I was looking at one of the threads on here and I love the way this trunk is made, looks so clean. How does one go about doing that? http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sRB5G_1aes-BYCoNRErxCA?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/I5A06JFIpbuXrZmXHLXXtg?feat=directlink
I heard some of the upholstery shops will do it but I prefer to try it myself. I'm sure they'll charge an arm and a leg too.
Frank why do you have to make things sooooo complicated. Ok hold on, so you're saying . . . cut . . . hmmm and then paste?? too many steps and too complex. Can anyone provide something less labor intensive and convoluted? I'm not a superhero Frank!! geeeeez
Start off by making templates from cardboard. Make supports and brackets from sheetmetal strips. If you really want to get creative you could use fiberglass.
I would just get ahold of some large sheets of cardboard and cut those until I had the shape I wanted. Then, transfer those to some plywood, cut, cover in carpet, and find a secure way to mount them.
that sounds simple maybe I could make the plywood cutouts (fiberglass would be sweet but too tough for me) and have them covered in nice carpet that way it'll run much cheaper And I really like how the trunk lid looks, they probably did the same thing and somehwo mounted them onto the metal
x2....I did mine, nothing fancy took about 2 hours I will eventually do it again with more time and detail involved.
See http://www.shiny-hiney.com/trunkpanelsinstall.html and http://www.trifive.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3468 or Google Trunk Panel and click on Images at the top of the page.
I prefer to use 1/4 inch Luan to build the panels out of. My days of custom car audio and recessed amplifiers comes to mind. Something I would recommend, on the back of the panels add some sound deadening material as well. Gluing sound deadener (I like to use carpet underlayment) glued to the backside also helps keep the panels from warping.
