Trunk Support - Without Spare Tire
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Trunk Support - Without Spare Tire
For those of you running without a spare tire, you may have noticed that the plywood in the trunk has zero support anymore, and anything more than 5lbs causes the trunk floor to sink in - right now I'm using an upside-down plastic bin to act as support for the floor - anyone else got a better solution to this? Some kind of cork/Styrofoam box, anything of that nature...?
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I still run my spare but understand what you are noting
If you wanted to get serious you could do the following:
Line the wheel cavity w/a poly liner
Fill in the cavity w/a spray foam & make a mold of the cavity (you will need a large bottle of the polyurethane foam)
Take out the foam after it cures & remove the poly liner
W/a wood saw cut it flat & re-install
If you wanted to get serious you could do the following:
Line the wheel cavity w/a poly liner
Fill in the cavity w/a spray foam & make a mold of the cavity (you will need a large bottle of the polyurethane foam)
Take out the foam after it cures & remove the poly liner
W/a wood saw cut it flat & re-install
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Glad you made this thread.
I did something a bit stronger than most.
I used 4 screws to secure a long rectangular piece of wood to the bottom of the weak "plywood" piece to give it rigidity across the width of the trunk.
To keep it from moving around, I attached heavy duty velcro bits to the bottom of the wood and used an existing plastic screw hole located on the passenger side of our cars to place a single long bolt for further support.
Works like a charm and have been using it for 3 years without issues.
Another solution is to glue together bits of styrofoam to fill the void of the spare tire, but that's not solid enough for me and I don't mind the extra weight of the wood board.
-pal215
I did something a bit stronger than most.
I used 4 screws to secure a long rectangular piece of wood to the bottom of the weak "plywood" piece to give it rigidity across the width of the trunk.
To keep it from moving around, I attached heavy duty velcro bits to the bottom of the wood and used an existing plastic screw hole located on the passenger side of our cars to place a single long bolt for further support.
Works like a charm and have been using it for 3 years without issues.
Another solution is to glue together bits of styrofoam to fill the void of the spare tire, but that's not solid enough for me and I don't mind the extra weight of the wood board.
-pal215
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A peice of 1/2" plywood would support plenty weight in the trunk.
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#12
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I've always just left the carpeted piece out of the trunk in cars where I remove the spare but still occasionally haul something somewhat heavy in the trunk. I just put whatever I needed where the spare tire used to go.