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04-03-2014, 10:50 PM | #1 |
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Safe liner to cover donut spare area (after d. s. removal)
I want to have the option of carrying my additional steelie and tire with me on a trip (especially through a rural state like Wyoming or Montana), and still be able to keep the package shelf in place and the bench seat back up and secured. I have to remove the lockable load floor (that covers the donut area) in order to do this, and also to maximize space. Leaving it with no liner doesn't generate any noise (at least so far...only tried this on surface streets). However, I'd still like to line this area to the edges of the car. 'Spilling' above the plane representing the removed load floor is fine as well. What type of material should I use? (safest re fire, temperature, etc, and also most pliable to allow for maximum utilization of space).
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04-03-2014, 11:17 PM | #2 |
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I used a charcoal grey indoor/outdoor carpet on mine that I purchased off the roll at Home Depot. I heated the carpet a bit with a heat gun and then worked it into place.
Rear Carpet.jpg rear carpet installed.jpg
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04-03-2014, 11:47 PM | #3 | |
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P.S. I'd want to utilize more of the 'donut spare's cave' (for lack of a better description) than you did, both re overall space utilization and I don't know (if I had it the specific way you do) if the steelie/tire from you sitting upright would still clear the shelf (the one that secures to the hatch and meets the top of the rear seat) with the hatch closed. Would this carpet be flexible enough for that? If not.....any other suggestions given what I want to do? Last edited by nookandcrannycar; 04-03-2014 at 11:59 PM. Reason: added P.S. |
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04-04-2014, 05:00 AM | #4 |
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Spray plasti dip maybe?
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You could lay it without heating it. An automotive upholstery place would be the right place to have do it if you don't want to DIY it. In my case the total cost was about $20. Because of the slope of that area, if you stood the tire all the way against the back, I think the cargo shelf would clear it.
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04-04-2014, 10:50 AM | #7 |
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