Crunky

Ok, I know this probably sounds stupid to most of you, but has anyone ever bedlined their hatch area? I am in the process of rebuilding my interior(slowly),and the only area I want to bedline is the hatch area that is covered by the hatch carpet. I am thinking that I will buy a nice hatch carpet to replace my ratty one, and the carpet will be in the car the majority of the time so that you can't see the bedlining. But if I ever need to throw crap in the back, like when I go grocery shoping, or to Home-Depot, ect.. I can just take the carpet out, and now I have a non-skid coating that I won't worry about scratching.
Or maybe I can turn it into a 944 El Camino, like that 928
Thoughts?

porcho heat

Cut a piece of plywood to fit in the back

Lay it in there any time you want to cart stuff around

Mamooguy

Can a bed-liner for a pickup be cut to size? That could also be a viable solution. It would also have the benefit of being light.

Mighty Shilling

here's what I'm doing... I'm gonna be using a rubberized undercoating for my interior... on my 924S...

it's a track car... and I'm only doing it for prettyness purposes.

Crunky

I had thought about that too, would make great sound deadening. But I have never used it, how hard does it set up? I don't want it to get scratched up.
I have seen Line-X brand truck coating in a newer maroon F150, that matched the maroon color pretty well, I was thinking something like that wouldn't be too bad in my car.

Crunky

If someone were to start making ones molded to the rear hatch of the 944, I'd be the first to buy one. But that does give me an idea, there are thick rubber bed mats for trucks, maybe I can cut up a rubber cargo mat to toss under the carpet, and work on some type of cargo hold down system.

Epic2112

Not very hard at all.

yoyoguy2

i've heard of a number of jeeps doing this to the back, the herculiner brand is supposedly pretty easy to apply yourself, then you don't have to go to a truck shop and explain yourself in person :-P

UncleMaz

You can buy Duplicolor or Hurculiner bed liner in any auto parts store. You roll it on (they also sell rattle cans). You just need to clean and scuff the surface. Works great in my Jeep. Someday, when my Jeep needs a new paint job, I am going to roll the whole thing in bedliner.

hpservertech

Just dont go over the spot where the fuel level sender is.....never know if you will have to replace that some day.

One of the rubber truck mats, cut to size/shape though might be a better bet for you. Removable also if you sell the car and buy a different Pcar.

UncleMaz

Bedliner is also a great sound deadener and very flame and chemical resistant.

Crunky

Yah, I was thinking Duplicolor at first, as it is cheaper than most else, and both Herculiner and Duplicolor are available to me at work with discount. I have rolled Duplicolor on the inside of a Bronco, pretty easy stuff to use. I think I may try the duplicolor at first, if I don't like the black, I will paint over it, or go another layer of maroon Line-X or another brand that has maroon.

xsboost90

thats gonna be a friggin mess- try cleaning undercoating sometime. Truck spray in bed liner is much harder and easier to clean up. Personally, i would put the carpet in or spray it black or something.

dmjames

Check out the Weathertech cargo mat here. They're $100, but they fit perfectly, yet are attractive enough to leave in all the time. I bought one about a year ago, and you can barely tell it's not brand new, even after hauling a pile of parts, dirty rims, tools, and using it to move twice. Seriously, save yourself the headache and get something that fits right out of the box. Trying to trim stuff like this to fit is just a pain in the ***.

RMills944

Spray bedliner sucks if you get it dirty. It's impossible to get the mud out of the little crevices in the texture it has and also it's heavier than paint. You must also consider that it is durable, but if the area gets lots of traffic or scraped by boards and stuff, the liner will come off.

I don't care what the manufacturer says, it will come off. My brother lined his whole interior in his toyota when he got it about 6 years ago. There's none left on the floorboards, and the edges of the bed in back are mostly peeled/scraped off. If you do go this route, go with the one with the smallest amount of gritty-ness to it.