Tracing Shapes, Contours

Hi all, I've been lurking here for a while and have found this to be an excellent resource and a great place for learning. Anyway, I have a what is probably an obvoius newb question.

I have a 1999 Honda Civic coupe. I want to put an MDF floor in the trunk. My question is what is the best/easiest way to accurately trace the contours of my trunk, e.g around the shock towers etc, so I can transfer the shape to MDF.

Thanks.

i have a 200 4 door i did the same thing what  i did was cut out the carpet and traced it on to the mdf the only problem is the mdf will not fit in the trunk opening so what i did was use 3 pices of mdf one large center pice ans 2 small pices on the sides

use newspaper or any LARGE AS paper you can find and just trace around the edges and cut off the bit you dont need.. if you screw a bit up just stickytape a new piece of newspaper and retry that section

you can also use carpenters contours.  rubber coated spring steel that smoothly/accurately bends with contours and holds its shape fabulously.  they come in many lengths - I use a 36" unit that almost guaranteed lets me match the contour of one side of the trunk at a time.  Basically trace one side of the trunk with the contour and transfer it over.  measure across the back of the trunk and transfer that line, then trace the other side joining the two at the top.  then trace the front of the trunk if necessary....

with some practice it works pretty good  ;-)

bmoney

forgot all about those hamiltonaudio

i had one at school!! wonder where it has dissapeard to!

Also this is smaller but they make a contour tool that is about 6" long. It has little small pins in it and you press it up against your shape and it makes the exact curve. They come out the back side in the opposite shape so you can easily trace it onto paper or mdf w/e. 

heres the link   http://www.hobartwelders.com/mboard/attachment.php?attachmentid=13641&stc=1