Has anyone replaced their back deck? + BONUS snow pics (56K=sad)
03-01-04, 08:56 AM
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Has anyone replaced their back deck + BONUS snow pics 56K=sad
QUESTION: Has anyone replaced their interior rear package tray / decklid OR successfully removed the third brakelight w/ an acceptable cosmetic appearance? I know Johnny Mo did this when his car was new at the dealer, but don't recall anyone else posting about it.
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Recently I undertook a minor trunk upgrade (here), and part of what I did was to remove the third brakelight from my back deck. I removed it because (IMO) its an eyesore & redundant with spoiler LED brakelight and it rattles when my aftermarket sub volume is cranked up.
To remove the light, the approach the installer and I agreed to in theory was to stretch a piece of grill cloth on a custom frame from the top of the subwoofer grill straight back to the edge of the window. The problem is that while the piece looked great on the deck when it was out of the car, the deck flexes when snapped in place in the car. When you look at the end result from the side, you can see that the fabric is not quite taught in the shallow area of the deck. The color isn't a perfect match either... not bad, but could be better. It's better than with the third brakelight, but I'm not going to leave it like this for long.
You can see the gap against the back deck here.
Anyone have thoughts on making this look better or other options?
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Recently I undertook a minor trunk upgrade (here), and part of what I did was to remove the third brakelight from my back deck. I removed it because (IMO) its an eyesore & redundant with spoiler LED brakelight and it rattles when my aftermarket sub volume is cranked up.
To remove the light, the approach the installer and I agreed to in theory was to stretch a piece of grill cloth on a custom frame from the top of the subwoofer grill straight back to the edge of the window. The problem is that while the piece looked great on the deck when it was out of the car, the deck flexes when snapped in place in the car. When you look at the end result from the side, you can see that the fabric is not quite taught in the shallow area of the deck. The color isn't a perfect match either... not bad, but could be better. It's better than with the third brakelight, but I'm not going to leave it like this for long.
You can see the gap against the back deck here.
Anyone have thoughts on making this look better or other options?
Last edited by DaveGS4; 03-01-04 at 09:28 AM.
03-01-04, 09:07 AM
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And as a bonus (and because I didn't want to start two threads), I thought I'd share some pics I took after a surprise big snowstorm we got in Charlotte late last week.
After the foot + of snow settled a bit, I backed the GS out for some 'black and white' pictures
Poor LS had to stay out in the cold full time.
When I backed the GS out, I had to wipe the 'milk moustache' of snow off the TTE lip
I don't know why everyone complains about the GS and performance tires in snow. I pulled right out and back into the garage with no problems
. You can see some snow the undercarriage picked up.
Playing peekaboo
For more snow day pics (click here) in my webpage gallery.
After the foot + of snow settled a bit, I backed the GS out for some 'black and white' pictures
Poor LS had to stay out in the cold full time. When I backed the GS out, I had to wipe the 'milk moustache' of snow off the TTE lip
I don't know why everyone complains about the GS and performance tires in snow. I pulled right out and back into the garage with no problems
. You can see some snow the undercarriage picked up.Playing peekaboo
For more snow day pics (click here) in my webpage gallery.
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03-01-04, 09:52 AM
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Dave....imho....like what you did....but on a larger scale....remove seat belt achors....cover the entire deck with a piece of velour/carpent type fabric....cut an opening for the sub...staple the edges down around the grill (if chosen fabric does not stay in place), re-mount the seat beal achors, mount the sub's grill (make sure the grill cover hides the staples if required).
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...great pics dave....
03-01-04, 04:07 PM
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Thanks for the compliments, gentlemen!
This strange snow was actually the most Charlotte has had since 1902, so it's a rare occurance to see so much. Even stranger - the day before the snow was 65 degrees outside, last weekend it got back up to upper 50s. Just a freak storm, almost all melted now and those pics were just on Friday.
Weekend before last we had a Zaino clinic in Charlotte so that helps the shine. My girlfriend went and did her car and was amazed how glossy it was as well. But she said after thinking about it "I guess if I rubbed on anything for six hours (like she just did on her car) it would be shiny too.", lol
Anybody got other ideas for the back deck (thanks PHML)?
This strange snow was actually the most Charlotte has had since 1902, so it's a rare occurance to see so much. Even stranger - the day before the snow was 65 degrees outside, last weekend it got back up to upper 50s. Just a freak storm, almost all melted now and those pics were just on Friday.
Weekend before last we had a Zaino clinic in Charlotte so that helps the shine
. My girlfriend went and did her car and was amazed how glossy it was as well. But she said after thinking about it "I guess if I rubbed on anything for six hours (like she just did on her car) it would be shiny too.", lolAnybody got other ideas for the back deck (thanks PHML)?
Last edited by DaveGS4; 03-01-04 at 04:09 PM.
03-01-04, 06:03 PM
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Thanks for the compliments, gentlemen!
This strange snow was actually the most Charlotte has had since 1902, so it's a rare occurance to see so much. Even stranger - the day before the snow was 65 degrees outside, last weekend it got back up to upper 50s. Just a freak storm, almost all melted now and those pics were just on Friday.
Weekend before last we had a Zaino clinic in Charlotte so that helps the shine. My girlfriend went and did her car and was amazed how glossy it was as well. But she said after thinking about it "I guess if I rubbed on anything for six hours (like she just did on her car) it would be shiny too.", lol
Anybody got other ideas for the back deck (thanks PHML)?
Thanks for the compliments, gentlemen!
This strange snow was actually the most Charlotte has had since 1902, so it's a rare occurance to see so much. Even stranger - the day before the snow was 65 degrees outside, last weekend it got back up to upper 50s. Just a freak storm, almost all melted now and those pics were just on Friday.
Weekend before last we had a Zaino clinic in Charlotte so that helps the shine
. My girlfriend went and did her car and was amazed how glossy it was as well. But she said after thinking about it "I guess if I rubbed on anything for six hours (like she just did on her car) it would be shiny too.", lolAnybody got other ideas for the back deck (thanks PHML)?
btw, where's the rear power shadow?
