Hiding Documentation
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Baltimore MD
The problem with storing docs that are easily availible is not the docs themselves. I learned that it is fairly common for thieves to break into your car steal your Garage Door opener and Registration, now he knows exactly where you live and can simply open the garage and take whatever he wants.
I was also told that cops are very understanding about hiding these docs and do this on thier personal vehicles, so if you simply tell them they are locked somewhere they should allow you to get them. Unless of course you are acting suspicious anyway.
I was also told that cops are very understanding about hiding these docs and do this on thier personal vehicles, so if you simply tell them they are locked somewhere they should allow you to get them. Unless of course you are acting suspicious anyway.
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JK Enthusiast
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What is wrong with leaving it in there? Why are you surprised about the hood not locking? Did you see something that said it locked?
I guess I expected a hood lock to go along with all the refinements of the JK 4dr. But then I would not be getting all the cool catalogs of stuff to add and customize. A lot of the stuff I added to the 05 Unlimited went with it.
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Baltimore MD
Take a look behind the plastic on the drivers side, or pasenger side, down by your knees. Use velcro thats sticky on one side, put 2 strips behind the plastic and 2 strips of the opposite velcro (you know what I mean ... anyways) on the back of something that can hold your papers, like that "envelope" thing the insurance companies give you ... maybe you can find something better, something that is more water tight and has a button or zipper or something that you can close (so the papers cann't fall out).
Anyways, just a thought, maybe you can get an idea from this and come up with something.
Anyways, just a thought, maybe you can get an idea from this and come up with something.
For my 05, I made a two section insulated roof liner and had a spot in it. I am measuring the JK hardtop for a headliner, it's too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. Maybe can do some pics.
JK Freak
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I've put mine (registration & proof of Insurance) in a ziplock below everything else in the glove compartment and never really worried about it. I've been pulled over twice in the last 5 years and just tell the officer when he asks for my documents "Their in my glove box" and lean over to retreive them. Being they lay flat they don't take up an inordinate amount of room. Keeping them below everthing else is easier for my wife and I to always remember where they are which eliminates fishing around while the officer is standing there. It works for us.
JK Super Freak
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From: Ridgeville, SC
The problem with storing docs that are easily availible is not the docs themselves. I learned that it is fairly common for thieves to break into your car steal your Garage Door opener and Registration, now he knows exactly where you live and can simply open the garage and take whatever he wants.
I was also told that cops are very understanding about hiding these docs and do this on thier personal vehicles, so if you simply tell them they are locked somewhere they should allow you to get them. Unless of course you are acting suspicious anyway.
I was also told that cops are very understanding about hiding these docs and do this on thier personal vehicles, so if you simply tell them they are locked somewhere they should allow you to get them. Unless of course you are acting suspicious anyway.
JK Enthusiast
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From: Baltimore, MD
The problem with storing docs that are easily availible is not the docs themselves. I learned that it is fairly common for thieves to break into your car steal your Garage Door opener and Registration, now he knows exactly where you live and can simply open the garage and take whatever he wants.
