Screws
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Forum Name: Fiberglass, Fabrication, and Interiors
Forum Discription: Fiberglass Kick Panels, Subwoofer Enclosures, Plexiglas, Fabrics, Materials, Finishes, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=27615
Printed Date: July 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Topic: Screws
Posted By: wayland1985
Subject: Screws
Date Posted: March 02, 2004 at 8:50 PM
So EVERYBODY has a philips head, or slotted screw driver....making it very easy for anybody who wanted to, to take out my subwoofers or amplifiers....So to try and increase security, and slow theives down, I'm looking for a different kind of screw and bolt.... Torx head, or square head, or even more preferably, triangluar head screws for bolting down my amp, enclosure, and holding down my woofers would be nice.... anybody know where to find them? also, compatible bits would be nice too....
The home depot doesn't even offer the screws as special offer, but we all know they're out there.... ------------- ~WAYLAND
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Posted By: audiomechanic
Date Posted: March 02, 2004 at 9:24 PM
you can try a more mom and pop type hardware store....they usuall have a ton of oddball stuff. like ace hardware.or a family owned type place.
i did a search on google..........here is the link to it
security fasteners-------------
Posted By: can_wrench
Date Posted: March 02, 2004 at 11:55 PM
We have all of them robison type screws and torx type screws here in canad. If you can not find then go to one of the car dealers and ask them for torxs screws and if you go to dodge they can sell you a tork that has a small center in it, and the driver has to have the hole or you can not get them out. This is what you will find in a dodge lock cylinder so that would be a place to have a look at eh dealer for just the torx go to any dealer Jeep loves to use them or come to canada we sell them in every store
Posted By: technodigifreak
Date Posted: March 03, 2004 at 12:33 AM
www.hudsonfasteners.com ------------- Hot-Modder
Posted By: Thack79
Date Posted: March 03, 2004 at 6:40 AM
You could actually try lowes. I bought some hex amp screws from there the other day and i believe i saw what you are talking about in the hardware section.
Posted By: kustomcarluvr
Date Posted: March 04, 2004 at 1:18 PM
Now that the subs are screwd down with torx screws, they will just take the entire box. they find a way around anything, that is like putting a club on a car, it seems that it may even be faster for them to steel a car with a club then without. Matt
Posted By: wayland1985
Date Posted: March 04, 2004 at 4:17 PM
I have a 5 cubic foot box made out of 3/4 inch mdf....with carpeting and stuff, it weighs around 20 pound in itself, and is very awkward to carry....Now lets throw in my 2 subwoofer, each weighing just over 20 pounds.... That's over 60 pounds of a very large, awkward to carry box.... All I'm trying to do is slow theives down....if they want it bad enough, they can take it..... But it's gonna be one heck-of-a-pain to try and unscrew the woofers, or the box that's bolted down to the floor.... ------------- ~WAYLAND
Posted By: 93accordSE
Date Posted: March 04, 2004 at 5:43 PM
Bolt the thing down to your main frame, weld the sucker in there, lol
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Posted By: pureRF
Date Posted: March 04, 2004 at 9:43 PM
wayland if u dont see the point of using these screws why did u start the post in the first place?
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dream it, build it, fiberglass it
Posted By: wayland1985
Date Posted: March 04, 2004 at 10:57 PM
I want the screws.... I'm just trying to tell KustomKar where I'm coming from here.... YOU cant stop a theive....but you can slow him down and catch him.... I'm using the screws to slow them down..... That's why I said it's going to be a pain to take the box out.... So i want the screws and bolts, but want to set kustomkar (the un-believer) straight.....
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~WAYLAND
Posted By: kustomcarluvr
Date Posted: March 04, 2004 at 11:27 PM
Well, you can not really set me straight on this one, I do not think that it is worth it to spend any more money on torx style screws than you would on regular screws. How many times have you gone out to your car after it had been broken into, and see all the screws that they nicely unscrewed and left laying in the car? I have not had that happen yet, but I have had everything ripped apart and laying all over the place including the street. I think that if they are screwed with regular screws and thethe thieves pull on the box for more than thirty seconds and it does not budge, they will just leave with the deck . Matt
Posted By: Thack79
Date Posted: March 05, 2004 at 6:31 AM
Yeah i had this happen to and all they did was kept pulling and until they broke panels and such and still got my amp and deck. The damage was more than what the stereo stuff was worth
Posted By: sc2_ct
Date Posted: March 06, 2004 at 3:53 PM
My approach is to use .25" to .5" rounded-top carriage bolts through the floor with nylon insert lock washers underneath, with 18ga steel plates sandwiching everything together. For the speaker mounting itself (the only real structural securing fasteners that I leave accessible) I just use regular phillips head. That way I figure they'll take the speakers but leave the enclosure (with all of the work that goes into that) and the amps (which I usually hide) behind. If you make one part easier to get out, they'll do the whole snatch and grab, and be less likely to destroy your car out of spite. Then again, if I ever *catch* a theif, there's the matter of the CCW permit LOL.
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