Parcel Shelf Ropes
Moderator: RichardW
Parcel Shelf Ropes
Is there any way of fixing the parcel shelf so the cords fully retract? Or a clever way of getting them out of the way??
I'm sure that this is a common problem for us ZX drivers, because when i see others the cords are either dangling out of the boot or the shelf has been taken out.
I know that this isn't really a huge problem but its a real pain [:(!].
I'm sure that this is a common problem for us ZX drivers, because when i see others the cords are either dangling out of the boot or the shelf has been taken out.
I know that this isn't really a huge problem but its a real pain [:(!].
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Just go to a market, or shop with sewing materials... get a length of circular cross-section cotton covered elastic (medium or thick)... pull off the end-plugs on the shelf, through which the cords run and thence inside the tunnel in the edge of the shelf wherein they are joined onto two lengths of elastic, each anchored to the opposite side... work out the optimum length for the replacement pieces, and then replace the hopelessly feeble elastic Citroen had used... now the cords will retract perfectly every time.
Its always nice to know I am not the only one with elastic spinning in the wind when im driving down the A11! I, until a week ago used to close the boot just enough to get my hands in and pull the cords so they were tight. and then close it so you cant see them but as mentioned as soon as you open the boot again they go wrong again. I got a parcel shelf on eBay for 5.00 and fitted that. Now they work fine.