Parcel shelf....How's yours??

[Golf Loon]

Hey JP
Do you have to side mounted brackets?
That will influence how big your shelf can be.
I have seen onew with timber side brackets and plywood top which looked ok.
I`m selling one in the for sales if you want to see how it looks.

[DAR32]

I used to own a Citigolf in South Africa. it was an brand new original mk1 GTI with the 1.8l fuel injection engine. In South Africa they still make Mk1's today. This was about 10 years ago. I had a free air sub in the backboard with Mids and tweeters mounted in the rear doors, mids in the front doors tweeters mounted higher up. The backboard was on a Chipboard carpeted in boot matting and attached to the rear seat just like the original backboard. it worked better than the original as it did not rattle around and there were two sponge pieces attached to the boot that held it in place perfectly. The 16mm chip board was solid and had no vibrations at all. The only change in recent times to this shape was the bumpers and dashboard. The dash I had in my car (CTI) was the exact replica of the orginal GTI with the gauges down below.

Its really easy to make a backboard and the size is about 20mm longer than the measurement of the plastic moulded side panels that the board is supposed to rest on. (If that makes sense to you guys)

[revnit]

Hey guys a little off topic but its not to far off I've been though the parcel shelf debate i had a complete parcel shelfs setup in my car but i don't like the look of them and all the other issues that came along brittle plastic brackets missing mounts sagging center etc..etc.. so i went a different direction ive made custom parcel shelf setups before but decided to do it this way it doesn't suit everyone but i like the look alot better

[mikinoz]

build me the same and i will buy it from you it looks that good! top effort

[ICEDIST]

This is my custom parcel shelf and 6x9 Side-boxes (i want to trademark these !!) The boot is not complete in these images at this stage... To finish it off I built a new (slightly raised) floor so all the audio cables, and the spare wheel could be accessed. I have a removable Vibe subwoofer pre-fab enclosure, and a Vibe amplifier that is mounted on the right had side 6x9 box. All-in-all quite neat. Not over the top and all done in the oem carpet finish to make it blend in. The install is now complete, but I have been a bit lazy with the camera !

[GRN_VAGN]

i just made a quick one of these for a Mk1.

Had to get the plastic side pieces off a member here

I then cut a sheet of Plyboard to size, cut out holes for speakers.
I used a length of aluminum with holes cut in it and a few nuts and bolts to hold the shelf to the carpet "hinge".

The i chucked a rug over it all and bam. rear speakers on the cheap.

Though i will remake it later on with a thicker board, i can see mine breaking in a few months . or ill add a thick piece of wood as a brace. either way i have the whole lot there, so making a new one will be easy