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I'm going to design my own boot floor template so I can make one out of MDF. The factory one doesn't even fit properly! It uses bits of foam to rest on the spare tyre (which I've removed) and the rest of it doesn't appear to line up with any of the ridges in tbe boot.

Before I go ahead and do this though, I just wanted to know if anyone else has done this before? I basically want a snug fit into the indentations around the spare tyre well so it won't move around, and I can then bolt a sub to it (or at least clip it on for easier removal of the 2 separate items). I also want to make it a lot sturdier than the factory cardboard stuff so that it doesn't require the spare tyre to give it stability.

If no one's done it I'll just do my own from scratch and upload the finalised plans for anyone interested.

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I'll see if I can get some measurements on the weekend, and hopefully buy the MDF too. I'm going to make it as thin as possible while still making it sturdy, because I don't want it coming through the rear seat panel and slicing my passengers in half! :eek1:

I don't think I'll be able to actually make it this weekend though, I still need to find a jigsaw. A friend of mine who had one moved to England recently :D I'll tell you how I go on the weekend.

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Well I had a good look the other day and I don't know how this is going to work. There doesn't appear to be any lip around the edge for the floor to sit in.

What I might do is make something with legs on it so that it sits inside the spare tyre well, but I don't know if this is going to work if the spare tyre is in there.

Ah, I just had a brainstorm! Instead of legs to support the whole thing from the bottom of the tyre well, maybe just little bits of wood to keep it in place around the lip of the well to stop it sliding around. Then the actual floor itself can be any shape at all and it shouldn't shift around.

Anyway I'll see what I can figure out eventually.

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Yep, as does the factory item. I'm just hoping to design it so that it won't jump around too much and if it does it will land back where it started. Perhaps some foam underneath to help absorb any clunking sounds, or even velcro to hold it down? I could always use nut and bolt type fasteners or clips, but that'd probably mean drilling into the floor of the boot and I definitely don't want to do that.

This is turning into a major project, why couldn't they just design something good from the factory? (sigh)

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Hey JimX,

I actually did this on my first R33, Didn't take down measurements of anyting but ;(

I would be planning to do something on mine for a while too :D

What i would do is get the original carpet, put it over a piece of MDF or watever you wanna use, trace around it with a pencil, and then start jigsawing :)

To stop it from boucing i would then goto HARDWARE HOUSE and buy some of that Velcro thats double side..(make sense?) the Velcro was $5.00 a meter i belive.

then stick one side of the Velcro down to the floor and then one on the actual MDF.

As for spare tire issue, i would just get some foam from clark rubber and fill it up to be the same hieght as the rest of floor.

I also wanted to make one for the rear, battery cover thing, pretty str8 forward that one but things is how to mount is.

As i wanted to have my AMP secure on to there.

Let me know how u go,

If i get bored i mite start making one... :)

DOnnie

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couple of months back i took out the spare tyre and drove around without it. then i had to do some grocery shopping, buy some drinks and stuff like that. couldn't put it on top! coz the covering that is there is so weak that it just caves in!

so yer, i reckon this thing is a good idea. i'd be interested in it.

i don't think it bounces around that much with the carpet covering it.

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I'll vouch for the "tracing around the carpet" idea..

I did this in my sonata to construct a new boot floor. and it works a charm, i user 12mm MDF, sturdy as a rock!

I sunk my amp into the tyre well, flush with perspex and neon's to the floor.

I then had the 2x12's facing the back of the car, pretty much where the flimsy battery cover thinggy is in the Skyline....

Don't forget to secure the MDF to the boot floor. Velco still lets it move around a bit and didnt work for me... I just used countersunk self-tappers, then carpeted over it all in light grey..

looks the sh*t too :)

If your going to use a sub in there, ply wood is ghey, it's too thin and rattles VERY easily...

Good luck guys..

-Kym

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I have actually just done this sort of thing in my car.

I basically used the existing carpet as a template to cut the mdf. I stuck 2 seperate pieces with liquid nails onto the corners/sides to act as like a fixed mount. Then I built a hinged 'lid' to allow access to the spare tyre and fixed the hinges to the corners pieces. It seems to work pretty well and once carpeted looks pretty neat.

I know that the corners pieces are now fixed, but the beauty of liquid nails is that it can be broken if needed, but is otherwise pretty sturdy. I aslo used hinges with removable pins so that the lid can also be removed. With the hinged lid setup I also have access to the spare tyre.

It was near impossible to get an exact match up with all the contours, but with the existing carpet you can get it pretty close with the timber, then wack carpet over the top and kinda free cut it so it matches up cleanly.

I chose to use mdf because it is easier to cut than ply and doesn't splinter, which is important because there are a lot of difficult curves to cut with the jigsaw...

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