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but not the giant lumps that would be there =(

doesnt matter, its too late now. the people trying to emulate you would have just bolted on top-mounted hinges anyways, even if you had rabbeted out space to flushmount a top-mount hinge.

unfortunately, I typed spring when I meant hinge.

 
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I can always run the carpet over them and only have the actual hinge part showing.

 
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Ygpm

 
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it looks like your sub box is causing the mdf board to sag in the pictures, have you thought of putting some kind of support under it?

 
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hey diskreet just wanted to say thanks for the idea on this! i did it a few weeks ago and i love it! ive been posting my pics all over the forum like crazy cuz im hella proud of it! lol...but anyways i just wanted to post in here since you guys are talking about hiding the hinges and ^about the sagging issue.

first heres the pics














we put all the pieces in the car, uncarpetted, then attached the rear middle section to each side section with a bracket. like this


that will take care of a lot of the sagging. in fact i was laying in my trunk for quite a few hours last weekend because i was installing trunk shocks and it held fine...didn't sag any because of my weight.

then instead of carpetting each piece of the floor, once i had the brackets^ installed, i carpetted the entire floor as one. then, all you have to do it take a razor blade and slit where it should open for the spare tire access. the hinges will be hidden completely - no need to expose them.

although, i don't have the spare in the space provided. i use it to put my school books and stuff that i don't want rolling around in the trunk. im going to cut and carpet another piece of wood in order to make a back wall to the hidden area so nothing goes too far back that i can't reach it.

 
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Its from before I had the system installed like I do now. I used the same pieces and now they do not sag at all. Its perfectly flat.

manthatguysfast, that looks amazing. excellent job!

 
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[QUOTE=manthatguysfast]hey diskreet just wanted to say thanks for the idea on this! i did it a few weeks ago and i love it! ive been posting my pics all over the forum like crazy cuz im hella proud of it! lol...but anyways i just wanted to post in here since you guys are talking about hiding the hinges and ^about the sagging issue.

first heres the pics


i wanna get the fabric and wanna know how much i should get i suck at this stuff so im getting help from my mom shes into this sorta stuff lol but yeah it would help

 
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are you asking how much carpet to buy? the roll i bought from was 4ft wide and i got 10 feet of it. if you're going to carpet i'd get 11ft though, i had to splice some pieces together and if i had just a bit more it woulda worked better.

thanks for the props diskreet!

 
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forgot to ask still got you measurments for the wood? um or i can just use the old peice for reference O_O edited.

 
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I am doing this DIY but I am going to have my hinges hidden or just lift up the floor. I was wondering how long is the first peice of floor? The peice you lift up to get to the spare tire. Also do you have room to get the spare out or is tight.

Thanks

 
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see diskreets new first picture

 
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I am uploading a new pic with all the info as soon as i finish making it!!! Check back in a few mins guys (first post)

 
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nice diy cleaness

 
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I uploaded the new pic now. Thanks for the compliments everyone. I really like the fact that so many people have used this to help them.

 
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any suggestions on what type of carpet and glue to use?
or perhaps a quick lesson in carperting it??


I made a floor like this for my old 91 civic, but the carpet I chose was bad, it pulled apart easily, and it didn't look the best as I didn't know how to properly carpet it...

 
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I just sprayed the whole wood bottom with 3M Super 77 glue. let it get tacky (sit a minute or two.) Spray the back of the carpet, and put it on. Thats it. Just lay it on flat.
If you want to staple the underside down, that would help too.

 
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that piece is 16 inches long an the piece after is 20 makes 36 inches total, front to back

 
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that is amazing... real clean. that's exacttly what i've been needing to do to my own car. good summer project for summer break.

 
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I have one more part to update, with managing tools in the back. $5 fix and its all done. Ill update within 10 minutes.

 
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look good.

 
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dude, you have inspired me! I'm about to do this soon. Is there any other site where I can buy the carpet for cheaper? I guess I can check ebay and audio shops.

 
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I just changed it up a bit. I moved the cap around so its next to the box and won't get hit by anything I put in the trunk now.

 
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if no audio shops stock carpet, the internet (partsexpress) will have cheap carpet. the advantage of an upholstry shop is you can perfectly match your trukn carpet before you pay. The disadvantage is that costs you 2-3 dollars more per yard of fabric to do that.

 
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hey diskreet. i finally started to finish that set up took it out of the room and carpeted it. so ill post pics when its done.

 
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Hey tuner, where did you buy your carpeting? I just dropped $40 at Home Depot on 5/8" mdf and supplies ($10 of which went to a hacksaw). Anyway, now I have to carpet. Any suggestions?

Partsxpress, as suggested by WhiteRabbit has some good prices. I'm just not sure how many orders I need to buy to cover all the wood. Anyway, let me know. Thanks guys. Great DIY!

-Sid

 
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what are your box dimensions?

 
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well diskreet told me crutchfield and i got it online for about 40. with some 3m 77 glue it worked well. good carpet too fromt the site and alot.

 
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Yeah crutchfield has good carpet. Its what I used, and it obviously is good stuff. Still holding up strong.

 
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heres my trunk finally carpeted and done with the spare tire access.

 
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That looks really, really nice! Great job!
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I'm getting jealous. I was the first to get this idea out there in a DIY. This idea has really taken off. So many trunks are turning out so much better. Great job everyone!

I just love this cause I got a custom look in the trunk, with little work, for not too much money, and all of the work itself is relatively simple.