How do you secure items in your trunk?
 

Greetings,

I'd like some suggestions on how folks secure items in the front trunk of their 911. I'm talking about tools, extra quarts of oil, air compressor, etc. I've been thinking about something like a small milk crate that is strapped to one side with bungie cords, but would like to see what others are doing. Pictures are welcome.

Thanks.

secure luggage compartment
 

I use two old Laptop computer cases. One for tools and safety gear the other one for cleaning supplies and polish
spare oil is stuck between spare tire and battery housing.

Securing items in trunk...........
 

I use a bungee cord to secure the spare tire inflator to the passenger side of the firewall. I have a front strut brace on the car so I use a telephone lineman's tool bag for small tools and buckle it to the strut brace. The factory tool kit usually rides behind the lineman's tool bag and ahead of the firewall. The only other things that I have in the trunk are a couple of old towels neatly folded and lying on the trunk floor. Down between the spare tire and the front bumper is a wheel chock and a quart of oil. Everything is neat and secure.

I use a small plastic tool box located in the rear of the trunk. If I have installed my front strut bar, the box is held in place by the strut bar. When running without strut bar (as in attached photo), the box is strapped to one of the supports holding the rear luggage compartment cover. To prevent any slipping during hard braking, I place a rubber matt below the box. Of course the tool box has to be color coded :p.

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Two ways for me-
I have a metal tool box that fits perfectly behind my Stable Energies strut brace. Perfect height to clear the hood. Even though it weighs enough with tools in it to not jump up, I've padded the top with a high density foam.
I also have a thin Haliburton briefcase that can hold tools and misc spare parts. Thin enough to sit on top of the spare and slide down to the nose and still clear the hood. Then a soft duffle with Nomex and rain gear in it fits between the Haliburton and the front of the strut brace.

But that's for those rare occasions I don't trailer to an event.

After removing my AC condenser fan and installing a slightly smaller than stock Optima, I have plenty of room down there for my cheapo air compressor and several bottles of oil. My car didn't come with a tool kit, so I'm thinking about making a tool pouch that will fit down there as well.

Put a couple of strips of Velcro "hooks" on the bottom of said item and place it anywhere. Works well with the felt. Ken

I use a quilted cargo blanket from Harbor Freight Tools, and compartmentalize my tools and spares among separate cloth zippered bags. The blanket is the perfect size to be folded in half, and give me padding on the bottom and on the top so that I dont leave scratches in the underside of my hood. www.griotsgarage.com has a nice tool bag too.

We have a trunk?

Same here.

check this out:

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The downside is you have to weld the metal loops on to hold the straps.

You definitely win.

Isn't there a bracket in the front of the trunk to hold the jack?

RWebb,

You get the prize for the most sanitary trunk I have ever seen!

another option

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/296062-how-i-pack-trunk-track-day.html

No kidding! Can we meet there for dinner some time? We can eat off of that!

I've always wondered, for those who have a strut brace, if they could secure / hang / fit a basket / bucket / net between the strut brace and the ventilation fans? It looks like a perfect place to put small things. Or would that interfere with the ventilation works?

not mine

but you are cordially invited for dinner -- you bring dinner

PO had a custom bag sewed up. Its really a great idea. I should make and market these. Its essentially a nylon pouch with flap

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secured to trunk by means of velcro that adheres perfectly to the factory trunk carpet.

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It holds all my bits/pieces/relays/fuses/oil/crap/whatever in one place securely but pops out to follow me around if I need to dig through it to get to whatever.

well now I feel much better about having navy blue bags made to go with my navy blue interior. Not kiddin' neither.

I don't use it any more, because I have a fuel cell and nothing else in the trunk, but I used to use a Toyota RAV4 net cargo bag, which fastened perfectly to the two hood struts and stretched across the trunk between them.

RWebb,
Asking again... interested...

Don't you have a bracket in the front of the trunk for the jack?

Why mount it there? Or is that a second/spare jack?

Thanks.

Good bag / net ideas. I wonder if my Subaru net would fit in the front trunk of a 911...?

Not pics of my car.

I would never use the Bilstein single post ("cripple-maker") jack. I use and carry an Al scissors jack from a 924 or 944. I need to figure out a way to make the top work better or fit the lift points.

I also carry a piece of plywood to put the jack on so it won't sink into the roadside. I plan to stick a tripod screw sized nut in there so I can make a little picnic table with the tripod I carry. Someday...

My car is a '73 and has no brackets for jacks or tools that I know of. I just wrap stuff in cloths and jam it in somewhere on the Pass. side (to partyl offset the wt. of the battery).

Jacking up your car with any emergency jack is like sticking a body part into a pair of closing elevator doors to make them open up - it's partly a leap of faith, and partly an act of desperation.

check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-CAR-JACK-SET-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ270222068943QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item2 70222068943

I have a cheap but effective way to go. I bought a canvas "messenger bag" which has all sorts of pockets - two of which are perfect for holding quarts of oil, and others which are perfect for tools, a can of fix-a-flat, a tire pressure gauge, belts and hoses, a spare DME relay, a socket set, an allen wrench set, my jack pad, an old sweatshirt, a bunch of surgical gloves, etc. There is even room for a bottle of quick detailer and a couple microfiber cloths.

Then I sewed strips of velcro onto the back of the bag, which was easy even though I've never sewn anything before in my life. The velcro sticks to the trunk carpeting plenty hard enough to keep the bag from slewing around inside. No matter how had I drive, it never seems to budge an inch, even thought eh bag is quite heavy. Oh, and I also sewed a Porsche crest patch onto the front flap, to, you know... show my pride.

The bag stays put, holds everything I need, and looks tidy. It also has a shoulder strap, so if I need to I can grab it out of the car and carry it around with me, which is helpful if it's not my car that breaks down, but someone else's.

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