People with Hatchbacks... WTF are these things?

TrickFlow

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I need to know if i can take these out, or if they serve a purpose. Thanks in advance.

 

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Paulywalnuts446

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maby a better pic and i could tell you

 

ram360

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having a hard time with the pic also..... Is that the floor of the trunk next to the wheel well?

 

Mustang5L5

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Do you have a sunroof??

May be the bolt for the tie down for the roof.

But it's a crappy picture. Got a wider angle?

 

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BlownInjected

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I think those are for the rear cargo cover.....

 

MrKwik

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Its where a cargo net attaches. There are little flastic T-hook things that screw down to those, and then there are 2 more attached near the rear on the side panels. Not all hatches have it. It was optional and I have only ever seen it on factory sunroof cars. Not sure why, because the sunroof cars have a strap in the hatch floor to hold the sunroof so it may just be a coincadence. Of all the hatch cars I have owned, my 92 LX sunroof car is the only one that has that, and the the net was still in the car when I bought it. I think that with most of the cars that had the net, you would probably find that the net is long gone.

 

Mustang5L5

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MrKwik said:

Its where a cargo net attaches. There are little flastic T-hook things that screw down to those, and then there are 2 more attached near the rear on the side panels. Not all hatches have it. It was optional and I have only ever seen it on factory sunroof cars. Not sure why, because the sunroof cars have a strap in the hatch floor to hold the sunroof so it may just be a coincadence. Of all the hatch cars I have owned, my 92 LX sunroof car is the only one that has that, and the the net was still in the car when I bought it. I think that with most of the cars that had the net, you would probably find that the net is long gone.

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My '88 with a sunroof doesn't have anything like that in it. I think the Cargo net only came on 91's and later. Not 100% sure.

In my hatch i have my sunroof hold down straps and that's all. I even still have the sunroof storage bag

 

TrickFlow

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Sorry i wasnt more specific... it is in the hatch, just forward and to either side of the wheelwell. directly behind the rear seatbacks. wider angled pics to follow...

 

Must-Be-A-Stang

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dude, I got a 88 hatch...but I dont have those LOL sorry

 

Stang8URMPRT

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Mustang5L5 said:

My '88 with a sunroof doesn't have anything like that in it. I think the Cargo net only came on 91's and later. Not 100% sure.

In my hatch i have my sunroof hold down straps and that's all. I even still have the sunroof storage bag

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I've got a cargo cover on my 90 LX 5.0.. Not a "net", but like a pull over cover.

 

stang22

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You place the carpet over the top of them and screw the T-screw things to them. It holds your carpet down and serves some other purpose that I can't think of. I just screwed mine back in because I put the battery in the trunk today and had to take them off to take the carpet out. They are pretty fresh in my mind.

Tim

 

Mustang5L5

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Stang8URMPRT said:

I've got a cargo cover on my 90 LX 5.0.. Not a "net", but like a pull over cover.

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Yeah, all mustangs have that cover...but some do come with a net at the rear of the hatch. That's what i think we are talking about here

 

Stang8URMPRT

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Gotcha.

 

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why would you take them out? if you do, you'll have a hole to see the ground through.

 

TrickFlow

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Scorcher2005 said:

why would you take them out? if you do, you'll have a hole to see the ground through.

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The reason i want to take them out is because im going to need all the flat space i can get.. im putting a small sub box, a nitrous bottle, and my battery back there. they are just taking up space, and when i redo the carpet back there, i dont want to have to cut holes if i dont have to as well... thanks for all the responses. im probably just going to cut them off flush with the floor and not just leave them as exposed holes.