trunk mat/sparetire cover
08-01-2011, 09:21 PM
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: colorado
Posts: 123
trunk mat/sparetire cover
the piece of plywood/fiberboard that goes over the spare tire has seen better days and I'm looking to replace it.the spare tire is out and my sub box crushed it.AM has these http://www.americanmuscle.com/trunk-...005-coupe.html but I don't know if just covers the old one or not.anyone have one or replaced their old one?
08-01-2011, 10:33 PM
#4
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Athens, Georgia
Posts: 297
I have a Q: Is anyone else's spare tire screw just a little too tall and poke a hole through the fiber board? Mine does and I thought it was a bad sign, like maybe it was aftermarket cause it has been rearended, but I checked out another mustang and it was the same.
08-01-2011, 10:44 PM
#5
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 117
Mine has the same poking out thing going on. I think it happened after I used the spare, probably not put back properly.
08-01-2011, 10:51 PM
#6
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Athens, Georgia
Posts: 297
yeah i guess. looks like there is only one way to hook it up but who knows. mine looked like it had never been touched but was def poking through the board. honestly why did they make the screw so tall in the first place? you have to screw that thing in forever just to get it back on. maybe they planned on it having a full size spare or two temp tires. ha!
08-01-2011, 11:00 PM
#7
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: NC
Posts: 2,217
Very cheap aspect of our cars IMO...a nice latching plastic trunk floor would have been really, really nice. I'm all the time having to fish that wooden POS out from under those little plastic tabs that are supposed to hold it up. They do a better job of holding it down once it slips under them than they do holding it up on top...Figuring out a way to improve this feature would be a great project.
