corradoMR2
Active Member
If you're not fond of the flat cargo net smack in the middle of our Stingers' cargo floor, it's time to get one of these vertical cargo nets. It's an easy installation and well worth your time!
I've installed a similar one in my past Audi A4 and it worked well. I've had experience in using similar vertical OEM nets in Lexus for many years and I would not use any other system to date.
Here's why:
- Easier top-down placement of loose items, delicate items, and grocery bags
- Holds items well, without compressing them such as groceries (bread, ripe tomatoes, etc), wrapped gifts (bows, gift bag, etc).
- Unlike cargo boxes which take up a rigid amount of space and have to be unfolded to make room for bulky items, this cargo net can stretch out of the way or be unhooked quickly taking the space of a small rag.
- Cheap price ($12 on Amazon / USA version) and relatively easy installation (below)!
Time needed: 20-30 mins
DIY skill: Low
Items you'll need:
- Drill
- 1/8" metal drill bit
- Philips screw driver bit
- Ruler
- Chalk
- Optional longer screws (1 3/4") (shown below)
- Black permanent marker
- Hair dryer (or heat source)
1. Mark, with the chalk, the hole you will drill per the diagram below.
2. Drill the hole with the 1/8" bit. Keep the drill steady with light to moderate pressure. You will notice once you puncture the felt cargo liner, there is about 1 cm of space until you hit the metal frame.
3. Dry test with the screw and the plastic round hook to ensure you feel the hole in the metal frame and the hook/screw line up nicely and hook is just flush or slightly below the rubber seal above it.
4. Heat the rear of the plastic hook to increase glue tack.
5. Peel backing, insert screw in the hook and place on the cargo liner into hole drilled. Drill the screw with the Philips drill bit on low torque. Use the marker to blacken the screw head. NOTE: If you use the supplied shorter screws, you will need to compress the felt cargo liner to the point it touches the metal frame behind it (about 1 cm air gap). I didn't want the felt to look dented in, hence the longer screws.
6. Mount the net's loops onto the plastic hooks. My net did not have bottom loops so I simply hooked the lower netting itself onto the bottom Stinger's metal hooks. You're done!
Versatility with grocery bins...
I've installed a similar one in my past Audi A4 and it worked well. I've had experience in using similar vertical OEM nets in Lexus for many years and I would not use any other system to date.
Here's why:
- Easier top-down placement of loose items, delicate items, and grocery bags
- Holds items well, without compressing them such as groceries (bread, ripe tomatoes, etc), wrapped gifts (bows, gift bag, etc).
- Unlike cargo boxes which take up a rigid amount of space and have to be unfolded to make room for bulky items, this cargo net can stretch out of the way or be unhooked quickly taking the space of a small rag.
- Cheap price ($12 on Amazon / USA version) and relatively easy installation (below)!
Time needed: 20-30 mins
DIY skill: Low
Items you'll need:
- Drill
- 1/8" metal drill bit
- Philips screw driver bit
- Ruler
- Chalk
- Optional longer screws (1 3/4") (shown below)
- Black permanent marker
- Hair dryer (or heat source)
1. Mark, with the chalk, the hole you will drill per the diagram below.
2. Drill the hole with the 1/8" bit. Keep the drill steady with light to moderate pressure. You will notice once you puncture the felt cargo liner, there is about 1 cm of space until you hit the metal frame.
3. Dry test with the screw and the plastic round hook to ensure you feel the hole in the metal frame and the hook/screw line up nicely and hook is just flush or slightly below the rubber seal above it.
4. Heat the rear of the plastic hook to increase glue tack.
5. Peel backing, insert screw in the hook and place on the cargo liner into hole drilled. Drill the screw with the Philips drill bit on low torque. Use the marker to blacken the screw head. NOTE: If you use the supplied shorter screws, you will need to compress the felt cargo liner to the point it touches the metal frame behind it (about 1 cm air gap). I didn't want the felt to look dented in, hence the longer screws.
6. Mount the net's loops onto the plastic hooks. My net did not have bottom loops so I simply hooked the lower netting itself onto the bottom Stinger's metal hooks. You're done!
Versatility with grocery bins...
