I want to mount my amp to the back wall behind my driver seat. Isnt that just steel underneath the carpet? Any suggestions on what to do?
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I want to mount my amp to the back wall behind my driver seat. Isnt that just steel underneath the carpet? Any suggestions on what to do?
glue a board to the back wall, then mount the amp to the board. No screws through the back wall that way.
good idear!Quote:
Originally Posted by foggy
^^+1 if you dont want screws through the back wall, make sure to use some REALLY strong glue. but if you don't mind screws and don't want to run the chance of it falling off then it is nothing but steel back there. What I have found helps keep carpet and jute from wrapping around the screws is to put your drill in reverse and press into the wall and let her rip. Then you can go forward and it will go right through the steel and hopefully not wrap any carpet or jute up in the screw. If you do wrap the screw up it can be a booger getting the screw back out and you might as well throw it in the trash.
I dont know if im too fond of actually drilling into the cab like that. What kinda glue would work best to hold the wood?
this will hold anything
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oh hell david just screw it in there:lol: idk thats what i did worked fine:D
I've never been a fan of simply gluing a piece of wood to a piece of metal. I'm usually running fairly large amps (read: heavy & expensive) and I wouldn't trust whatever glue/epoxy was holding that together. Glue fails, wood hits cab floor, wire comes loose, grounds out on amp, fries amp. Then you gotta pull the seat, replace the amp, etc. PITA. I'd rather put a couple pieces of dynamat behind the wood, put my screws through the dynamat, then screw my amps to the wood. Much safer IMHO.
just toss it under the passenger seat. i put some velco on the bottom so it doesn't slide around. the bottom of the seat frame sets right against it. i put some foam tape there.
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This is what i did, made a box to mount amp too. Made 2 brakets that i screwed to cab, useing only 2 screws then screwed amp to box, hope this helps
The heavy duty Velcro that they have at the hardware store held my amp rack to the back wall for 6 years just fine before I took it out.
You could also use threaded rivets so that you can actually put bolts in to hold the amp thats how i have mine
what ever happened to just using some good old drywall screws man....
Some people that aren't careful run those through fuel lines or wiring harnesses under the truck.
I hate to admit this, at least I was only 16 when it happened. I once installed a CD changer and put a drywall screw through an airbag controller wire under the driver seat on a GMT400.Quote:
Originally Posted by GasGuzzler
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Originally Posted by GasGuzzler
I know, I have seen some pretty bad stuff in my years of installing. If you are mounting on the back wall you are usually pretty safe, otherwise, check twice drill once. if in doubt, drill your hole first and use a small screwdriver or allen wrench to check depth so you know how long of screw you can use. I installed an amp once in this kid's ranger, he said I punctured his gas tank. I told him no because I double-check everything before I just go shooting screws into a vehicle. I didn't think to remind him that it smelled like gas as soon as I pulled it into the bay before I started the install. It always seems that stuff magically starts going wrong as soon as someone else works on your vehicle. Like the moron that thought I messed up his a/c controls in his 98 f150 when I installed his double din. He came in hootin' and hollarin' all of his "just cuz I'm black" nonsense that I broke his a/c controls because the lights didn't come on anymore and didn't fix it because he was black and I figured he wouldn't notice. I replaced the 8yr old bulbs that were out when he came to the shop for the install and said "here are some extra bulbs in case they ever burn out again, have a nice day". The dumb-founded look on his face was priceless, A-hole didn't even apologize for his rantings or admit that he was in the wrong.
mine is mounted to my back wall right now...took liquid nails.half inch plywood...smeared that biotch all over the place...made 2 lil braces to hold it up for 24hrs to let it set up....a day later that things wasnt moving...got a memphis baby belle and a capacitor hanging on it...and still havent moved...for bout a year now
trevor
Good idea there. Also a 3M Marine Sealant/ Caulking called "5200", is a good one as well.
being in the marine field...5200 is the **stuff**!!!
trevor
gorilla glue
I can't believe some of you dudes are using glue to hold amps and what not, but I guess if it works, it works. I can kinda see how someone wouldn't want screws through the back wall though.
gorilla glue is too expensive...use elmers :laugh: