Greg Morris said:
Hi,
Picked up a cargo net from my Subaru dealer for my 2001 VDC wagon.
Instructions say I have to drill holes for upper attachment hooks.
Unfortunately, the plans don't match the physical layout of my car. I
suspect they are for the pre-2000 model.
Does anyone have the installation instructions for a 2000+ OBW? Don't want
to start drilling holes back there without knowing what I'm doing.
Thanks,
Greg
2001 Outback H6-3.0 VDC Wagon
Greg --
I installed a cargo net on my 2002 H6-3.0 VDC Outback Wagon shortly after I
bought it in the fall of 2001. The instructions for drilling the upper
T-Anchor holes read:
1. Locate the tail light access door and mark a point 1" back from the
rearmost edge, placing your mark along the horizontal crease as shown in
Figure 1. (Figure 1 shows the crease extending horizontally toward the hatch
from the bottom edge of the tail light access door.)
2. With a drill and 3/16" bit, drill a hole thru plastic panel and sheet
metal underneath. Make sure drill bit does not penetrate second sheet metal
layer.
3. With a drill and 1/2" bit, enlarge hole in plastic panel only.
4. Install large (self-tapping) T-Anchor assembly into 3/16" hole and hand
tighten. See View 'A', Figure 1. Repeat for other side. (View 'A' simply
shows the T-Anchor assembly being inserted through the 1/2" hole in the
plastic panel and screwed into the 3/16" hole in the underlying sheet metal
layer.)
These instructions for installing the lower T-Anchors in Outback models
read:
1. Using flat head screwdriver, remove lower cargo hook mounting screw cover
to access mounting screw as shown in Figure 2. (Figure 2 shows the hinged
cargo hook folded down with the plastic cover in the center of the hook
mounting assembly inset into the interior wall removed to reveal a
Phillips-head screw.)
2. Using Phillips screwdriver, remove screw and keep both the screw and
cover for future use if necessary.
3. Install small M6 T-Anchor (machine thread) assembly with spacer into
lower cargo hook weld nut hole and hand tighten. See View 'A', Figure 2.
Repeat for other side. (View 'A' simply shows the T-Anchor assembly being
screwed into the hole from which the Phillips-head screw was unscrewed.)
These instructions matched the physical lay-out of my 2002 VDC Outback.
Either you have different instructions or Subaru changed the lay-out when
the 2002 model was introduced.
Hope this helps.
Bruce
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