I want to fabricate a custom cargo net and wonder if there is a supplier of raw netting material - no hems or mounts or borders. I don't want the crappy stamped fabric "tailgate net" sold in discount auto parts stores - I prefer sewed nylon webbing or similar.
Anyone?
Thanks.
John Davies TLCA 14732
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'96 Lexus LX450 '00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro Spokane WA USA
I looked everywhere for one. I didn't find one that I liked. I wanted something with a "corded" look rather than the airgate ones. I went to buy bungee cords instead at the local fleamarket, cheap, cheap. They had a 3' by
5' cargonet made out of bungee material for $6.00 CAD, I was extremely happy. It has 14 hooks on it and it's very versatile.
Maybe a fleamarket or something....worth a try. Better than $80
If you are looking for a tailgate replacement, why? Net tailgates don't do as advertised and improve aerodynamics or save fuel, in fact the airflow goes forward there. Tie some yarn on and see. As a motorcyclist I don't like the stuff that falls out of net tailgates
I have been using the net from my wife's Audi for a while. The problem with most of the OEM nets is that they are stretchy and too small. I want non-stretching material to form a barrier, not stretchy to fit over irregular objects. A wall rather than a blanket, in other words.
I want a custom shape, so I need the raw material, if I can locate it.
John Davies TLCA 14732
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'96 Lexus LX450 '00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro Spokane WA USA
No. it is not for a tailgate replacement. I want to restrain objects in my non-Jeep's cargo campartment - mostly lightweight stuff like sleeping bags and duffles full of clothes that I stack up to the ceiling against the back of my steel Milford cargo barrier..
I only mentioned a tailgate net because that is the only readily available non-stretchy net that I am aware of, that I might find locally. They are usually pretty crappy products.
So, what's the worst thing you have run over or nearly run over? I ran over a fresh dog carcase once.....
John Davies TLCA 14732
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'96 Lexus LX450 '00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro Spokane WA USA
Motorcycle shops sell small bungee nets. They are quite useful in my Jeepster too.
I jumped a dead deer one night, that will wake you up. A guy in front of me lost a kitchen stove but I was far enough back to avoid it, and i was almost hit by a 4x8 sheet of plywood on a city freeway. I am always noticing small stuff on the road, since my life depends on it. Shoes, tools, nails, firewood, clothing, auto parts, porcupines, produce. A lot of produce is hauled in open tubs in the Valley, garlic, oranges, lemons all smell great, but tomatoes and pomegranates are messy. A few weeks ago on 5 from Hanford into LA I saw busted watermelon about every 2 miles. I'd hate to follow that truck on a bike!
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