wood cover for spare donut tire

Lookwuticando · Post by **Lookwuticando** » October 28th, 2006, 11:20 am

Is it just me, or do other people have a plain wood cover under the carpet flap over the spare? Is mine just homemade or what?

neutral · Post by **neutral** » October 28th, 2006, 11:41 am

Same here. Got rid of mine.

Lookwuticando · Post by **Lookwuticando** » October 28th, 2006, 11:47 am

Really? What'd you put there instead? Mine doesn't actually bother me, it just kinda struck me funny because it looks kinda rigged up. Maybe if I painted it black at least...

neutral · Post by **neutral** » October 28th, 2006, 6:11 pm

I cut a slab of closed cell foam rubber in a round shape and the correct thickness to pack into the spare tire-well over the spare doughnut. Carpet just sits smooth over top o that...

Lookwuticando · Post by **Lookwuticando** » October 28th, 2006, 6:17 pm

Ha I guess the funky wood piece annoyed you enough to do that...guess I'll probly settle with how it is, keep a solid floor back there

Vanished · Post by **Vanished** » October 28th, 2006, 6:38 pm

Mine is made of MDF.

I fiber glassed a sub box in the spare tire well, and i'm now making a false floor about 4 inches above the actual floor, to hide wires and my amp.

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » October 29th, 2006, 12:35 am

I dont mind mine

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » October 29th, 2006, 1:46 am

Mine is made of fiber press board. Strong, light, thin. I can sit on it and work in the trunk without it breaking and it is thin enough that you cannot see it under the carpet. I used the stock piece as a template and used the stock plastic locating tabs to keep it in place.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » October 29th, 2006, 2:13 am

I broke mine with the speakers.. kinda dropped it in. I now use a carpet only.

Red Egg · Post by **Red Egg** » October 29th, 2006, 11:31 am

Lookwuticando · Post by **Lookwuticando** » October 29th, 2006, 1:38 pm

Yeah, mine's not really broken, exept for a little chipped maybe...

I'm having a hard enough time with the dealer trying to get my power seat belts fixed under the recall...

It appears there's no record of my VIN# in anywhere in the database so I'm not sure how it's gonna play out

SuperK · Post by **SuperK** » October 29th, 2006, 5:09 pm

funny, my VIN number didn't exist as well

the wood does seem out of place though, doesn't it? struck me as very odd that came factory. I think a bit of painting'll do it, I'll underlay it with some sound deadening material as well, might sound better back there

Lookwuticando · Post by **Lookwuticando** » October 29th, 2006, 6:36 pm

Yeah, that is weird...the VIN and the cover

When I first saw that plank of wood I thought, "Yeah, somebody lost the original" ha

Hoodzy · Post by **Hoodzy** » November 2nd, 2006, 11:07 pm

does it happen to have plastic tabs on it that fit into tabs on teh body of the car.. i think mine even has a handle on it

Lookwuticando · Post by **Lookwuticando** » November 3rd, 2006, 12:32 am

Yeah, little white peg type deals with a screw holding it on
and a cut out for a handle