Re: Factory Trunk Finish

Posted by 53 Cavalier On 2023/6/2 0:41:36

DavidPackard;

THANK YOU for the in depth explanation!!

I pulled out the stinky gold carpet tonight and was pleased to find the trunk pan is very solid, just a bit of corrosion in the corners under the tail lights.

From what I see in my trunk I would agree with your assessment.

My trunk floor and wheel tubs have no undercoating, only the seams are sealed. Lots of undercoating on the quarter panels, but little to none on the wheel tubs.

Most of the "ropes" are still present and intact in my trunk. I would tend to agree that they are not structural as they are quite soft. They would certainly keep things from falling in the crack and maybe they helped with sound as well. I too think there were installed last as they do not appear to have any adhesive on them.

I was able to gather up some flocking and while its hard to account for how dirty it might be, I think the colours are as you describe. I saved a little bag of it.

I don't have the "tar paper" under pad, but what I did find was two grey vinyl type die cut trunk pads that I can only imagine are factory. They are a little stiff, and they had glued the carpet to them in a couple of places, but I'm going to try to clean them up. I might laminate them to something to keep them from breaking up.

I don't have anything that covers the hump and not sure what would have been there originally, maybe another piece of vinyl.... The hump is not coated and has little paint on it. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet.

I think the flocking could be goat hair so I've got my clippers charged and now that it's dark out I'm going to go visit one of the local farms and give some goats a hair cut! LOL

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