How To Order Your Hatchbag Boot Liner
- By Hatchbag Team
- 21 Mar 2025
When purchasing your Hatchbag boot liner, we ask precise and tailored questions during the ordering process, to ensure that your boot liner fits perfectly to your specific vehicle. In this blog, I’m going to be taking you step by step through all of the questions we ask, provide tips and tricks when ordering and what to look out for in your specific vehicle. At Hatchbag, we want your ordering process to be simple and efficient. Keep reading to ensure you are ordering the correct boot liner for your vehicle.
Step 1. Choosing Your Vehicle
The first step in ordering a Hatchbag boot liner is choosing the correct make, model and year of your vehicle. This can be done by clicking the find my vehicle button, which will list all of the vehicles we offer tailor-made boot liners for. It is also important to look out for the specifics of your vehicle, such as whether it is an estate or hatchback, as this will determine the shape of your boot liner.
Another key thing to pay attention to is whether your vehicle is a special edition or a modification of the original model released. A way to check that the boot liner will be compatible with your specific model is by checking the Product Guide box, located in an orange outlined box underneath where you order. This will help in making sure the boot liner will fit your specific vehicle.
Step 2. Choosing The Colour
This step is where you can get creative. Match your boot liner to the exterior colour of your car, or go for a fun contrast that livens up the vehicle’s interior. Here at Hatchbag, we offer a range of colours for your boot liner. So feel free to have fun when ordering your boot liner.
Step 3. Select Your Boot Liner
The Hatchbag boot liner comes in three different variations. The standard boot liner, the rear plus boot liner and the rear plus with split boot liner.
Our standard boot liner will protect the base, sides and the rear seat backs. Ordering a standard boot liner means that your seats cannot be folded together. You will not be able to recline your back row seats with this option.
If you wish to fold all the second row of seats in your vehicle to accommodate a longer load, choose a rear plus boot liner. For the rear plus option, the front panel of the boot liner is manufactured with two seams, where the back of the rear seats meets the sides of the vehicle. The seams open and close using a hook and loop fastener.
If you wish to fold your second row of seats in your vehicle individually or altogether to accommodate a longer load, choose a rear plus with seat split boot liner. The rear split front panel is manufactured with two seams in the boot liner where the back of the rear seats meet the sides of the vehicle. It will also be manufactured with additional seams to match the seat split configuration. Just like the rear plus option, the seams open and close with a hook and loop fastener.
Additionally, you can add a boot liner extension, which gives you extend coverage from the boot through to the rear passenger area. The boot liner extensions are only compatible with rear plus and rear plus with split boot liners.
Step 4. Rear-Seat Configuration
Asking for the rear-seat configuration of your vehicle is important when it comes to the manufacturing of your boot liner. We need to know where your headrests sit on your rear seats, so we can sew on the headrest straps. These headrest straps make sure that your liner stays in place in your car, in conjunction with Velcro and hook and loop fasteners.
Step 5. Extras
This is where you can personalise your boot liner to your everyday needs. It’s important to think during this step: what do I mainly use my car for? We offer a range of extras and I will guided you through their purpose and who would benefit from them.
D-rings (also called anchor points) are metal fastener rings shaped like the letter D, used for attaching something to your boot, for example a dog guard. This tailored extra which allows access to these, could be useful for dog owners or anyone who wants to secure something in their boot.
A Bumper Flap is a rectangular piece of fibre reinforced PVC, which hangs over the bumper of the car. This attaches by Velcro to the base of the boot and helps to protect the area from heavy or sharp objects and claw marks from your pets.
The Rear Seat Flap protects the second-row of seats, the headrests and the top of the rear seats. This extra not only extends the coverage of the boot liner, but can also protect your headrests from drooling dogs and other types of damage.
The Tailgate Cover attaches by hook and loop fastener and protects the inside of your car boot door. This helps to protect this area from heavy and sharp objects and also pets who like to look out of the back door window.
Step 6. Model Year Identification
In this step, you are confirming that you have read the documents and understood you a purchasing the correct boot liner for your correct make, model and year of car. If you are still unsure after checking the document in the product guides box titled ‘Year Identification’, call or email us and we will be happy to help with any questions that you have. We want you to feel confident that you have ordered the right boot liner, so double checking with us first is a good way to go.
Step 7. Floor Of Your Boot
At this point, taking a look at the floor of your boot and directly comparing it with the Vehicle Identification document in the Product Guides box, will help you distinguish which floor your boot has. Your floor could be raised, lowered, or not have a variable floor at all, so checking this is very important. When you choose the correct floor, you are guaranteed a perfect and seamless fit, so checking this and asking for help if you are confused, is very important.
Step 8. Accessories
This step is where our Hatchbag mats come in to play. We offer 3 different mats, all of which fit the dimensions of your specific boot, perfectly.
Firstly, we have the rubber mat. This mat is water-resistant and designed to sit over the base of the Hatchbag boot liner. The rubber mat is the suggested choice for heavy use. The top surface is a Penny/Stud design that reduces slip but allows objects to move across the surface without “snagging”. The underside is textured to eliminate any slip between the boot liner and the mat.
Next, we have the Hatchbed mat. The Hatchbed mat is designed and tailored to fit inside the boot liner of your vehicle and has a unique non-slip ribbed rubber backing. It is washing machine and tumble drier suitable. The Hatchbed mat is recommended by Vets and Pet Care Professionals, and gives your pet the ultimate comfort.
Finally, we have the odour mat. Hatchbag has developed a quilted blanket style mat which contains activated carbon to absorb and eliminate bad odours. Tailored to fit inside a Hatchbag boot liner, the odour control pet mat has a special finish to repel hair and dirt.
I have taken you through, step by step, how to order your Hatchbag boot liner. It is so important to look through the documents in the Product Guides box when purchasing your liner, as you want to make sure you are making the correct purchase. The Hatchbag boot liner is so customisable and figuring out the exact specifications or your boot is needed to ensure a perfect fit. If you have any questions when ordering, or need a little bit of extra guidance, feel free to give us a call and we will be happy to help.