Trunk vents?
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Trunk vents?
The other day I was sneeking a peak behind the trunk paneling in the trunk of my 98 stang and I could see light flashes everytime the bass hit on my subs. I couldnt figure out what it was and it did it on both sides of the trunk. So I removed the trunk paneling, I had to anyways so I could get at my taillight assembly, and I found I have vents in my trunk. I put pics in my photo gallery. The one photo shows the vent and the other shows the gas tube(where the gas goes in) to show where its located better. What are the purpose of these? I wouldn't have found them if the flaps on the vents wouldnt of made noise and made me look in there.
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RE: Trunk vents?
ORIGINAL: baddog671
The other day I was sneeking a peak behind the trunk paneling in the trunk of my 98 stang and I could see light flashes everytime the bass hit on my subs. I couldnt figure out what it was and it did it on both sides of the trunk. So I removed the trunk paneling, I had to anyways so I could get at my taillight assembly, and I found I have vents in my trunk. I put pics in my photo gallery. The one photo shows the vent and the other shows the gas tube(where the gas goes in) to show where its located better. What are the purpose of these? I wouldn't have found them if the flaps on the vents wouldnt of made noise and made me look in there.
The other day I was sneeking a peak behind the trunk paneling in the trunk of my 98 stang and I could see light flashes everytime the bass hit on my subs. I couldnt figure out what it was and it did it on both sides of the trunk. So I removed the trunk paneling, I had to anyways so I could get at my taillight assembly, and I found I have vents in my trunk. I put pics in my photo gallery. The one photo shows the vent and the other shows the gas tube(where the gas goes in) to show where its located better. What are the purpose of these? I wouldn't have found them if the flaps on the vents wouldnt of made noise and made me look in there.
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RE: Trunk vents?
Well I haven't seen the exact location of them... if they are as high up as you say then it's for air dispersion. Some cars have them hidden better than others. My old nissan sentra had them exposed in the trunk with a flimsy flap to keep water from getting in [&:]
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RE: Trunk vents?
They allow drainage of the trunk in case of a flood and also allow presure equalization in the passenger compartment. Passenger compartments are typically water tight against rain but not airtight. Otherwise you would run the risk of blowing out your windows everytime you closed your door. With the trunk, same thing. You would mess up the seal on the trunk if it all the air compressed when you closed the lid everytime. The air has to go somewhere.
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RE: Trunk vents?
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They allow drainage of the trunk in case of a flood and also allow presure equalization in the passenger compartment. Passenger compartments are typically water tight against rain but not airtight. Otherwise you would run the risk of blowing out your windows everytime you closed your door. With the trunk, same thing. You would mess up the seal on the trunk if it all the air compressed when you closed the lid everytime. The air has to go somewhere.
They allow drainage of the trunk in case of a flood and also allow presure equalization in the passenger compartment. Passenger compartments are typically water tight against rain but not airtight. Otherwise you would run the risk of blowing out your windows everytime you closed your door. With the trunk, same thing. You would mess up the seal on the trunk if it all the air compressed when you closed the lid everytime. The air has to go somewhere.
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RE: Trunk vents?
Even if you didnt have those vetns and you shut the trunk, wouldnt the air go to the cabin through the seat area and more overly up through the extra openings on the reardeck lid? I think I have to agree with redass here, I dont a window would...blow out.
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