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I needed a secure (a relative term) hiding place for a gun in my SUV. Console vaults are not made for my model, and I wanted something that would be less expensive and maybe a little harder to find for a thief in a hurry.

My truck has second row seats that fold forward and down, so I used heavy stainless steel metal screws and fender washers to screw my Center of Mass box to the floor beneath the seat I most often fold-up when I want to carry something long in the back. If you want to take an extra step to make the box less visible to someone who might look under the seat, you can put it under the carpet if it is unattached. I also discovered that with a hole drilled in the seat frame, a large padlock will lock the folding seat frame down so that the box is trapped under the seat with no room to get to it or to pry the lid off. The small space and angle involved makes it difficult if not impossible to use bolt cutters on the padlock, so I feel like the combination gives me pretty good security for little effort and expense. If I have to disarm when people may be in a position to see me, I simply un-holster while sitting behind the steering wheel, wrap the gun in a silicone cloth I keep in the console, and set it on the floor behind the folding front seat before getting out to do the lock-up procedure. My system doesn't allow quick access, but I was primarily concerned with theft prevention.