Not that i'm up to it yet...but use people who haved trimmed boots....
what do you make your frames out off?
the panels before there trimmed?
and what or where do you mount them in the boot?
I'm planning on setting up a basic wooden paneled boot...with a massive lift up panel to get to the spare wheel & hide a toolbox and jack up the back and im not sure where to start or what to use....
Picture would be awesome
cheers
Nathan
Boot Trimming
Hey mate,J wrote:hey buddy u got the measurements for that still?(AUST)Mod wrote:Ill let you have a sneak peek at my boot on Sunday. It has not yet received beauty pannels on the sides, but the bit behind the rear seat is done. I used and endorse the marine carpet stuff you can get from Bunnings.
Andrew
I never recorded any measurements. I just traced around the cardboard panel that was there from facrory and copied it with 19mm chipboard. The new panel sits behind the rear seat about 80mm, and has my speaker amp mounted on it aswell as a distro block to power the two amps.
Craig wrote: Andrew you have a red so I wouldn't race it
I have done the boot in my Monaro , easiet way is to get some thick cardboard and make templates - cardboard is easy to cut and if you balls it up you can stick a bit on with duct tape.
Once you are happy with the cardboard cut the proper stuff (I used 8mm ply from memory) and trim it. Bunnings have little angle brackets that are adequate for holding it all together, and if you countersink some bolts and araldite them in before you trim it then it will all go together without any bolts showing .
I put doors in mine to hide the jack , etc and they are just held closed with velcro in the corners.
Once you are happy with the cardboard cut the proper stuff (I used 8mm ply from memory) and trim it. Bunnings have little angle brackets that are adequate for holding it all together, and if you countersink some bolts and araldite them in before you trim it then it will all go together without any bolts showing .
I put doors in mine to hide the jack , etc and they are just held closed with velcro in the corners.
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Foundation member #61 of FB/EK Holden club of W.A.
Here's a run-down on how I did my FE's boot.
I made a 12mm MDF frame to follow the floor profile and a centre section big enough for the spare wheel.
The sub was mounted to the rear firewall with a couple of MDF adaptors so that it sat in position that flush with the boot lip under the rear screen.
I used some alloy channel (not seen here) on the boot floor each side to hold the side panels in place. The tops sit just under the boot seal channel held in place by the factory wire holders on one side and pop-riveted tabs on the other.
Then the floor (12mm MDF) is completely removable via the stainless steel handle (leftover from a kitchen reno
)
The only panel that is secured is the one with the subwoofer on it, the rest is all interference fit.
In the beginning.....
Framework
Completed Item
Boot floor up
As Blacky pointed out, templates in cardboard is the go, make sure you have a sharp knife for cutting too.
I made a 12mm MDF frame to follow the floor profile and a centre section big enough for the spare wheel.
The sub was mounted to the rear firewall with a couple of MDF adaptors so that it sat in position that flush with the boot lip under the rear screen.
I used some alloy channel (not seen here) on the boot floor each side to hold the side panels in place. The tops sit just under the boot seal channel held in place by the factory wire holders on one side and pop-riveted tabs on the other.
Then the floor (12mm MDF) is completely removable via the stainless steel handle (leftover from a kitchen reno
)The only panel that is secured is the one with the subwoofer on it, the rest is all interference fit.
In the beginning.....
Framework
Completed Item
Boot floor up
As Blacky pointed out, templates in cardboard is the go, make sure you have a sharp knife for cutting too.
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In this pic you can see one of the two channels (Bunnings) used to hold the bottom of the side panels in place, the tops sit just under the boot seal channel held by factory and my added tabs.
The panel on the sub is held in place by the sub itself, this is where the cardboard templates are so handy, a little tricky but worth the effort.
The panel on the sub is held in place by the sub itself, this is where the cardboard templates are so handy, a little tricky but worth the effort.