Tuffy glovebox just installed - my takeaways

[Plumber1]

I have the Tuffy under hood lock, Center console insert, Under drivers lock box, and the rear instant Trunk. I love them all. Especially the Under seat lock box. I have everything keyed the same but, I put the combination lock on the Under seat lock box. It's great for going canoeing and i can lock up my keys etc.

I haven't done the glove box. Let us know how you like it after you use if for a while.

How easy is it to access the combo lock on the under seat box ??

 

[MikeE024]

Man I really miss my previous TJ's Tuffy glove box after getting into this thread. It really makes me want to install another.

If that’s the case then why don’t you simply purchase one…or tell them you really want one so they’ll send you one for the price of your review. You know the drill.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

If that’s the case then why don’t you simply purchase one…or tell them you really want one so they’ll send you one for the price of your review. You know the drill.

I was ready to buy it until I thought about how little I drive it now. It'd be a waste.

 

[Corky1071]

I was ready to buy it until I thought about how little I drive it now. It'd be a waste.

After all of the posts I've read over years in previous Wrangler forums and now here, that's a sad thing to read @Jerry Bransford.
"...how little I drive it now"

 

[Jerry Bransford]

After all of the posts I've over years in previous Wrangler forums and now here, that's a sad thing to read @Jerry Bransford.
"...how little I drive it now"

Yeah that has hit me too. I don't know whether to sell it or to tell my wife to just bury me in it.

 

[hear]

Here in ID, posting "no guns" anywhere else is only a preference. If they see it, they can ask you to leave, but they have to find it first.

In TX there are 2 specific signs that must be hung prominently, with specific wording, font, sizing, language, contrasting background, etc. Anything else is merely a suggestion (other than a handful of places that are disallowed by law).

And they call it concealed for a reason.

 

[RocknLJ]

Yeah that has hit me too. I don't know whether to sell it or to tell my wife to just bury me in it.

Sad to hear.
My wife asked me why I haven’t sold my rusty old 99 TJ now that I have an 06LJR.

My response was you are going to bury me in it….

 

[psrivats]

My initial thought after installing a Tuffy glove box years ago was how easy it would be to pry it open. Immediately after that, my second thought was how little room there is inside compared to the factory one I just took out. But I lived with it for many years after. Passengers often complained about the steel hook handle poking their knee.

Then a few months ago, I found my original factory glove box again and immediately put it back where it belongs. The Tuffy went into the trash recently.

I used to "want" a center console. That entirely vanished when saw it in person installed in a TJ.

 

[chudlet]

Sad to hear.
My wife asked me why I haven’t sold my rusty old 99 TJ now that I have an 06LJR.

My response was you are going to bury me in it….

reminds me of an old Jeep bumper sticker. "Bury me in my Jeep cause I never found a hole it couldn't get out of"

 

[Mitchrb1]

How easy is it to access the combo lock on the under seat box ??

It's right in front and replaces the normal Lock. It's easy to access. I normally access it while outside the jeep reaching in. But, to make it easy while in the seat without seeing the combination i'd move just one number to lock it but, make it easy open etc.

 

[CecilBDemento]

I have a brand new glove box I never installed. I dug it out a few weeks ago to finally put it in but decided to hold off for now. I have the center console insert, which I think is great, once I put my console back in. I am just not sure I need both. But if I do decide to put it in I greatly appreciate the advice.

You end up using the center console insert?

 

[CecilBDemento]

Can someone post a pic of the latch mechanism on a TJ glove box? Recently picked on up and it seems like there is a piece missing. Thee latch only releases if I push the lbracket on the left back manually. There is a whole in it towards the back...maybe for a spring or something??

 

[CecilBDemento]

This is for a Tuffy glove box. TYIA

 

[jjvw]

Can someone post a pic of the latch mechanism on a TJ glove box? Recently picked on up and it seems like there is a piece missing. Thee latch only releases if I push the lbracket on the left back manually. There is a whole in it towards the back...maybe for a spring or something??

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You are missing the rest of the glove box.

My old memory is that pushing the big keyed button on the glove box would move the lever and release the latch. It was one of the things I noticed immediately that one could drill a hole in the face of the Tuffy glove box and move that lever independently of the locked button.

 

[CecilBDemento]

You're correct. After monkeying with it more I figured it out. The frame was a little bent and not creating a tight enough seal to enable proper release.

 

[bobbyo]

To protect your sidearms, foam inserts cut to size for the guns and mags would be a good option as well. That's one way the manufacturers package them. Or a waffle type foam layer on top and bottom.

 

[jwilkinson01]

You end up using the center console insert?

I’ve been using it for years. I like it but it is a little loose and rattles

 

[Moglocker]

Best part of a Tuffy



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I have the longer version,I can keep my Glock 19 and my 44 magnum(super Alaskan)plus ammo.love it!