BRZ Glove Box Lock
 

As you guys probably already know the BRZ/FRS/GT86 doesn't come with a lock on the glove box, has anyone figured anyway to either have one installed or get an entire replacement if they're available? I tried searching but to no avail, I'm sure I'm not the first person to think about this. Any Ideas?

mailbox lock, a drill, and a rubber gromit . good luck.

just screw one of these badboys on...



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I figured those were the responses I was going to get

Why do you need a locked glove box? Anyone that gets in the car can easily open it. The truck is the locked part of the vehicle (hit the button in the truck and it will require the key to get in). Of course that's also easily defeated, but nothing is a perfect protector...

TBH most locks that we use anywhere can be opened easily. Its really just a deterrent for the types who like to snoop around your crap. Its also good for annoying children/teens/passengers.

But unfortunately, I don't have any ideas :|

What is wrong with my suggestion? If you do it clean, it will work. There is no oem option. And my suggestion probably the only solution. You want a lock. Add a lock. Or search google for glove box lock and get one of those plastic ones.

I recommend keeping a small lock box in the trunk if you really need to keep your valuables secure.

How about just not keeping valuables in the car?

If OP is concerned about something like... police searches (they usually can't go into locked compartments), then the lock box int he trunk would work, but likely a locked box inside glove compartment would work too (although the trunk is better).

Else, you're probably looking at fabricating something.

Swarb has it right. The thing to do would be to pick up a spare glove box off eBay, open it up to see how it works and install a small lock cylinder with an arm that prevents the little glove box handle from moving. You might be able to find someone locally who does car interiors who can do it for you.

Trunk. Not truck.

GD phone autocorrect...

Didn't mean it sarcastically, I'm just not really knowledgable enough to fabricate something like that.

Thats what I've been doing, it is not really a theft deterrent, more of a police search avoidance. I wanted the glove box to lock though because I like having my things in arms reach as opposed to being in the trunk.

Get a combination/key lock box. Friend uses it and it has saved his ass a few times.

What I did was cut out the foam from the spare tire jack holder thing and got a small lock box and screwed it into that, obviously it's not to bolt it down but it stops it from moving around.

I have also thought about this, but then I would rather have someone who broke into the car open the glovebox and take what he wants vs destroying the dashboard to break open a locked one

i had the same thought a year ago and i finally started work on one for our cars, you need to buy a wrx 2013 glovebox and split open the sandwiched plastic glove box and unscrew the handle and latch mechanism and then do the same with our box only take the plastic striker arms out from both handles and put the brz striker arms into the wrx locking handle and finagle the assembly back into the brz glove box and then have the lock cylinder re keyed for your key and we should be all set, i have done everything except re key the lock cylinder. i will repost more detail if i can get the cylinder re keyed. i even complained to subaru about no lock and i asked is there a way of adding one and they said no! WRONG!

If you want it to be within arms reach, no outwardly visible, and dont want to go through the steps listed above then you can consider trying to find a small lockbox that would fit behind the silver dash trim to the left of the headunit.

That piece pops off easily and there are a few cubbies behind it. You might be able to rig something up in there. Just be sure to check your locale state laws regarding hidden compartments in a vehicle. I believe it is illegal in some states.

Passenger air bags are in that compartment, if God forbids something happens.......

Very interested in a clean looking glovebox lock solution. I will be watching this thread to see if someone figures one out.

For those that work at sites that have a no firearm on property policy, it is not viable to transport to a lock box in the trunk and leaving it in the vehicle unlocked is irresponsible.

just realized i don't have a locking glovebox:slap:

Airbag comes out through the top of the dash, not from behind that trim piece.

That area holds 3 kilos of coke....ask me how I know....LOL

Simple solution to avoiding a police search:

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Just checked a couple of pictures with brz airbags blown. It does come out through the top, sorry I thought it's from the trim piece. But one of the pictures I saw the trim piece flies out probably due to the collision?

toyota and subaru engineer did not expect their racers to place a gun, or something valuable in this car.

Yeah, that doesn't work with all police even if you're well within your rights. I've had a concealed carry permit for almost 10 years, and any time you drive through states with nasty laws and even with reciprocity, cops can and will abuse your rights. If you have out of state plates, you're a target. I got pulled over in Florida after making a wrong exit because the cops said there had been a lot of burglaries in the area and I had out of state tags.I explained I was lost and that I was also carrying with a permit (don't wawnt to surprise them), and those clowns held me for at least 30 minutes while they searched my car without consent and unloaded all of my magazines for some stupid reason. And thats in a gun friendly state.

I bought a couple cabled lock boxes for my cars from http://www.center-of-mass.com/Store_InCarGunSafe.htm . It's a neessity when you're doing interstate travel to be in compliance with the law. Unfortunately, they don't fit under the seat of my BRZ, which means I can't carry at all if I'm going to have to leave my gun in the car to comply with the law.

If their was a good anchor point in the glove a cable lock would work. I wonder if I can run a long one under the carpet from the seat rail or something, under the dash to the backside of the glove.

I'm not up on the interstate gun laws considering that I live in Maryland, and the gun laws here are a pain in the ass. Here, if you have a loaded magazine in the car, it's considered a loaded weapon regardless if you have a gun in the car or not. Essentially, here you have to have the ammo separate from the gun, which I would assume makes it legal for interstate travel in most states.

Sorry for the ramble, just speaking from my perspective.

I usually secured it to the seat rail and hid it under the passenger seat. If I was driving through a state where I wasn't legal, I'd remove the magazine and place it in the trunk or locked glove box in my old car.
MD has a lot of laws that are not in compliance with federal law for interstate transportation of firearms. Having a loaded magazine shouldn't be illegal as long as it is physically separated from the firearm and one of them is physically inaccessible while driving.

I don't know that anyone has been prosecuted for simply having a loaded magazine and gun separately in one car, but it could be overturned in court based on the supremacy clause. But who seriously wants to go through that? If you're driving though MD, there was also a huge scandal recently where they were pulling over out of state drivers with permits and seizing their guns, I would just stay the hell away from Maryland if you own guns and don't live there.

Some states have laws on the books that forbid companies from penalizing employees who transport firearm from cabin to trunk in the company parking lot in order to lock their firearm (with some extremely specific restrictions which are detailed in the law, not left to an unelected regulation bureaucracy). I know AZ is one such state, but I know it's far from the only one.

It's a possibility, but I'd bet it flies out a very low velocity or not with a good deal of kinetic energy, else it'd be a safety hazard in the car and thus a big downcheck on any safety rating (or even subject to recall).

Correct! The area behind the large panel on the passenger side is cavernous!
You could hide a firearm, the manual, and (to quote "Adam Sandler") "You could put your pot in there"!.

In fact I wonder why the factory did not make the glove compartment 2X the size it is now by using that space.
And it would probably be easier to incorporate a hidden lock on that panel than on the glove compartment door.

Subbing. I want a hidden compartment. I got no idea what I would store there (I don't do drugs and I don't carry a gun), but it will make me feel like James Bond.

Someplace on here (interior sub forum?) is a whole DIY for making a compartment out of the space in the dash.

It's also a neat place to put secondary gauges if you're into that kind of look.

couldn't find it :(

Could be buried in a build thread someplace. I remember It thought it was pretty cool but had no real use for it. I will try to find it.

This was my understanding as well. For the record I don't condone doing this for various reasons. I was simply stating it as a possibility for OP in case he was unable to strip the lock from another Subaru.

GA to my knowledge is not one of this states surprisingly. My job has fired someone because a firearm was visible in the car parked in the lot. I currently use a cable lock through the trigger guard under the seat to the rail.