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Old 10-19-2004, 02:10 PM
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bottom of the trunk fix....

anybody reinforce the carboard cover over the spare tire yet? mine is almost completley collapsed. I trying to get an idea of waht to do to replace that thing with to make it stronger.
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Old 10-19-2004, 02:14 PM
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go to home depot. and buy the lightest-toughest wood. thats what i did
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Originally Posted by -ZIPPIN-
go to home depot. and buy the lightest-toughest wood. thats what i did
did u trace the piece thats in there or did u just cut out a piece for the whole entire trunk?
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Old 10-19-2004, 03:05 PM
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how about having a full size spare? I need to get one of those, considering I have 18's
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Masonite

I went to a lumber yard,,,cause I was at work when I got maotivated and there is one right around the corner, but Homo depot or Lowes should have the stuff.

I bought 1/4 inch MASONITE, pulled the trunk POS support and traced it, then I had the facilities guy cut it out for me.
I used liquid nails and gluded the original to the one I traced and cut out.
I did this because I did not feel like transfering all the sponge pieces anr re-riveting the hard plastic suppots to the new piece. Plus it addes extra thickness. I ahve had this in place for about a year now and NO sags
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Originally Posted by miksen
I went to a lumber yard,,,cause I was at work when I got maotivated and there is one right around the corner, but Homo depot or Lowes should have the stuff.

I bought 1/4 inch MASONITE, pulled the trunk POS support and traced it, then I had the facilities guy cut it out for me.
I used liquid nails and gluded the original to the one I traced and cut out.
I did this because I did not feel like transfering all the sponge pieces anr re-riveting the hard plastic suppots to the new piece. Plus it addes extra thickness. I ahve had this in place for about a year now and NO sags
good idea, but how heavy is the masonite?
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Old 10-19-2004, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by miksen
I went to a lumber yard,,,cause I was at work when I got maotivated and there is one right around the corner, but Homo depot or Lowes should have the stuff.

I bought 1/4 inch MASONITE, pulled the trunk POS support and traced it, then I had the facilities guy cut it out for me.
I used liquid nails and gluded the original to the one I traced and cut out.
I did this because I did not feel like transfering all the sponge pieces anr re-riveting the hard plastic suppots to the new piece. Plus it addes extra thickness. I ahve had this in place for about a year now and NO sags
ahh thank you for the tip.
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i recently got 2 12" put in my trunk n my trunk was sagging from the begining...went to home depot got 1" thinch 2x2...cover the wheel well fine and supports my 60lb box
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Old 11-18-2004, 11:11 AM
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Stop carrying bodies in your trunk.
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Old 11-18-2004, 11:43 AM
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DANG! 1" !!!! you only really need 1/4 borad, im holding more than 60 lbs and no sags at all for about 8 months now.
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Old 11-18-2004, 12:03 PM
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Same here, i think i have 1/4" board from Home Depot. Traced out the old POS and transfered the sponge and plastic thing. I've had it for about 6 months and no sag. I've stood on it to be funny and no sag.
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I just covered mine in Carbon Fiber.
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1/4" plywood. dimensions 41x23 IIRC.
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Old 11-18-2004, 05:25 PM
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Stop carrying bodies in your trunk.
Now that is a good post

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