False boot floor wanted please.

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Alex Baker

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Hi all.
Does anyone have a false boot floor for sale please ?.
The wooden part that fits over the spare wheel when its laying flat to create a flat floor.

Failing the availability of one, could someone be so kind as to send me a pic or two with the measurements so I can fabricate my own please ?.

Many thanks.
Alex
 
Good luck with floor. I made a tight wood frame to fit my boot with a removable board to act as cover. Lined with black carpet and raised in part to match section if wheel. ( wide tyre as v8 ) perhaps I ought to post a pic too.
 
My home made boot floor. Currently stuffed full under lid with tyre on boot lid but as you look at raised portion in floor lid , it aloes true to be stowed underneath once most of my rubbish (tow rope ,trolley jack, gas cooker etc) is removed.
 

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Pics loaded ok - great job! My one is less elaborate and is not hinged etc you just lift it up and out if needed. Plus as it stands my SD1 15 inch alloys with 205 tyres mean my alloy spare is too big to allow it to position flat as it should. It came out a TC which was scrapped. So for me unless I can mount my wheel on the boot the floor panel is not as practical as it could be. I have been trying it out and used it for the NEC trip. The spare keeps the floor 2 inches higher than should be on one side. It’s handy putting stuff next to wheel under floor then loading stuff across the floor. Especially using boxes. But I found if I need anything from lower part under the floor I have to remove everything on the floor, loft floor up or out boot get what I need then refit! Not ideal. I might stick to having the spare either upright in the boot as normal or see if a Vitesse alloy 15 inch will mount on the boot!
Could always go to a custom ‘half floor’ next to the upright spare. I guess either way access to stuff below floor always requires items above it being removed 1st.

You set up certainly provides a neat tidy boot appearance when closed and modern suit cases go in better with the floor I guess.
 
Have you considered getting a continental kit for boot lid? I use mine al the time, slight restriction rear view with huge tyre on boot but massive space saver . You can always make a better floor liner too. When I had tyre under boot liner floor I used inner wheel space for stowage as well as around it. You can for example have section of floor lift so giving access to more areas rather than fully unloading boot for access.
 
I have the kit yes factory fitted on mine - never used! I am gonna give it a go but. It sure my 15 inch vitesse alloy with 205 tyre will fit on plus standard cover can’t see that stretching over it lol!
Yes agree could use split floor system - I think original Rover floor was a sort of consortia one that folded up had about 6 sections that sort of rolled out and covered over the lower boot. Sure I saw one on a car at a meet. This allowed left or right sections to be lifted up to gain access without need to remove whole thing. Snazzy!

Will see when I get time! Job list still too long lol!

Dave
 
To fit a vitesse wheel on to the boot lid you'll probably have to make a custom mounting cup, as well as a larger cover.
 
Rostyle cup might work but they are really rare...Both Rostyle and Vitesse are centred on the hole in the middle, issue will be how high up it sits as standard Rostyle is 5.5 wide rim and Vitesse is 6 and a 205 on either will be a bit bulgie. Then there is the question of whether the fixing wheel has enough thread on the shaft...might need to modify clamping plate too
 
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