neilnaz Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Yes I know it sounds namby-pamby but I thought it was about time I made the boot a little more useable. I have the cover over spare wheel and black petrol tank board but anything that is put in the boot comes out with oil or grime on it so....I bought a roll of black/charcoal carpet from a carpet shop 1m*4m so should have plenty to carpet the floor and put in some hard-board sides and carpet them. I will also repaint the slightly scuffed petrol tank board and keep thing sin the boot oil free.Has anyone alse done this? Has anyone some tips or even better pictures?Thanks in advance. You can take the p*&s if you like I have a thick skin...... :K)Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 My spare wheel cover was looking a bit dirty so I thought I'd put it in the washing machine. Of course it fell to pieces, Doh! So this gave me an incentive to make a new one & carpet the boot.I made a new wheel cover out of carpet, big enough for my 175/70 tyres & trimmed the standard tank board to suit. I also stuck carpet to the wheel arches.To make the boot floor carpet a simpler shape I cut a piece of rigid packing foam to fill the dip at the rear of the boot floor. I was thinking of making some tool shaped holes in the foam but haven't got around to that. It's a closed cell plastic foam so shouldn't absorb water.The floor carpet is held in place by the spare wheel, the tank board & a pair of side boards with pockets I bought from TSSC (but easy enough to make) & some velcro at the back.I'll see if I can take a picture later.New petrol tank boards are pretty cheap, specially at Stoneleigh. Also Prestige make a boot carpet much cheaper than the Newton Commercial one but I don't know what its like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Pic, not much else to say really, its a boot with carpet in ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted User Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Is the board covering the petrol tank made from ply? my current one appears to be fairly poor cardboard sprayed black and is starting to show its age!Oli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I think its "millboard" which is basically a dense cardboard type stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilnaz Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thanks CharlieB. I think I will be making side panels from hard-board/stiff cardboard sourced from B&Q or similar and covering them with carpet. I will re-paint the tank-board which is a little scuffed and also look into getting some foam to fill the gap at the boot floor valance intersection.I hope I make as good a job as you!It's funny the carpet I got looks just like yours!Cheers, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.in_Lux Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Got some bin bags and stick them to the hardboard...Does wonders if you have a leak :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 neilnaz wrote:I think I will be making side panels from hard-board/stiff cardboard sourced from B&QThey do a thin MDF which might be good, I used it for the seat cover side reinforcing thingys.neilnaz wrote:It's funny the carpet I got looks just like yours!£10 at Stoneleigh a couple of years ago, still got some left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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