davekro
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Because having a pass thru would be a very helpful feature to me, I will be back to this with my thinking cap when I have more time (hopefully w/o my sawsall ;)). But Giddyup15 had the great idea of starting a Mod thread on this when I mentioned my interest in it elsewhere. So here it ‘Tis. Let's put our thinking caps on and figure out how to do this so it is the most functionally easy to use.
There definitely IS space for a pass thru to the trunk. A 36" wide sheet would fit flat (would be a few inches wider but the manual trunk unlock is there). The height is 9". Measuring from the back of the trunk forward for an 8' long Home Depot item
, it would need to rest to the right of the gear shift lever and comes a few inches short of hitting the center stack. If at an angle from the drivers side of trunk, you might fit a few 2 x 8's! Sweet.
It will not be easy to modify to easily to 'tilt' the bottom of seat back up to allow trunk pass thru. The seat back mounts by two brackets that extend below the seat bottom to the floor. You would have to not only remove those, but cut away 3 inches or so of the plastic seat backing. :(
On top of that, the spring clip connections for the upper attachment are a bit of a pain to dislodge because the top edges of the seat hit the plastic caps that are next too it (you know behind your mythical Toneau Caps). Reinstalling those upper clips is a ROYAL PAIN.
Big picture idea for me w/o yet knowing the hardware and physical issue that might be encountered, would be to hinge the top of the back seat. Modify the bottom of the seat back so it could tilt forward and up. Obviously, we need to go all in and install a hydraulic strut to hold it up! ;) The good news is that the top of the bottom seat cushion is about at the trunk floor level, so that is a plus.
Also, the seat bottom is super easy to remove. Feel underneath the front middle of each back. Just to the right of the clips you'll feel, push in easily and the seat front release, lifts up and the seat bottom comes out.
I sure wish Ford had designed this in (easily), but they probably feel the trunk needed to be secured from the cabin. I guess designing a lock would have been too tough!
Below are some pics I shot while I was installing my CDC light bar. I did not have this thread in mind or I would have taken more appropriate pictures. But these give an idea for starters. Both the seat back and bottom cushions are super light. They are just foam and light plastic.
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In the first pic, the hole just below '04/' is where the seat back's bracket extends down below the seat bottom (≈ 4"-5" IIRC). the corresponding hole in the second picture is just below the seat belt clip.
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There definitely IS space for a pass thru to the trunk. A 36" wide sheet would fit flat (would be a few inches wider but the manual trunk unlock is there). The height is 9". Measuring from the back of the trunk forward for an 8' long Home Depot item
, it would need to rest to the right of the gear shift lever and comes a few inches short of hitting the center stack. If at an angle from the drivers side of trunk, you might fit a few 2 x 8's! Sweet.It will not be easy to modify to easily to 'tilt' the bottom of seat back up to allow trunk pass thru. The seat back mounts by two brackets that extend below the seat bottom to the floor. You would have to not only remove those, but cut away 3 inches or so of the plastic seat backing. :(
On top of that, the spring clip connections for the upper attachment are a bit of a pain to dislodge because the top edges of the seat hit the plastic caps that are next too it (you know behind your mythical Toneau Caps). Reinstalling those upper clips is a ROYAL PAIN.
Big picture idea for me w/o yet knowing the hardware and physical issue that might be encountered, would be to hinge the top of the back seat. Modify the bottom of the seat back so it could tilt forward and up. Obviously, we need to go all in and install a hydraulic strut to hold it up! ;) The good news is that the top of the bottom seat cushion is about at the trunk floor level, so that is a plus.
Also, the seat bottom is super easy to remove. Feel underneath the front middle of each back. Just to the right of the clips you'll feel, push in easily and the seat front release, lifts up and the seat bottom comes out.
I sure wish Ford had designed this in (easily), but they probably feel the trunk needed to be secured from the cabin. I guess designing a lock would have been too tough!
Below are some pics I shot while I was installing my CDC light bar.
I did not have this thread in mind or I would have taken more appropriate pictures. But these give an idea for starters. Both the seat back and bottom cushions are super light. They are just foam and light plastic..
In the first pic, the hole just below '04/' is where the seat back's bracket extends down below the seat bottom (≈ 4"-5" IIRC). the corresponding hole in the second picture is just below the seat belt clip.
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