boot builds in mk3's

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Sun Nov 23, 2003 5:25 pm

hey guys! for xmas i am getting a 6 CD disk changer that i want to put in the boot of my car! wot i want to do it create a sort of compartment on the left hand side of the boot that will hold the changer in and have the face showing! this compartment will need to have some hinges on it so i can get to the rear of the light cluster and the first aid box! has anyone got anything like this? how and wot did ya make it out of and how do u attach it to the car? i am open to sugestions and pics if possible!

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Mon Nov 24, 2003 7:57 pm

First aid kit????

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:02 am

yes, u may laugh! but its true! in the left hand side of the boot is a bracket which is there to hold the first aid kit, without me knowing, my dad ordered me one, but hey, if i go abroad, less things to buy cause ya need a first aid kit to go abroad! trust me on this one!

and by the way, thats exactly the response that i want to get rid of, thus the wanting to hide it lol

dub envy · Post by **dub envy** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:22 pm

Badass! Is it a genuine veedub first aid kit?? Have you seen that you can get original vw tool pouches too!! They are direct from Mexico.

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 3:25 pm

all i no is that i got the first aid kit through the veedub garage! i'm glad someone understands! if i remember rightly, all the packages in the box all are written in german! how helpful!

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 4:15 pm

Dude, I'm not mocking, that's f*cking cool! I want one myself!

I've got a box of plasters in the glovvie, that's my first aid kit!!!

Have you got any pics???

I wanna see!!!

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 7:46 pm

as requested, some pics!!!

here is the first aid kit its self:

here is where it is in the bott and the bracket that holds it in:

(*NOTE* the plan is that the CD changer is above this and this whole section is cornered of with a carpeted material!)

And finally, here they are together!!! does anyone else have the brackets in theres?

dub envy · Post by **dub envy** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:20 pm

shouldnt be too hard to build an mdf cd-changer holder with a removable front to get to the first aid kit...

I reckon that could be done in a day.

hardhitter · Post by **hardhitter** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:37 pm

Cool, genuine vw first aid kit

Yeah, you should be able to knock something up with a bit of mdf and carpet.

BTW has your boot got black trim over where it closes down, near the latch ? It looks like it from those pics.

Krupa · Post by **Krupa** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 12:25 am

So unfair, your boot is nice!!!

Mine's bare metal, and my amp's bolted in that side of the boot.

I want one of them first aid kits though - I'll find a place for it!!!

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Wed Nov 26, 2003 8:21 pm

hey guys, figured out how to start the boot build and keep it in without it folding out, the plan is to take off the first aid bracket, get some longer bolts that hold it in, put a sheet of MDF that is shaped to fit, drill the holes in the MDF where the bracket would be situated, put the bolts through the bracket through the MDF and into the existing holes! that should give a god base to start from! then i can work out from there!
once the build is complete i'll carpet it in a similar material to that wots on the parcel shelf, i'll also put some of the material on the floor of the boot to make it match! then eventually might do something similar on the other side but put a small sub or an amp or something like that, haven't really decided yet!

hardhitter- there is a black plastic material on the lip of the boot where the latch is! y? is that normal?

Mk3 Chris · Post by **Mk3 Chris** » Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:43 pm

My mk3 boot was just plain metal too, with a rubbery carpet thing.

Hows the boot build goin?

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 6:52 pm

hey mate, haven't started on the boot yet! haven't got the changer to build round yet, as far as i no, i no how its all going to fit together! its going to be a case of using the first aid box bracket, and a series of other brackets to create the master piece! then a nice be of black carpet and hey presto!
i have also had a brainwave! (it hurt!!) using any excess bits of mdf, i will make some speaker mountings for the front speakers as my origionals have blown up and sound like s**t!

so wot i'll do, i'll take off the speaker covers, make some mdf plates to fit in the place and see how bigger speakers i can get in there! then with a bit of carpet, finish em off!

its amazing wot u can do with some mdf and some carpet! lol

Nelson_Wilbury · Post by **Nelson_Wilbury** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:00 pm

doug&dan wrote:
hardhitter- there is a black plastic material on the lip of the boot where the latch is! y? is that normal?

I think the latter models (93>>) had some extra boot trims, but i'm not too sure

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 7:02 pm

Dude Sweet! my car is special!

i also have door pockets, glove box door, clock (no rev counter

) and groovy seat apulstery! gotta love special editions!