Thanks I appreciate the reply. As I donāt (clearly) have a Bronco itās impossible for me to fully understand, Iām visual. Anyway, good info thanks.
I will post pics as I build the platform...it will need to support about 400 pounds distributed across about 53x49 inches. The Bronco 2 door is pretty flat when the seats are out but there is a space that slopes downward towards the front seats. I need all the length I can get for dog space so the flat platform extends the usable overall room to work with. I need to have a separate hinged section so I can get to the jack and to the cubby.
4-door?No room with seats (even folded) for these guys
Excellent use of the word 'Huckleberry'.
Yes remove those flat head plastic plugs...just the two at the front (one is on the side in front) and you can then pull the cover back enough to get the torx bolt out. I used a pair of diagonals but squeezed just enough to grab the plastic shaft without cutting through it.Solid gold, man! Thanks!
That bolt is a major pain to get to, any suggestions?
I thought of that and even had a 4-door JK but I like the appearance of the 2 door more...I have a twistep for the hitch and load my hounds like cattle in from the back. Easier than through a side door and plenty of room with the seat out.
Would love to see how this went when you have a chance; any lessons learned, cool ideas or tricks, pics of how the dogs fit now...
All done! Lesson 1...you need to take the seatbelt pieces off the seats that the wires go to so the warning light doesn't stay on the dash (and send messages to your Ford App). Some folks will recommend resistors or diodes or paperclips in the plugs on the harness side, but it takes like 10 minutes to just remove the seat belts receivers and just reconnect the harness and to lay the parts under the platform. Lesson 2...1/2 birch is nicer than plywood or particle board and it comes in a 5x5 sheet (less waste). Lesson 3: Christmas wrapping paper makes a great template...if you get the right kind it has grids on the back. Lesson 4: I made my platform in two pieces so I could add a piano type hinge to have the rear 1/3 or so fold up to access my jack/rear cubby. Lesson 5: Overstock sells yoga mats in 6x5 and that makes a great topper for the platform. Lesson 6: I used 3/4 x 1.5 inch rectangle aluminum stock with holes drilled in them so I could address the studs sticking out of the floor...so the platform blots to the top of those channels, and those channels are bolted to the floor using the original bolts and studs.
It's a thing where you just fold the seats down and make a platform with a little 2" inch step to go over the folded seats. I'm planing one that has a sliding tailgate section. I might be complexifying the whole thing, or it will be just what.
I needed the extra space all the way up to the base of the front seats...by using that, I get about 52 inches or so overall length, which made the 2 door Bronco longer inside than my LJ.
