How to install the cargo net for a 2007 Mazda 3, 4 door sedan
Tools needed:
5/16 or 8mm drill bit
flat head screw driver
1: Remove the existing clips in the “trunk end trim” plastic interior piece:
these are where the t-anchors will be going.
2: Remove the rubber trim around the trunk end trim. Remove the trunk end trim plastic piece completely:
be careful not to bust the plastic clips which hold this piece down – be easy with it and take your time. This piece needs to be pulled upward not outward.
3: Now time to use the drill bit and drill the existing holes bigger in the top holes (metal)
4: The same thing needs to be done on the bottom holes however this is only plastic (part of the carpeting).
5: Insert the rubber grommet which came with the flat end t-anchors into the bottom holes in the plastic (carpet).
6: Reinstall the trunk end trim piece back on the vehicle. Now screw the top t-anchors in threw the plastic and into the metal (do not strip them). Also you may need to slightly drill the plastic hole to be a little bigger.
7: Now screw the bottom t-anchors into the bottom rubber grommet which you installed into the carpeting. These will take a little bit of turning to tighten. The idea here is for the rubber to flex and expand behind the carpeting causing it to be harder to pull out.
8: This is what it should look like – now just put the rubber trim back on and put the cargo net in.
Tools needed:
5/16 or 8mm drill bit
flat head screw driver
1: Remove the existing clips in the “trunk end trim” plastic interior piece:
these are where the t-anchors will be going.
2: Remove the rubber trim around the trunk end trim. Remove the trunk end trim plastic piece completely:
be careful not to bust the plastic clips which hold this piece down – be easy with it and take your time. This piece needs to be pulled upward not outward.
3: Now time to use the drill bit and drill the existing holes bigger in the top holes (metal)
4: The same thing needs to be done on the bottom holes however this is only plastic (part of the carpeting).
5: Insert the rubber grommet which came with the flat end t-anchors into the bottom holes in the plastic (carpet).
6: Reinstall the trunk end trim piece back on the vehicle. Now screw the top t-anchors in threw the plastic and into the metal (do not strip them). Also you may need to slightly drill the plastic hole to be a little bigger.
7: Now screw the bottom t-anchors into the bottom rubber grommet which you installed into the carpeting. These will take a little bit of turning to tighten. The idea here is for the rubber to flex and expand behind the carpeting causing it to be harder to pull out.
8: This is what it should look like – now just put the rubber trim back on and put the cargo net in.