I am planning to remove my spare tire and put my amp in there. I have seen some people put down a wooden base with various degress of fanciness. Anything from bare plywood, to paint to carpet. The question I have is how do I attach the wood to the car to keep it from moving around while I am "enjoying the music?"

 

I have plans on putting the amp in place of the spare tomorrow (Sat). I'll let you know how it goes. Or better yet pm me if you wanna stop by. I see that you're local.

Rev

 

That is a good question...I was gonna say bolt it, but what can you bolt it to in there? The gas tank?

I think what would be fun is if you use fiberglass and black vinyl so your amp rack *looks* like a spare tire

Then, if you get a flat, call up AAA and when he asks where your spare tire is, say, "It's right there, jerk!"

And he'll be a little angry about what you said and even angrier when he says, "This isn't a spare tire at all!"

But I bet you he'll laugh a little too. Because hey, life is funny.

 

b0mb, you're da, well, ummm, bomb. That is some funny crap!

I have been thinking myself. Mabey use a bolt as a "locator" pin where the spare bolts down, and then mabey some velcro or something? I don't plan on removing the amp on a regular basis, but I would need to be able to get it back out fairly easily.

Any other suggestions? (That won't get my a$$ beat down by a tow truck driver!)

 

it's hard to say, but you could make the rack a circle w/ a small handle type cutout, and make it very close to the diameter of the lower part of the tire. then, line the outer part of the rack w/ some sort of compressible foam (my thinking is - foam pipe insulation, w/ a section cut out lengthwise and use it to edge around the rack).
the thinking being -- the compressible foam would allow you to shove the thing in there tight and also act as a interference/compression fit simultaneously... not a perfect solution, but one that is fairly easy to pull off and easy to remove. you'd need the handle to pull the rack out when you wanted to use it...

maybe?

 

Why not find a bolt wit the same thread size as the one that holds the spare tire down? Build some 'legs' under your amp rack so it sits level and bolt it to the existing tie-down for the spare?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SC_Highlander
[B]Why not find a bolt wit the same thread size as the one that holds the spare tire down?

 

SC_Highlander. I am a little confused by your solution. I think I like the concept, but I can't tell. How would I remove the amp again if I needed to?

I thnik I understand, but I want to be sure. Would I make the "legs" tall enough to clear the length of the bolt minus the thickness of the MDF? That way I would just put my wrench under the amp and un-bolt the assy. Once the threads are free of the tie-down, I should be able to slide the whole mess out. Is that what you meant?

That might be a possiblity.

Anyone else have any other cool engineering solutions? (Please remember the KISS principle!) (BTW -- I am an engineer too, so this IS actually about as cool as it gets for me.)

 

or you can do this......

 

Here is my take on an amp board

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...threadid=112508