Securing Items in the Trunk? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Face_Plant · 12-22-2018, 04:41 PM

Does anyone have any clever methods for tying down items in the trunk so they don't roll around? I have a box that I keep roadside emergency things in (fuses, oil, fire extinguisher, etc) and I can hear it doing cartwheels in the trunk while driving around. My previous vehicle had hooks in the trunk so I could just wrap a bungee cord around the box and be done, but not this car...

fatoni · 12-22-2018, 04:42 PM

Velcro

stevesnj · 12-22-2018, 05:21 PM

https://www.amazon.com/Envelope-Styl.../dp/B01N7VSB5E

Ultramaroon · 12-22-2018, 07:01 PM

I've had these for years. They work reasonably well but if I got to do over, I'd go with something like these.

That base web would be a game changer for milk crates and such.

Face_Plant · 12-22-2018, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by fatoni

Velcro

The box is a bit too heavy for Velcro.

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Originally Posted by stevesnj

https://www.amazon.com/Envelope-Styl.../dp/B01N7VSB5E

That might work.

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I've had these for years. They work reasonably well but if I got to do over, I'd go with something like these.

That base web would be a game changer for milk crates and such.

I considered those, but Santa might be bringing me a WeatherTech trunk liner so they wouldn't have any carpet to stick to.

Sapphireho · 12-22-2018, 08:59 PM

I just put my wife back there and tell her to hang on to the box. Still hear a clunk once in a while.

Grady · 12-22-2018, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Face_Plant

The box is a bit too heavy for Velcro.

You are buying the wrong Velcro.

Sapphireho · 12-22-2018, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Grady

You are buying the wrong Velcro.

+1 for this. I have one of those organizers my AAA agent gave me with lots of Velcro strips on the bottom. I can put a lot of stuff in it and it stays put.

Now with a rubber liner....

Ultramaroon · 12-22-2018, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Still hear a clunk once in a while.

That's just your frozen heart.

Impureclient · 12-22-2018, 09:25 PM

What about a extendable bar thingamabob like this:https://www.homedepot.com/p/Cargo-Bo...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

Ultramaroon · 12-22-2018, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Face_Plant

The box is a bit too heavy for Velcro. That might work. I considered those, but Santa might be bringing me a WeatherTech trunk liner so they wouldn't have any carpet to stick to.

Line the trunk liner with pile tape.

extrashaky · 12-22-2018, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Impureclient

What about a extendable bar thingamabob like this:https://www.homedepot.com/p/Cargo-Bo...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

I would expect damage of some sort from that.

For groceries, I just make sure everything is in environmentally unfriendly plastic bags. Then I drape the handles of the bags over the edge of the trunk and close the trunk lid on them. They don't go anywhere.

For other stuff, I use my boots as stops the way Ultramaroon uses those things he linked above. I have the OEM Subaru trunk liner, and my boot soles are usually pretty good about staying put as long as I don't get too far sideways.

Ultramaroon · 12-22-2018, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by extrashaky

I drape the handles of the bags over the edge of the trunk and close the trunk lid on them. They don't go anywhere.

Mostly I just lay my shit in between a couple wadded-up moving blankets.

humfrz · 12-22-2018, 10:08 PM

I have used something like this for several years. It's light, foldable (will fold flat), water proof and inexpensive.

humfrz

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