Need help with rear solid cover when seats are down

[tigger19687]

I have been thinking about this since I got the car.
I ALWAYS keep the back seats down, makes it look bigger I guess, or maybe because I don't have seat covers back there.
Someone here had put a plank of wood and that was good. But I am thinking of something lighter in weight and no splinters.

2 days ago I lucked out and got a ton of free heavy tiles form CL to hopefully use when I find a house to buy. I only took them because no one else wanted them. Too bad they are nice.

BUT, they are really heavy and I put a 47 in a box then noticed when I got home that the far corner of that box was not on the frame of the backseat. So it was pushed in a little. It didn't rip or anything but I want to put something back there so it doesn't. I have a heavy fabric Winter type curtain covering the back now.

I am looking for something that is strong like plywood, can be shaped and won't give me splinters.

If I can't come up with anything I guess I already have a solution.

Thin plywood, cut to fit, covered with fabric, hinge where the seat will fold back up for seating.....

I have a bad habit of getting things from CL and love taking the 'i' for smaller things. I haev the truck for Big things
Here are the tiles in the car.

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[kiev]

How about foam-core poster board, or corrigated plastic such as used for signs by politicians. i got a big 4 x 8' sheet after the last election. It's fairly stout and can be hot-glued in layers to make it stronger too.

 

[PV1]

Yep, I'm waiting for the day I finally succeed in ripping a hole in the back of the seats.

Do they make sheets of hard plastic similar to plywood?

 

[wmcbrine]

Do they make sheets of hard plastic similar to plywood?

Sure do:

http://www.homedepot.com/b/Building-Materials-Glass-Plastic-Sheets/N-5yc1vZbrdg

 

[Aerowhatt]

Thin plywood, cut to fit, covered with fabric, hinge where the seat will fold back up for seating.....

I did this for mine since I work out of the car and haul lots of things. Many of which must be slid in and out. I used 3/8 plywood and hinged it at the back seat base so it can just fold over itself and the seats can be flipped up for passengers in just a few seconds. I covered the entire thing with a single piece of indoor outdoor carpet over the hinges and all so as to not have edges to catch on large items being slid into the car. On the bottom I put caster cups on the four corners upside down (screwed on) to space it up a bit so that it protects the cars trim pieces at the bottom of the rear hatch. With the carpet glued to the plywood and wrapped around the edges of the plywood glued and stapled. there are no exposed splinter areas. It's super easy to take in and out, but it's is always in as I'm finding. It doesn't significantly effect using the "trunk with the rear seat up so no need to remove it.

It's a very good solution which is not in ones way no matter what you need to do. I had all the parts and pieces lying around so got rid of some "junk" and had no out of pocket cost to make it . Now if I could just find a better way to store my spare tire :?

Aerowhatt

 

[bennelson]

Just as another option...
Another good material to work with for a compact car "bedliner" is in the paneling department of your big box home-improvement store.

Cheap paneling is light but sturdy, and really can't splinter. It's more of a "press-board".

You should be able to get melamine paneling very inexpensively. It's 1/8" thick, with a smooth white surface on the one side. (Like a dry-erase board. Easy to cut with a jigsaw and durable.