Securing trunk items
07-12-2007, 05:39 PM
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RE: Securing trunk items
ORIGINAL: sowaxeman
Ah, I see. Does it say Saleen on it anywhere or is it the typical cigarette lighter compressor that you can get at Walmart?
Also, with these tires if you go flat isn't it pretty much detrimental - rendering a compressor worthless [&:] About the only thing I can figure is if somebody lets the air out as a joke.
Ah, I see. Does it say Saleen on it anywhere or is it the typical cigarette lighter compressor that you can get at Walmart?
Also, with these tires if you go flat isn't it pretty much detrimental - rendering a compressor worthless [&:] About the only thing I can figure is if somebody lets the air out as a joke.
07-12-2007, 07:17 PM
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RE: Securing trunk items
sowaxeman-- If you have a slow leak and a 2007 car, the Federally-mandated low pressure warning system would let you know, probably in time to use the sealant goop that comes with the compressor.
The padded bag idea sounds good. I may still apply padding to the inside of the quarter panels. Really, the trunk liner is super thin...
The padded bag idea sounds good. I may still apply padding to the inside of the quarter panels. Really, the trunk liner is super thin...
07-12-2007, 07:40 PM
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RE: Securing trunk items
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I actually had a reply the two times prior to entering this[:'(]......anybody else having problems posting on the forum recently???
I actually had a reply the two times prior to entering this[:'(]......anybody else having problems posting on the forum recently???
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07-12-2007, 07:53 PM
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RE: Securing trunk items
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ORIGINAL: mills281e
I actually had a reply the two times prior to entering this[:'(]......anybody else having problems posting on the forum recently???
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For a couple days, ending yesterday, I had many posts that would go to "page cannot be diplayed" page and would lose my post [:@]I learned after about 4 times to "copy" my post so I wouldn't have to re-write it.
ORIGINAL: mills281e
I actually had a reply the two times prior to entering this[:'(]......anybody else having problems posting on the forum recently???
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For a couple days, ending yesterday, I had many posts that would go to "page cannot be diplayed" page and would lose my post [:@]I learned after about 4 times to "copy" my post so I wouldn't have to re-write it.
. I give up....
07-18-2007, 08:59 PM
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RE: Securing trunk items
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In the trunk of my '01 coupe, I got a generic clothes bar (the kind that hang the from coat hooks above rear quarter windows) and bought a couple extra "T" wingnuts that the Ford factory cargo net hangs from behind the tailights. Iremoved large black flat-head retainers and screwed the "T" wingnuts onto a couple studs (used for securing moulded carpet side panels) just forward of trunk opening but rearward of speaker shelf. I removed cargo net from stock location, ran clothes bar through tan colored loop in center of net and put end loops of net through the "U" shaped hook on end of clothes bar. Hang bar on "T" wingnuts and then twist net loops around 180^ and hang on wingnuts to help secure bar. Hardest part was contorting myself to get a good visual and stretching net at same time. Finally I folded down rear seats and laid on my back to do it. I keep a spare quart of oil, a fire extinguisher (new in box), car duster with some towels and Wipe-n-Shine in there. Radical turns etc. and no problems. If you need to store something in trunk larger than the approximate half-sized area you see between net and trunk latch (like a car cover) it can easily be pushed underneath or around the sides of the net. Works great!
Brian
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07-18-2007, 09:13 PM
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RE: Securing trunk items
In the trunk of my '01 coupe, I got a generic clothes bar (the kind that hang the from coat hooks above rear quarter windows) and bought a couple extra "T" wingnuts that the Ford factory cargo net hangs from behind the tailights. Iremoved large black flat-head retainers and screwed the "T" wingnuts onto a couple studs (used for securing moulded carpet side panels) just forward of trunk opening but rearward of speaker shelf. I removed cargo net from stock location, ran clothes bar through tan colored loop in center of net and put end loops of net through the "U" shaped hook on end of clothes bar. Hang bar on "T" wingnuts and then twist net loops around 180^ and hang on wingnuts to help secure bar. Hardest part was contorting myself to get a good visual and stretching net at same time. Finally I folded down rear seats and laid on my back to do it. I keep a spare quart of oil, a fire extinguisher (new in box), car duster with some towels and Wipe-n-Shine in there. Radical turns etc. and no problems. If you need to store something in trunk larger than the approximate half-sized area you see between net and trunk latch (like a car cover) it can easily be pushed underneath or around the sides of the net. Works great!
Brian
Brian
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07-18-2007, 10:41 PM
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RE: Securing trunk items
ORIGINAL: mills281e
A picture would literally be worth a thousand words here .
In the trunk of my '01 coupe, I got a generic clothes bar (the kind that hang the from coat hooks above rear quarter windows) and bought a couple extra "T" wingnuts that the Ford factory cargo net hangs from behind the tailights. Iremoved large black flat-head retainers and screwed the "T" wingnuts onto a couple studs (used for securing moulded carpet side panels) just forward of trunk opening but rearward of speaker shelf. I removed cargo net from stock location, ran clothes bar through tan colored loop in center of net and put end loops of net through the "U" shaped hook on end of clothes bar. Hang bar on "T" wingnuts and then twist net loops around 180^ and hang on wingnuts to help secure bar. Hardest part was contorting myself to get a good visual and stretching net at same time. Finally I folded down rear seats and laid on my back to do it. I keep a spare quart of oil, a fire extinguisher (new in box), car duster with some towels and Wipe-n-Shine in there. Radical turns etc. and no problems. If you need to store something in trunk larger than the approximate half-sized area you see between net and trunk latch (like a car cover) it can easily be pushed underneath or around the sides of the net. Works great!
Brian
Brian
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