Yeah that helped alot..did it have a place for your stereo to install inside
of it? Thanks again.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Kyle Kozubal <grndak4x4@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 9:02 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Steel Horse console: Kyle
> > Hey Kyle I need some help here. Where did you get your center console
> > from?? I need one now since my stereo got stolen, again. I am wanting
one
> > that will bolt to the floor and can't be moved easily. How sturdy is
it?
> > How is the lock, is it a weak point? Basically what I am asking is, is
> > there any way a thief could break in and steal a stereo that is
installed
> > inside it?
> > Thanks for your help,
>
> Mark,
> I ultimately ended up buying my center console from Savanna Jones,
> www.savannajones.com.
> More specifically, look at http://www.savannajones.com/consoleindex.htm
> I searched for a good 2 week period, trying to find the best of the best
> deal I could located for this console. I was not too thrilled about paying
> $165 for the center console, but I knew I did need one after swapping out
my
> bench for some Dakota buckets. I also wanted the center console to be
> locking. True, many center consoles lock, but arent worth crap if you
need
> to store valuables in them. So obvisouly having a metal locking console
was
> on my priority list. I ended up buying a Tuffy Series II
> I also read alot about various consoles made by various companies, mainly
> through Jeep related websites. Based on what I read, I knew Tuffy was the
> company to go with. Trust me also on this, t heir customer service is
great
> and their product is even better. I ended up ditching the main bolts the
> center console came with, cause I needed longer ones. So for $5 I bought a
> bunch of Grade 8 hardware and a tube of silicon, for sealing up the holes
I
> hav to drill through my truck's floorboards. I had to drill 4 holes, two
in
> front and two in the rear of the console. I bolted it down and it is
> extremely solid, cant even budge the thing. As far as the locking
mechanism
> is concerned, the only wat they are going to inside the console is if they
> have a portable blow torch or have about 30 minutes worth of hacksaw
> cutting. I highly doubt though that a crook would waste their time once
they
> see how stout this box is built; very thick steel construction. No needs
to
> worry here man! I leave my handgun in this console when I go places I dont
> want to carry the gun into, and trust it 100% to protect the handgun.
> Some info I read:
> http://w3.one.net/~marc/bronco/console/
> http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/tuffy.html
> Just go to any search engine and type in Tuffy Center Console, and it
should
> pull up some sites. Let me know if I can help out more.
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
>
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