Started redesigning the trunk, includes pictures! Options

[bman]

Although I haven't been a member of 6GC very long the information I've found has saved me alot of time and aggravation! I figured the least I could do was give something back, because I dont think I'm the only person who has amessed up carpet in their trunk, especially in hatchbacks

I bought 3/4" plywood because i feel that anything less would warp over time and ultimatly cause me to do the work twice. I'm not cutting any corners on this. Some pictures were taken with my digicam and some with my cell phone, depending if i had my digi-cam handy or not.

The pictures speak for themselves and I'll be updating this thread as I get more stuff done. Right now It is on hold for a few days because I am waiting for the carpet to show up via snail mail. I have alot of nice ideas and I'm eager to share them with this community.

If you have any questions feel free to ask!

Here is the trunk as it is now. It pretty much looks like an eye soar but that will be changing in the next few weeks.




The lumber -

I took the carpet out and stapled it to the plywood and used a sharpie to trace it





Carefully cut and and good to go!



Now my car has a nice pine smell w/o an air freshener! Not to mention a flat, smooth floor that will look great once the new carpet goes on it

[stephen_lee]

on the carpc, i did a custom mount between the body paneling and the speaker in the back passenger side. EVERYTHING is hidden, HD, board, sound card, inverters.. all of it. i hooked up a relay to the +12v off the power supply and wired that into the inverter power switch, and also to a remote push button. so now when i get in my car, i push the button for a moment, the pc powers up, the relay activates and keeps the inverter on. i also have a remote hibernate button, so when i get out of the car, i just push it, and when the computer shuts down, the inverter cuts its self off. only problem: no more stand by....

[bman]

on the carpc, i did a custom mount between the body paneling and the speaker in the back passenger side. EVERYTHING is hidden, HD, board, sound card, inverters.. all of it. i hooked up a relay to the +12v off the power supply and wired that into the inverter power switch, and also to a remote push button. so now when i get in my car, i push the button for a moment, the pc powers up, the relay activates and keeps the inverter on. i also have a remote hibernate button, so when i get out of the car, i just push it, and when the computer shuts down, the inverter cuts its self off. only problem: no more stand by....

pretty slick! I never thought of using all that space by the rear speakers! I bought one of those opus supplies so I have it hard wired to the battery with the ingnition controller handling everything... what you see is an old compaq deskpro. Prior to that I think I had 3 other different setups including a laptop. that old compaq is rock solid -

Ive got a push button by the shifter in case it crashes/locks up and an LED for the power light. Dont worry about standby, hibernate works fine (most of the time)

ok so i found some 3/4 in my basement, did you get yours to fit in without cutting it? or do you HAVE to cut it to get it in...?

if you mean cutting the one piece into two, yes i cut it after i wedged it in because i didn't wanna be on the side of the road with a flat trying to get that board back in

EDIT: I'd say the two pieces weigh 10-12lbs

This post has been edited by bman: May 31, 2007 - 2:21 PM