while keeping easy access to your spare wheel?

Fed up of my sub and amp being over the other side of the car after turning a corner......but don't want to dismantle my boot if I get a flat.

Any Ideas?

You could always buy yourself as can of that lovely foam that inflates and seals your tyre so you can drive home to put the spare on.

 

[smokeyjoe03]

You could always buy yourself as can of that lovely foam that inflates and seals your tyre so you can drive home to put the spare on.

Yeah but some punctures are repairable, once you put that foam in a tyre is becomes useless.

 

[STU412T]

You could always buy yourself as can of that lovely foam that inflates and seals your tyre so you can drive home to put the spare on.

Yeah but some punctures are repairable, once you put that foam in a tyre is becomes useless.

And not very useful if I have a blowout..........

 

[smokeyjoe03]

They way I have it done now:

Basically the blue carpeted floor is a piece of mdf which my amp is screwed into and my sub bow is glued to. The wires run underneath to a connector block, so I don't have to unwire my amp to lift the whole lot out So no movement and still easy access to the wheel well

 

[Evilpaperclip]

Have you bolted the MDF down? or just left it free so its easy to drag out?

 

[smokeyjoe03]

Its cut to fit the boot. so there is no room for it to move, therefore no need to fix it down

 

[volxstu]

Try saying it won't move in a head on crash.

 

[smokeyjoe03]

The floor won't move, its literally tighter than a nun's c**t The box may move in a head on, but if it was velcroed down it still would I bet.

 

[volxstu]

Well my whole box was as tight as we could possibly make it in my old punto. Then i screwed it to the floor, but didnt bolt the floor down. Then when i rolled the car the rear seats were mangled and the box smashed the boot open. Now that was ok but your box isn't wedged to the sides.

 

[karbineftw]

I'm sure you have more to worry about in a crash than your sub moving out of place

 

[mehstg]

I'm sure you have more to worry about in a crash than your sub moving out of place

Probably not when it decapitates you. Ever been in a serious accident?

 

[volxstu]

Not when it weighs the equivalent of 3 tons and it is hurtling straight towards you. Modern cars are well equipt to take a crash its the things that you leave in the boot that are a major concern.
I wouldnt be doing my job properly if i werent to encourage people to install equipment safely.
I already messed up once with the guy trying to pull too much power through 10 gauge wiring, and i was horrified on sunday when i saw so many people who were trying to do the same thing.
Edit:- I have a friend who works at a Salvage Auctions. I will get him to take some pictures of what damage things can do that are in the boot during a crash.

 

[karbineftw]

Probably not when it decapitates you. Ever been in a serious accident?

Why would it with the parcel shelf and rear seats there?
You say that about anything though...

 

[mehstg]

Why would it with the parcel shelf and rear seats there?
You say that about anything though...

Simple physics. The decelerating forces on a sub in an accident would make it weigh the equivalent of 3 tonnes. I doubt the rear seats would hold that, let alone the flimsy parcel shelf. Lol I doubt a MK1 parcel shelf would hold up if you dropped a sub on it from a few feet. Let alone firing one at it at high velocity!

Not trying to have an argument matey, just stating simple facts. It is well documented the injuries sustained by flying objects in car accidents, with ill fitted ICE being a major contributor.

 

[karbineftw]

Simple physics. The decelerating forces on a sub in an accident would make it weigh the equivalent of 3 tonnes. I doubt the rear seats would hold that, let alone the flimsy parcel shelf. Lol I doubt a MK1 parcel shelf would hold up if you dropped a sub on it from a few feet. Let alone firing one at it at high velocity!

Not trying to have an argument matey, just stating simple facts. It is well documented the injuries sustained by flying objects in car accidents, with ill fitted ICE being a major contributor.

Nah that's cool mate, just really suprising. Guess I should really secure mine down asap. cheers

 

[smokeyjoe03]

Well my whole box was as tight as we could possibly make it in my old punto. Then i screwed it to the floor, but didnt bolt the floor down. Then when i rolled the car the rear seats were mangled and the box smashed the boot open. Now that was ok but your box isn't wedged to the sides.

Naa its wedged in the corner, just moved it out to take pictures as it looks better.

I know what you mean about the forces, I saw the TV program with the crash test with the toolbox. However its the same with everything you out in your boot of any weight, weird when you consider the boot is made to carry things in. Its a risk (and I use that term loosely) that most people with a sub take.

 

[Puntodriver1991]

Its a risk that most people with a sub take.

Risk it for a biscuit :devil: