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I’m curious is anyone has cut out the rear trunk well? For one, it looks horrible from the rear, it is basically useless ( other than holding my subwoofer) I want to clean up the looks of the rear. I am thinking cut it flush and close in the hole with aluminum or finerglass.
This isn't my photo but it was shared on a FB group I help moderate. The owner cut the tub to run a more straight, and IMO much better looking and modern, exhaust setup. Even the best of cuts will probably still be very rough so if you were to cut it you would probably want to cut it vertically to the tub and "seal" it up from the bottom Aesthetics inside I don't think would be of concern because you could just get a trunk cover that most vendors sell.
The HUGE advantage this would allow is depending on your cuts you could run a C6 Z06 3" exhaust, which is much better HP wise that virtually every C5-specific cat-back sold.
And yeah, you do have to ask yourself if you're willing to take the value hit. Most owners are going to want the tub intact not only to avoid questionable mods but also because as is indicated by the massive amount of vendor products nearly every C5 owner is running an "enhancer" plate on the tub. We have no end of topics on the forum of what's the best $50 piece of metal to affix to the tub.
It's easy to do. First cut out the bottom section, a Dremel works good. Lay out some wax paper on a flat surface and glass over it several layers at once enough to overlap the hole. When it's cured peel off the wax paper and trim to size using the cut off section as a template then glass the new flat panel into the car. Here's a photo,
It's easy to do. First cut out the bottom section, a Dremel works good. Lay out some wax paper on a flat surface and glass over it several layers at once enough to overlap the hole. When it's cured peel off the wax paper and trim to size using the cut off section as a template then glass the new flat panel into the car. Here's a photo,
A close up,
I have no opinion one way or the other but looking at the example shown here, I probably wouldn’t notice the difference. In my case, the center well is always covered and alway empty. So I guess, if I were to have a real need for that space under the car I wouldn’t have an objection to cutting it out, but looks alone wouldn’t motivate me in that direction.
The car looks so much better without it. Mine is a 2001 that I bought in 2002 and spent way to much money on to ever think about selling it now so I prefer to get rid of the weak areas. I will be adding L5 flares in a couple of months as well so I am not worried about collectability. My grand kids will get it....
The car looks so much better without it. Mine is a 2001 that I bought in 2002 and spent way to much money on to ever think about selling it now so I prefer to get rid of the weak areas. I will be adding L5 flares in a couple of months as well so I am not worried about collectability. My grand kids will get it....
IMO I would do it for the use of 3" C6 exhaust IF it really does add HP but retains a tame stock exhaust note. I'm afraid to do LT's and no cats with the ebay catback I have (Borla stinger style) because I don't want it too loud inside.
Whether people have an issue with it is all in how it was done...plan out every cut and how you will add a plate back in. The angled trunk area has ribs (much like a pickup truck bed) so simply adding a flat plate won't work too well.
The original Mallett modded C5's removed part of the well to accommodate the straight exhaust runs. I know the forum does not like links to non forum vendors so google "C5 Mallett exhaust", and you will find links to pics of the exhaust, and instructions for chopping the bottom of the well off.
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Remove rear trunk well?
