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How would you secure a toolbox in the trunk?

Old Feb 21, 2015 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by G37Xtreme
It seems that Velcro doesn't stick to the floor of the trunk. I have tried it on both the standard floor, and the floor-mat like pad in the trunk.

Velcro does however stick to the walls of the trunk pretty well. I am in the process of redesigning these straps and the location of the toolbox.
Hmm... is that on the trunk carpeting, or the trunk mat? Two different things.
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Old Feb 22, 2015 | 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Rochester
Hmm... is that on the trunk carpeting, or the trunk mat? Two different things.
Both. Velcro doesn't seem to like the trunk floor or the mat on top of the floor. It does however have a particularly strong affinity to the trunk walls.
I am re-engineering this now...damn, would have been real convenient if the mat played nice with Velcro.
I seem to recall the trunk floor worked better than the mat, but even if it was 100% better, 100% more of 0 is still 0.
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Originally Posted by G37Xtreme
Both. Velcro doesn't seem to like the trunk floor or the mat on top of the floor. It does however have a particularly strong affinity to the trunk walls.
I am re-engineering this now...damn, would have been real convenient if the mat played nice with Velcro.
I seem to recall the trunk floor worked better than the mat, but even if it was 100% better, 100% more of 0 is still 0.
OK then. What about this stuff? It's an alternative to Velco, developed for a particular intent, but I bet it would work good on the trunk carpet. One Meter roll for $15.

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Old Feb 22, 2015 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Rochester
I do that, too. Although my current torque wrench is some $30 amazon purchase from like 10 years ago.

All this talk has got me thinking about buying a really nice one.

What do you think of those digital wrenches? Or is that just a gimmick?
I'd stray away from digital gauge wrenches. Although they may be "easier" to use I've heard bad things about the digital board going out after awhile.

I have a set of 3 brand new torque wrenches from Snap-On that I received through my schooling along with torque angle gauges. I do prefer a torque wrench that allows you to adjust the torque via a dial on the side of the wrench.
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