First you apply the felt padding with a adhesive backing to the
outter edge of the glove box. |
This is what it looks like when you are complete. Don't worry if
you mess up Tuffy supplied lots of extra material. |
Remove all of the screws around your old glove box. Do not forget
to remove the two screws holding the latch in place at the top. |
First I started by wiggling the glove box frame into place and loosely
inserting the top screws on the top right and left. |
The two holes at the top where the old latch was takes two screws
as well. |
Tuffy thought of everything on this install. There is a pre drilled
hole in the latch bracket so you can feed a screw driver in to tighten
up the top two screws. |
Simply insert each screw in each hole, but do not tighten any of
them. The instructions even state the same fact. I ignored the instructions
and as you can see from the photo I had to take all of my screws
out because when you tighten there is no room for movement. |
This is a shot of the old latch below and the new Tuffy latch above.
You can see there is no comparison here. |
Ok, I lied the latch shown in the pictured before is the latch bracket.
This is the latch. Its heavy duty and requires two 7/16 screws to
hold it in place. Theres even a little tamper shield just incase
somebody tries to pick the latch. |
Unlike the stock glove box which used a strap to keep it in place.
The Tuffy box uses two adjustable wing nuts in the back. |
This is a side shot latch. |
This is the glove box in the open posistion |
This is the box with the wing nuts all the way down allowing the
glove box to droop so you dont have to remove it each time you want
to access it. However since it swings down you will have to empty
each time unlike the stock box. |
Notice how the Tuffy box frame and hinges account for the stock
hinges. I was worried when I ordered I would have to remove or cut
the old hinges off. Another smart idea on behalf of Tuffy. |
Top shot of the Tuffy box and the stock box. |
Side shot of the Tuffy box and the old box. |
After installation I noticed a small gap on the right side of the
box opposed to the left side. At first I was worried, but just handling
this box I knew any thief would be in for a tough pry if they attempted. |
Overall I like the box and I even read somewhere there is a color
called machine gray that matches the gray interior of my TJ. I guess
I'll have to find out and give it a coat or two. . |
