How To Properly Pack Car Audio Gear For Shipping.

[Bills]

and lots of tape. not duct tape. stuff sucks for packing, use acual packing tape. haha

i like to use a good 3" wide packing tape. and 2" for doing bubble wrape and such

Bills

[Guest Fi-Beat-Down]

and lots of tape. not duct tape. stuff sucks for packing, use acual packing tape. haha

i like to use a good 3" wide packing tape. and 2" for doing bubble wrape and such

Bills

and when its cold out iv used a heat gun on the finished package to help the tape stick to the box better,

may sound a bit overkill, but anything that's worth of value or weight is worth the prep time or the seller could be refunding the money back if you don't get insurance.

iv seen duck tape before its sad, lol, could be worse by using electrical tape, lolol

Edited December 30, 2008 by Fi-Beat-Down

[bunkerking09]

i work at the UPS store to

When i package something heavy, i make a box of styrofoam inside the box isteslf, one layer of peanuts, put the item in. then overfill. Keeps it nice and tight.

[raytard]

we recycle alot around these parts, we basically save a load of boxes in the back and all the packing materials

URS sends radios enclosed in this sweet foam with a radio sized box, a one size fits all deal. sooo legit for being reused, you could play frisbee with the thing and not jostle the deck around inside, and we all know those ups guys practically throw those things around (if you didnt know yet, they do literally get thrown and dropped, unless it says fragile, than someone will usually catch it, lol)

for enclosed subs ive always like triple or quad walled the box infront of the subs, with a foam separator so nothing is touching, usually what rockford amps come suspended in, like i said, we reuse alot of stuff. somehow they always manage to slam something thru a box or two and into the cone and then say it was a bad packaging job

[mhart]

also if you can get double walled boxes that should help too for heavy items, i make boxes.

[Boon]

Who remembers the old Soundstream Continuums that came suspended in that air pocket inside the box? Cool way to pack an amp as nice as that

[wL<3bass]

This is how Matt (bass4lyfe) packed my T10001bd.....great packing!

and I too always overpack my stuff b/c even if it's insured and the stuff gets broken I know I get really bummed out....anyways onto pics!

[raytard]

rockford amps are practically shipping ready in their stock boxes, they're suspended in those neat foam blocks, they definately thought their packaging out very well

[E a r t h]

I like to use those foam ''pool noodles'' when possible. They're cheap at the grocery store, and I cut em to the length to fit my needs

[V1G1LANT3]

Packing peanuts and bubble wrap FTW. I use to get all that stuff free at my old job..I had packing materials galore.