ARCHIVE LX450 Lockbox, need your input and interest for GroupBuy

[NLXTACY]

The welding is supposed to be done tomorrow but I'm not 100% sure I'll be able to pick it up tomorrow but I will definitely try. This means the LockBoxes can go to powder coating and then laser etching. Soooo close now!!!

I also finally picked up the threaded spacers I had made to make these boxes work right.

 

[NLXTACY]

Woohoo! Today just keeps on giving. Found this shipment just now and inside were all the black #medeco lock and tumblers I ordered. How timely now that the boxes are ready to be picked up tomorrow!

Now I just need to laser etch these keys.

 

[NLXTACY]

These LockBoxes were ready on Thursday but I was so busy I wasn't able to pick them up til this morning. I loaded them up in the truck and picked a random one to test. The lid scraped against the plastic center console!! Nooooo!! I can't let this go out like this. The shop was supposed to test fit each. Guess what, they test fit a couple that were ok and then stopped test fitting. So I left everything there so they can start grinding the edges down and radiusing the corners a little better. Ugh, another damn day of waiting.

I'll be picking these up in the morning and dropping off at the powder coater's.

 

[l4rryc]

Newb here, with a brand new to me LX. Are these all spoken for?

 

[NLXTACY]

Newb here, with a brand new to me LX. Are these all spoken for?

Oh man I wish

You can order it here:
Lock Box-LX450 Tall

And feel free to check out all the other solutions looking for a problem

 

[Dissent]

Bummer on the fit but thanks for the attention to detail!

 

[NLXTACY]

Boxes dropped off at powder coater's. Waiting to hear back from them on when they should be ready.

 

[NLXTACY]

Boxes dropped off at powder coater's. Waiting to hear back from them on when they should be ready.

 

[NLXTACY]

LockBoxes were picked up and dropped off at laser etching first thing this morning. I will hopefully be picking up EOD Wed or Thurs. I have everything else ready to go and should be able to start shipping by the weekend.

 

[NLXTACY]

The LockBoxes have arrived! They are being assembled and packaged up now. Unless something idiotic happens these will all go out today.

 

[NLXTACY]

I SWEAR this project just likes to punch me repeatedly in the d!ck. Arrrggghhhh.

Everything was good. Everything was fine. I got everything kitted up by late Monday night so that I could send everything to the post office and call it good.

Not so much.

During the very last step of the assembly, just before wrapping them, I realize that the cam lock I have been using won't work now. It turns out the lock tab on the box is not only about 1/8" lower then all of my other LockBoxes, but the LockBasket is sitting a full 3/16" forward of the wall of the LockBox. I can't use these cams.

Quick call to the metal shop yesterday was followed by a promise to have new cams made and ready by today. Well now they call to say they won't be ready til Saturday. WTF?!?!

Solution? I'm not waiting any longer. I'm going to sit my ass down in front of the bench grinder and I'm just going to go to town in these. So much aggravation. Sheesh. Don't worry guys, slowly but surely I'm failing you.

 

[NLXTACY]

Just a quick update. Medeco called me and said they may have some of the cam locks I need in stock and if so I can get them today. Crossing fingers. Buuuut, another issue...

I installed this on my own truck and everything bolts up nice, no problem. On my neighbor's truck, that has been sitting in the sun for the past 10 years, the bolts I supplied aren't long enough. Rather, they only get one thread of engagement. Since I have no way of knowing the condition of your consoles I am going to be supplying several lengths of the hardware. I am ordering now and will have it delivered tomorrow. When you get your package for the LX LockBox you will be getting three different lengths of hardware (6mm, 10mm, 12mm) plus the washers. Please start with the longest hardware first because I don't want you to just go the shortest and then decide that one thread of engagement is enough. There is already very little room to work with on the LX, don't make things worse. If the hardware is too long, and it WILL bottom out on the OEM stud, then just switch to the next shorter bolt. The whole process will literally add an extra 45 seconds.

Sorry guys! Trust me, I want to move on with my life with this one. Its frustrating beyond belief.

 

[Sanchez]

Its all good, thanks for the update!

 

[NLXTACY]

Medeco came thru. They aren't as pretty as the custom ones I made but it works! So I'm NOT going to delay, I'm going to send these out.

 

[Dissent]

Woohoo! Thanks for the perseverance and endless(???) patience!

 

[NLXTACY]

A bunch of boxes are packaged and as soon as the hardware options show up tomorrow these are being dropped off at the post office. Some of you may have received the automated message that your order was shipped. It's actually that I printed out the shipping label but they are getting dropped off tomorrow.

Those that ordered the LX Mini boxes they are a few days behind waiting for me to pick up to send to powder coating.

 

[NLXTACY]

Ugh. Well "technically" it was next day delivery but did they have to wait til 6:45pm to show up!!!?!?!!?

I'm packaging up now. These will get dropped off in the morning at the post office.

 

[NLXTACY]

 

[JohnnyFish]

Ordered!

 

[SupraTuRD]

Buy with confidence. This console is legit!