Blanking The Boot Lock

[djr81]

Has anyone out there had the boot lock removed & the hole blanked in their 2 door R32?

If so what method do you recommed for filling the hole, eg weld in a plate etc...

[GTRsean]

weld in plate, then use a filler to smooth out.

The less filler you use the better.

Basically you should have something behind hole to support the filler etc.

[adam-__-]

What happens when your boot release cable breaks

[Gazee]

What happens when your boot release cable breaks

the back seats go down in 32's i think so as long as he can fit through its all good

in a 33 your in a bit of trouble lol

[adam-__-]

The rear seats don't go down on my car, but then it's a four door so it could be different.

[Beer Baron]

the back seats in 32s do not fold down. to get into the boot from the cabin you have to remove the rear seat, then unbolt the rear firewall, then try and reach in there/crawl in there.

[jrocket]

Hmm I has this problem once where the key didnt seem to work after i had the car panelbeated. This was with my R33. The cable release worked ok tho. I saw this little lever in the boot near the lock were the cable is attached and thought that maybe this has soemthing to do with it. So yeah flicked that level to the other position and closed the boot.

The dam key still didn't work. Tried the cable release and now that didn't work

Well i learned what the lever did anyways.

Had to remove the whole back seat then the cover panel behind the seat to see into the boot. A nearby broom handle was the weapon of choice and i managed to flick the lever in the boot back into its oither position and get the boot open.

Anyways. I wouldn't want to just have cable only on the boot cos it might just break or something one day.

I am going to try and connect up a central locking solenoid to open the boot. Then i will have key/cable/solenoid.

[Gazee]

the back seats in 32s do not fold down. to get into the boot from the cabin you have to remove the rear seat, then unbolt the rear firewall, then try and reach in there/crawl in there.

wow that sux

i thaught they did... suppose i'm wrong lol

[skybarge]

yeah basically pull the bottom half of the seat up then remove the 2x 10mm bolts that hold the top half on

would be a mission to get through the firewall hole, doable though, even use a stick, you only need to hit the bootlock

I've shaved mine off, what you could do, is put in a high stop light with lockable screws(or star screws with a screwdriver that only you have)

then if the cable does brake, remove the high stop light, put your finger down and flick the lock

I'd just be worried taht someone might do that to mine if i did it,

ScreamingSkyline on this forum has done it on his, looks very nice