the home depot way to re-floor your trunk!
08-23-2002, 06:20 PM
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the home depot way to re-floor your trunk!
Ok with lots of trips to the beach and 7 years of wear and tear my trunk floor and carpet needed replacing. So heres what i did.
1.Using a sharpie marker i traced around the trunk and cut the carpet to exact fit with scissors. i then tacked the cut carpet to a 5' x 4' piece of 3/8" particle board (9.99$ home depot). Then i traced around the carpet with the sharpie. Using a jigsaw or bandsaw with the apropriate blade cut along the dotted line (note: kiddies ask your daddy for help and always wear goggles). Viola! a piece of wood to use for the trunk floor. But wait the wood wont fit in! simply cut it into 3 pieces where the rear wheel wells are so there is enough wood to cover the spare tire, the space below it etc. and put it together in the trunk like a real easy puzzle!
2. For the carpet i bought some industrial grade carpet at home depot. Its 6' wide and its 4$ per linear yard so i only need 2 yards (gee...umm... carry the one) thats only 8$! This a real no brainer. Take the carpet you cut before and trace around it onto the new peice, cut with scissors and you are done.
Before this project i went to the Honda dealer and they wanted 280 from factory for this. My way cost a 20$Hope this helps.
[Modified by 95redcivicex, 3:37 AM 8/24/2002]
1.Using a sharpie marker i traced around the trunk and cut the carpet to exact fit with scissors. i then tacked the cut carpet to a 5' x 4' piece of 3/8" particle board (9.99$ home depot). Then i traced around the carpet with the sharpie. Using a jigsaw or bandsaw with the apropriate blade cut along the dotted line (note: kiddies ask your daddy for help and always wear goggles). Viola! a piece of wood to use for the trunk floor. But wait the wood wont fit in! simply cut it into 3 pieces where the rear wheel wells are so there is enough wood to cover the spare tire, the space below it etc. and put it together in the trunk like a real easy puzzle!
2. For the carpet i bought some industrial grade carpet at home depot. Its 6' wide and its 4$ per linear yard so i only need 2 yards (gee...umm... carry the one) thats only 8$! This a real no brainer. Take the carpet you cut before and trace around it onto the new peice, cut with scissors and you are done.
Before this project i went to the Honda dealer and they wanted 280 from factory for this. My way cost a 20$Hope this helps.
[Modified by 95redcivicex, 3:37 AM 8/24/2002]
08-23-2002, 06:38 PM
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Re: the home depot way to re-floor your trunk! (95redcivicex)
mwah ha ha now no one will know that im an idiot (except Gamby and EKen9) and i have ways of dealing with them! 
08-23-2002, 10:46 PM
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Re: the home depot way to re-floor your trunk! (95redcivicex)
can you post some pics of the how it came out?? interested in doing somehting like this for my car stereo setup, either hiding the amps under the board or on the board.. thanks
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