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Does anyone have a good trunk floor layout that can replace and extend out past where the 'thick cardboard' stock floor is? I will be building a custom trunk enclosure that will allow for me to keep the spare tire in stock location, but am getting rid of the pressboard cover to replace with something more sturdy so I can mount amp rack level with the floor (closest to back of car). I know I can just get a peice of cardboard and cut until it fits, but I would like to know if anyone has one available before I start on it this weekend [IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG]. Any advise would be appreciated.

If not, I'll post one this weekend once I get it into the computer.

Thanks,

Goose

 
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Ok i dunno how much help this will be....But i have a couple suggestions.

You can easily relocate the spare under the car...

This will make the custom trunk eeeeeeeasy to make! and also, i have a DIY and a huge thread on this whole concept. i built one myself, so check this out ... and go to the DIY page for any other help you might want

The Thread

The DIY

Hope i helped! PS- that page has the dimensions that might help you...

 
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Advice yes... Take a tape measure.. use the Pressboard cover as a tamplate.. make a 3 piece new floor. make a hinged door for the spare tire. use 5/8" High grade ply wood..(chaper and lighter than MDF.. doesn't resonate.

Cheers
Mohawk

 
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Well, as promised I drew the trunk floo dimensions out in case anyone is as lazy as me and doesn't want to measure them out themselves. Please note that on all external angles, you might want to round the edges just to help contour to the side carpeting. Also, if you manage to cut out this badboy in one peice, you'll never get it in the trunk, so don't say I never told you. If you're interested in the original vector drawing of it, let me know.

Hope it helps,

Goose


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you can still cut it in 1 piece... just put the backseats down, n take it thru there.. wouldnt that work?

 
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These dimensions are for the entire floor. The opening from folding down the rear seats is less than 41" which would force you to have to cut it in at least half. As MohawkBoom said earlier, I agree in cutting it in at least 3 pieces. I cut mine in four: one rectanguler piece flush with the end of the wheel wells and up against the back seat, one rectangle hinged to the first and the width of the spare tire well extending all the way back to the rear of the car, and the third and fourth peices bracketed to each side of the first peice taking up the remaining floor space on each side of the second peice. Each peice carpeted and flush with eachother. I'll try to get some pictures, but I warn you I'm not the most responsible person when it comes to developing film (no digital camera yet).

-Goose

 
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i can't believe you put that much weight in your trunk.. they only part you really needed to be mdf would be the top of the sub enclosure.. the rest could be paper mache! depending on the complexity of the set-up, you could have used a thinner mdf, or used plywood, which would have cut the weight in half.

anyhoo.. i'm not ragging on you, to each his own.. but for anyone who is going for performance as well as sound with their cars, DON'T go with a full mdf set-up. that intake you just installed would only be enough to help get it moving back at stock speeds.

 
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TsunamiSplash,

Yeah, i know what you mean about the weight, the only part of the trunk floor that is 3/8" MDF is the first part where the sub box will be mounted to. For everyone that is looking at building a custom sub enclosure and spends hours on a computer laying out the dimensions, do yourself a personal favor and stop by Lowes or Home Depot and check out a 4'x8' peice of 3/4" MDF before you get to involved in the project. You will soon realize as I did that the blueprint you have on your computer with multiple braces per side and strange angled cuts to make your box absolutely resonant free will be too heavy to even put in your car. MDF is great for enclosures, but its a pain in the [IMG]i/expressions/moon.gif[/IMG] to do anything else with. I used a $6 sheet of 1/4" cheap-and-light-and-flimsy plywood to make the rest of the floor. I agree TsunamiSplash, if I'd have used MDF for the entire floor, I would never get out of my parking lot, I'd bottom out on every speedbump!

-Goose

 
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goose...

haha.. good.. i was hoping you weren't planning to make that fatal mistake. haha.

good luck to yah on the rest of the project. i'm hoping before summer i can get my set-up going.