Cutting out rear deck

[mjf595]

I was just curious, aside from the sticky about 6x9s if anyone has done any modification to their rear deck?

yes, i understand to a point it can effect structural integrity, but not exactly at the top of my priorities list.

[mjf595]

any opinions?

[kcwa]

Originally Posted by mjf595

I was just curious, aside from the sticky about 6x9s if anyone has done any modification to their rear deck?

yes, i understand to a point it can effect structural integrity, but not exactly at the top of my priorities list.

Can you share a little more information...like the year/model of your car and the modifications to the rear deck you are curious about?

[mjf595]

Originally Posted by kcwa

Can you share a little more information...like the year/model of your car and the modifications to the rear deck you are curious about?

woops, should have included

1989 4af 4 door

well its ideally to get more ventilation from the trunk, as I'm an audio guy, and even though in the future I will be reconing my 12"s to 15"s and since I'm not too interesting in making it a full wall behind the B pillars; using the whole trunk is my best bet.

Basically as it stands with the way the trunk is, where its 34/36" inches (cant remember which) on the inside entrance into the trunk, as opposed to the top @ just shy of 30" it makes it rather hard to squeeze into the space.

I'm simply looking for ideas regarding structure of the car, and what this would effect.

[rant]heres the thing, I'm not too concerned about you opinion of audio and how absurd you may find it to be. I'm sure I'll get comments about why would I ever do this simply for audio, as I'm 100% I'd say the same about alot of the work you guys do to your cars as well. However, if i knew how to do something, I'd be more than willing to give you all the suggestions i could, no matter how wrong it's application may be. [/rant]

[SuperRA]

The previous owner of my GTS cut a hole in the middle of the rear deck to put in some speaker that was eventually removed before I bought it. I have now repaired the cutout in the cardboard/felt cover back to stock and all looks fine on the outside, but the metal still has a big gaping hole in it. =\ Oh well.

[Rookie_One]

simple : DO NOT TOUCH THE FRACKING FRAME!

believe me, one centimeter can mean the difference between death and life

[mjf595]

Originally Posted by SuperRA

The previous owner of my GTS cut a hole in the middle of the rear deck to put in some speaker that was eventually removed before I bought it. I have now repaired the cutout in the cardboard/felt cover back to stock and all looks fine on the outside, but the metal still has a big gaping hole in it. =\ Oh well.

Well the general idea, albeit serving the same general purpose, will not have a speaker in the metal. This is just to add a few inches of width and height in order to allow for about 2-3 cubic feet of airspace to be added.

Originally Posted by Rookie_One

simple : DO NOT TOUCH THE FRACKING FRAME!

believe me, one centimeter can mean the difference between death and life

I'm aware, I've seen more than my share of crashes growing up with family being in emergency services.

However, not the answer I was looking for.

[Flashmn]

believe me, one centimeter can mean the difference between death and life

Most automotive tolerances are 3mm-1cm.. so 1 cm wouldnt actually mean that much and with majority of AE92's already infested with rust, that 1cm doesnt really seem that bad after all.

[freakinbox]

yeah shit the hole in my trunk I fiberglassed up for the winter was HUGE! right on the rear driver side suspension tower and my car hasn't killed me yet and I actually push it.

Now I want to make sure I have this straight. Your telling them not to cut holes in the metal under the rear deck?

[eage8]

cutting up that area isn't really all that bad.. it's like taking off the strut tower bar on a GT-S

I would say go for it, especially if you're going to replace it with MDF or something else that is decently strong.

[mjf595]

Originally Posted by eage8

cutting up that area isn't really all that bad.. it's like taking off the strut tower bar on a GT-S

I would say go for it, especially if you're going to replace it with MDF or something else that is decently strong.

well the idea, would be to put a box in that fit in exactly between the towers, and then secured to the body at the towers and floor

just trying to find if anyone else has done it, and maybe some pics

[Flashmn]

yeah shit the hole in my trunk I fiberglassed up for the winter was HUGE! right on the rear driver side suspension tower and my car hasn't killed me yet and I actually push it.

Wait a minute there, you FIBERGLASSED a rust hole?!

[freakinbox]

ahahaha yeah for now... what could I do. I don't have a welder nor the money to get one atm. I want to get one this summer and go on a frenzy of repairing the holes. There's only a couple bad ones. The rest of the car is still fine. Could have been worse... I could have used BONDO!!! ROFL

The game plan is to get a welder and a battery powered cutter and go to the wreckers and cut a couple of pieces I need out of a car that those sections are good. From there I would like to buy new rocker pannel covers. The frame under them... at least used to be good haven't seen it in awhile. Last time I looked under the side skirts the thin metal that is on the outside was in bad shape.. Then coat alot of it with POR15

[REN69]

For the money you're going to spend on rust repairs, tools and supplies, you could just buy my car.

Best way to fix rusty cars... replace them with a non-rusty car.

[mjf595]

now the question is, take one of the ae92 hatches, which effectively has the same body, except where it enters the trunk, in which case there is not rear deck. Since this doesnt seem to have any ill effect, why would removing the rear deck just not make it have the same issues as the hatch?