Building a second floor in VT boot

[Trent1291]

Can anyone please tell me how to build a second level in my boot out of MDF board... im stuck on how to have the board fit the mould of the boot...

[2LOUD2OLD]

simple take out the carpet for the floor and voila you have your template

[StoneX]

Yeah, that's exactly how to do it... But I was too stupid to think of that the first time and used cardboard and trimmed it until it fit the boot. It took forever and wasn't necessary

[Trent1291]

lol the cardboard idea was my first thought... argh now i need to take out all my system from my boot and unwire it all and blah blah blah ... its going to take a while...

[StoneX]

Borrow someone else's boot carpet... You must know someone else with a VT

[StoneX]

It would also be better if you have some spacers under the MDF so floor is raised slightly. Mine is flat on the floor and sits on top of all the cables so it's not flat. Just glue or screw some MDF off-cuts to the bottom of your false floor to allow easy running of cables.

[danja]

Question: Do people who fill up their boot with gear (like custom enclosures, false floors etc) have some trick for getting to the spare tyres, or is it just the cost of having such a system?

Has anyone with a decked out boot ever run a flat and had to dismantle the whole thing on the side of the road?

[50LTRv8]

Question: Do people who fill up their boot with gear (like custom enclosures, false floors etc) have some trick for getting to the spare tyres, or is it just the cost of having such a system?

Has anyone with a decked out boot ever run a flat and had to dismantle the whole thing on the side of the road?

You could just hinge the section needed to get to the tyre, but then you would see a trap door in the floor.

[StoneX]

Yeah, some people make a hinged lid over the spare... I was too lazy to do that so I just took my spare out and got a kit of tyre slime

[And_ROOS]

Surely you could hinge it then find a way to hide the hinge, ill be giving this a bash soon as my odds of a flat have increased the past week lol

[SPLcamry]

Just take out the template and use 18mm MDF with some little chucks under neath so you can hide your wiring. when you cut the template out cut it in half so it is easy to instll in the car.

[wicksy]

im about to attempt something similar.. but im lifting it 50mm of the floor and putting my amps under acrylic, covering the floor in blue trim and making a custom box that holds my twin clarions.. i found the best way to keep the spare tire was to make a trap door using "piano" hinges so you cant see them when the trap door is down.. would the carpet be a suitable template considering im lifting it 50mm up.. ???