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Old 03-16-2012, 09:04 PM
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any of you guys have a cheap way to hide your subwoofers? i just got 2 10"s alpines subwoofers+box+amp for 100 bucks. and i want to hide them so they wont get stolen
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Originally Posted by Joe'sXJ
any of you guys have a cheap way to hide your subwoofers? i just got 2 10"s alpines subwoofers+box+amp for 100 bucks. and i want to hide them so they wont get stolen
Maybe tint your windows?
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Originally Posted by Power73

Maybe tint your windows?
Window tint, ftw!
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Did u guys by any chance bolt them down?
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I saw a guy on here put them in a wooden box behind his back seat. He then carpeted this box and made it look real nice to match the interior color. If you wanted to... You can pull up your carpet in the cargo area by removing some trim. Pull it up and cut small incisions. Through that I would bolt down some L brackets and drop your carpet back down. Then simply fasten those brackets to the sides of your carpeted box. You can make one out of cheap OSB board. I know Lowe's will cut boards to size, because I work there.

I would start by checking the fab threads... Here's one for starters.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f9/sub...systems-38845/
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Originally Posted by Joe'sXJ
Did u guys by any chance bolt them down?
Mine have tow straps over them. Lol
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Window tint and a tiger.
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Originally Posted by BrofessorXJ
Window tint and a tiger.
Lol, we don't have tigers where im from,.only cougars
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Originally Posted by Joe'sXJ
Lol, we don't have tigers where im from,.only cougars

Ya and those cougars aren't worried about some little old speaker they'll take you for all you got. Lol.
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You could try building a false floor and hide your subs down there. That way if someone looks into your back glass they wouldn't see them.
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I made one for mine that kind of tucks into the side. Maybe you can get some ideas?

Scroll down towards the bottom...

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/ho...1618/index189/
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The tank is right under the rear, so be über careful if your drilling anything down!! The false floor would work. With 2x4's you can bolt them right to the tie down straps I the rear and then put a piece of plywood on that and bolt the subs down to that..
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Also, what about the amp? Gotta bolt that sucka down too. If its small enough it can go under rear seat, but he's can be issue. It works well to bolt down right behind rear seat back, don't have to worry about ga stank this far up, but still check!
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Idk what you guys are strapping to with those straps... Hope its not factory cargo tabs in the floor, because you can literally jerk those things out of the floor by hand.
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I think ill just stick with a cougar or two, or make a nice tool box out of diamond plating, so it wouldnt look to obvious, like in my diagram below....

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