TexasSpeed
08-19-2007, 08:34 PM
After seeing all of the cool mods and how-to's posted here, this may seem a little lame. But it's a cheap way to keep your trunk looking good, especially if you ever transport dirty tools or muddy boots.
Most home stores like Home Depot and Lowe's have a section where they sell carpet "runners". They're usually on a roll, they're 3 ft wide and are sold by the linear foot. You usually get an employee to cut off however much you need.
I realized the MS6 trunk is just shy of 3 ft deep at it's deepest part. It's also a little short of 5 ft wide.
I went to Lowe's and had a 5 feet piece of runner cut. It's a dark gray color with ridges in it that you can make out in the pictures. The ridges also provide some friction, to help keep things from sliding around back there. This particular runner has a rubberized backing that seems to do a good job of preventing liquid from seeping through.
Cost: about $4/linear foot x 5 feet = $20.00
There's not a quick way of installing it, you have to do a lot of trimming. If you have some good kitchen shears and a sharp utility knife it goes pretty quick. I tried to get the factory carpet out to use as a pattern, but it was more trouble than it's worth.
I ended up laying a lot of newspaper in the trunk and taping it together to make a pattern. Even after that, there was still some trimming. Total time, about 30-45 minutes.
Most home stores like Home Depot and Lowe's have a section where they sell carpet "runners". They're usually on a roll, they're 3 ft wide and are sold by the linear foot. You usually get an employee to cut off however much you need.
I realized the MS6 trunk is just shy of 3 ft deep at it's deepest part. It's also a little short of 5 ft wide.
I went to Lowe's and had a 5 feet piece of runner cut. It's a dark gray color with ridges in it that you can make out in the pictures. The ridges also provide some friction, to help keep things from sliding around back there. This particular runner has a rubberized backing that seems to do a good job of preventing liquid from seeping through.
Cost: about $4/linear foot x 5 feet = $20.00
There's not a quick way of installing it, you have to do a lot of trimming. If you have some good kitchen shears and a sharp utility knife it goes pretty quick. I tried to get the factory carpet out to use as a pattern, but it was more trouble than it's worth.
I ended up laying a lot of newspaper in the trunk and taping it together to make a pattern. Even after that, there was still some trimming. Total time, about 30-45 minutes.