So here is what i started out with, a trunk that gave you the road conditions, all ya had to do was look down and you'd see the road!! I mean sure it had its ups, i people were never asking me to cary their stuff around for em in my car, and if i locked my keys in the trunk all i would have to do is shake the car a little and they'd fall right out the bottom. Despite all these great reasons to keep the trunk the way it was, i decided it was time for a change, i mean opening and shutting my trunk as quick as possible out of embarrassment was getting a little old. Seeing as i go to a school on the south end, there are only two things that matter when it comes to cars, Bling and Beats. I had the bling but now i needed to install some beats. I picked up two high quality 10" Lightning Audio Subs from my freind Tyler for 40 bucks (only in the south end!) so i took them out of there enclosure and started on my journey to bass. About 3 trips to Home Depot later, i finally had all the CORRECT parts to start on my project: a sheet of 3/4 particle board, black carpet, various bolts and nuts, and some speaker wire. So my first task was to strip everything out of the trunk: spare tire, tools, inflatable boat (dont ask), normally to save the time of lifting all these HEAVY items out of the car i would just give it a good shake and let gravity and a crappy trunk do the work for me, but i decided i needed to do a little manual labor.
So i first had to measure the demensions of my trunk to figure out exactly how this was going to work, becuase to be honost i had no plan drawn up, it was just kinda "make it up as you go" this always works best for me. I had to build the trunk in three pieces, floor left, floor right, and the back panel that would hold the subs. The reason for the two floor panels was if i cut a panel to the exact saive of the trunk i could get it through the trunk opening as a whole, it just wouldnt fit. So i cut my panels using a jigsaw then i test fit them to mark where i would need to make cuts to clear the wheel wells, tie down hooks, and to make a little door to access my air shocks valve. So with all my spots marked it was back to the work table. But by this time the summer heat was taking its toll, so being the cunning clever man that i am i introduced my ilegitimate brother to the glorious world of sawing. While i on the other hand... took a nap. So when i finally awoke on a huge pile of sawdust almost everything made of wood in my garage had been sawed in half, EXCEPT my panels for my trunk, i guess ya get what ya pay for... so back to work i went. So with all three of my panels cut it was time to move on to my next step. I was going to seal the partical board with this plastic like resin. The idea is you paint it on and when it dries it acts like a plastic coating over the wood to prevent any water getting absorbed into the particle board. So about a hundred coats later the sealer had finally dried to touch. I placed the panels back into the trunk to ensure a proper fit, that nothing had moved on me, lucky enough for me it didnt. So witrh that done there was only one thing left to do, CARPET THIS PIECE!! I wanted the best for my trunk, so i didnt go with Italian leather, or Egyptian Cotton, or even Peru Suade it needed to be more special than all of these put together so i purchased the finest Home Depot carpet $8.57 could by, i'm talkin top of the line here. I rolled out the carpet and traced out where i would need to cut. Then the 3M adhesive was applied to both surfaces. After that i cut all the excess carpet from the edges and corners. Then using a staple gun i rolled the edges over and stapled the back side of the panel. This whole carpeting process took about a 1/2 an hour to do. So with all the panels carpeted it was time for the millionth test fitting, its important to do this to make sure that the added width of the carpet on the panels edges doesnt throw of the panel fitting. Lucky enough for me it provied a perfect snug fit in the trunk of the car. I took out the back seat to get access to the back of the speaker panel, i then put in six 90 degree angled brackets to support the panel and hold it tightly to prevet the wood from vibrating, which can get very annoying, very fast. It was also behind my backseat that i mounted the 800 Watt Sony Xplod amplifier. The back seat was reinstalled after my dad tuned the amp to make sure i got the best bass possible out my setup, i tell ya isnt this guy great? (sorry ladies hes taken, but i on the other hand..... whoops sorry getting off topic again) We powered this bad boy up and after much anticipation and excitement.....nothing happened..Just kidding but i had you goin there didnt i. To finish up the whole project i cut out a Bull insignia and carpeted it (my last names bull, and it kinda goes with the Bull Racing theme, so now it rests between the two lightning audio subs, this same symbol is found through-out my car, trunk calipers, dash, and soon to be on my T/A spoiler. The whole setup ran beautifully, and you can really feel the bass, it will make loose item in my trunk move around, now its down to the local beach to try to make some ground move. The best part of this install is being able to not have to worry about things falling through my trunk, now i have to worry about them falling into my speakers! Oh well cant win em all right? Not bad for a cheap kid with no plan....