Rear end upholstry

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Marc_Scirocco_Quebec)]

Holy S***!

That is nice!

Not to self, one more project to do :-)

Cheers.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de Gordon Forbess
> Envoye : lundi 2 aout 2004 11:53
> A : Jacob Hawes
> Cc : scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : Re: Rear end upholstry
> 
> 
> On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 15:46:14 -0700, Jacob Hawes
> <gr8hunter1@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> >What kind of upholstery is supposed to be in the trunk of an '80 roc? 
> >floor, sides and hatch.
> 
> Here's the project I finished a couple of months ago. carpeting the
> trunk area.  I'll spare you the "before" picture - you know what it
> looks like.  
> 
> http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/trunk.jpg
> 
> I had searched numerous bone yards for the carpeting that came in
> later cars, but it was always in sad shape - and stunk.  Decided to
> invest a little in refurbishing - as it turned out, it was cheaper
> than I thought.  Materials were:
> 
> 2 yards (by 48in) unbacked carpet (speaker carpet)
> 2 yards vinyl backed carpet (same stuff, vinyl sprayed)
> 2 quarts contact cement
> 1 roll (50 sq ft)Pergo flooring underlayment (dense foam sound
> deadening for trunk floor)
> 2 18 x 24 x 2 foam sound deadening panels (rear quarter panels)
> 1 4 x 4 piece 1/4in masonite (new spare tire cover)
> 
> The Pergo stuff ($30) isn't Dynamat, but in multiple layers it serves
> the purpose and also resulted in a soft floor.  All of my cuttings
> were stuffed into the rear fenders for more sound control.
> 
> The unbacked carpet (speaker carpet) worked easily around the inner
> wheel wells and inside the rear panel and sticks well with the contact
> cement - glue as you go.  Also covered the cardboard side panels and
> inside of the rear deck lid. I had enough vinyl backed carpet to make
> two complete floor pieces as well as cover the rear seat back.
> 
> Total cost of materials was about $75 and I spent about 8 hours doing
> the job.  http://partsexpress.com was the source of the carpet and
> some sound deadening material.  The rest is Home Depot.
> 
> 
>  
> Gordon
> 
> 75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
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