Space saver wheel compartment

[sinbrad]

Just a quick one guys, can anyone tell me if there is any sort of wooden cover which slots over the space saver wheel compartment? I ask because I just have a boot
carpet and a bit of spongy material covering mine and if I place anything sort of heavy into the boot the carpet dips in the middle?

cheets

[v6 steve]

there isnt one that you can buy but it wouldnt be to hard to cut one out of ply

[sinbrad]

That's the sort of thing I was thinking about but wondered if anything was actually fitted there in the first place, seems not? Strange there wasn't something more rigid to stop the dip or is that just due to time?

[Fraz]

there us usually a space saver wheel in there ...thats what stops it, do you not have one or is it upside down or something??

[sinbrad]

The space saver wheel is there but the dip that's been created is the shape of the wheel! I've tried padding it up in the past with boot carpets from another cali in
the scrappie but you can still see the outline of the wheel/compartment. Just want to get it looking better that's all

[v6 steve]

im sure that on the back of my carpet there is a board that should keep some shape

[adzv64x4]

personally i just get a bit of mdf n acoustic carpet
Cut the mdf slightly shorter n carpet normal size pad the underneath then bobs ya uncle n fanni's ya aunt

[Mark1]

Or you could do what I did.

[tazz666]

the very early calibras1990-91 did have a hardboard cover but GM,decided that there wasnt any need for it and stopped making them for it,so unfortunatley you will never be able to get them from Vauxhall as they were obsolete from mid 1991, you will just have to build one or try and source one from another GM model