new trunk boards

[esty]

new trunk boards patterned from originals...i can make these in different colors for square tails & roundies...made with 5mm cabinet grade luan & hi quality upholstery vinyl...$145.00 + shipping

add $8.00 for extra vinyl for area between shock towers and 2 strips on lower shock tower...just like original

thanks for the suggestion bob

[ibjettin]

very nice Esty!

[Dicks]

We need to get a "Sticky" on this one....

[Guest Anonymous]

great looking boards esty. could you post a pic of the backs tia

[esty]

great looking boards esty. could you post a pic of the backs tia

[LimeySteve]

Very nice Esty, they look just like the original ones in our Mintgrun 74

[Guest Anonymous]

wow:

$160 for $5 worth of plywood from Home Depot and $10 worth of vinyl from local fabric store + shipping

give me a break

[VintageAutobahn]

wow:

$160 for $5 worth of plywood from Home Depot and $10 worth of vinyl from local fabric store + shipping

give me a break

Looks like somebody hasn't purchased high quality vinyl or plywood in about 25 years.

troll

[Dtepe]

wow:

$160 for $5 worth of plywood from Home Depot and $10 worth of vinyl from local fabric store + shipping

give me a break

Absolute Non-sense! Last time I tried to redo mine, the vinyl cost me over $30 and the boards from home depot around $20. Not to metion the time, hassle and accuracy of cutting those boards. Nice work Esty! Well worth the price. You can't even buy the materials from BMW and if you did, it would cost $500.

Some one is trying to do good to our cars and please don't bring them down. It is simply evil. The worst part, all it takes is some foolish comment like this to damage someone.

[esty]

wow:

$160 for $5 worth of plywood from Home Depot and $10 worth of vinyl from local fabric store + shipping

give me a break

who said you had to buy them...make your own...

but buy a new calculator and do some price shopping or you'll be in for a surprise when you lay down the cash

[LimeySteve]

You mean to say they don't come pre cut from Home Depot !!!! it's a scandal

Nice work Esty , they look great & well worth the $$'s

Some people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Swiftus]

I was speaking with a fellow FAQer recently and he said that buying the 'elephant skin' vinyl from BMW (see BLUNT) for the trunk was a couple HUNDRED dollars! I know from working on my boats that top quality marine canopy vinyl (the heaviest duty of all vinyls) goes for around $25 a 52" yard.

Doing a little math, an 02 trunk requires about 2 yards at 52"...more like 2.5 yards. That puts the cost in heavy duty vinyl at $50 or more.

True, you can go buy standard interior vinyl for $5 a yard, but that stuff hates UV (not a problem in a trunk). More important in this case is that interior vinyl doesn't withstand cold / wet conditions very well. And because it has less fiber re-enforcement, it tears much more easily as well.

Being frank, doing a top quality job at building a set of trunk boards, using cabinet grade hardwood ply, sealing it with urethane, and covering it with the best vinyl would cost a single person between $80 and $100 in just materials.

On the flip side of the coin, one could put together a set of trunk boards quite inexpensively if done with lesser materials. $15 will buy you 1/4" AC plywood at a big box store and another $15 will buy you some inexpensive vinyl. If you skip the sealing process, all you need is a $5 can of super77 or super90 and some staples and your set. $35 (say $40) and you could make yourself a set of trunk boards...

The caveat with both of these routes is that you have the necessary tools, time, and talent to build yourself a set of trunk boards. Do the math weighing the cost of those 3 factors and see how economic it is for you to buy a pre-made set.

Now a question for Esty... I called Blunt to see if he had any of the little right angle brackets that go on the bottom of the trunk boards and he couldn't find a part number. What are you using in their place?

HTH and TIA,

Jay

[auggiemize]

....the old ones.

[esty]

Now a question for Esty...the little right angle brackets that go on the bottom of the trunk boards. What are you using in their place?

Jay

i do them just like you see them...i don't attach any hardware...i've had sets i made in several of my cars for a long time now, all without those clips and they work just as well

i did try and find something to use long ago and couldn't come up with any substitute

[Swiftus]

Cool, thanks for the info!