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I was inspired by others that did the rear seat delete on their 2 door Broncos so I thought I would share my photos. The one thing I didn't see in other threads was the dimensions, so I posted a sketch of mine. As some earlier guys mentioned in their projects, this is sort of a cut/sand....test fit....cut a little more, sand a little more...test fit again sort of project. At least it was for me. But, it was fun and quite simple, just a little bit time consuming.
I will say - the rear seats come out easy -- but I didn't want to disassemble the seat belts from the seats! That looked like a pain in the ass, especially if you ever wanted to swap the seats back in again, you'd have to re-assemble them! So I bought two new rear seat belts from Tasca Ford - about $100 or so with shipping. That way, I plug them in, keep them tucked under the foam -- and I didn't have to mess with taking apart the buckles on my seats. If I ever swap them back in the truck, should be simple and quick.
I used 1/2" CD plywood. I normally use Oak or Birch veneer plywood on most of my projects, but since I was spraying the plywood with glue and putting down carpet, I really didn't see much point in buying hardwood veneer plywood. I still spent 20+ minutes sanding the plywood with 100 grit sandpaper on my DA sander...well, cause that's just the way I am, lol. I used a roll of the charcoal gray indoor/outdoor carpet from Home Depot, about $25. So with the 4x8 sheet of plywood, can of 3M 77 spray adhesive, and the roll of carpet, that's about $80 or so. I didn't put the bolts back on after I took the seats out. I used some thick foam around the posts (see photos) - and for the holes in the floor, I put a self-adhesive felt pad on those. Then I covered the area with foam workout mat to give the plywood a relatively smooth, even surface to lay on. So add the foam kneeling pad and exercise mat, and I guess my total cost was maybe $135.
I've done a lot of home improvement and building work so it wasn't difficult at all, just took some time. Definitely a worthwhile project, and fairly simple to boot.
I will say - the rear seats come out easy -- but I didn't want to disassemble the seat belts from the seats! That looked like a pain in the ass, especially if you ever wanted to swap the seats back in again, you'd have to re-assemble them! So I bought two new rear seat belts from Tasca Ford - about $100 or so with shipping. That way, I plug them in, keep them tucked under the foam -- and I didn't have to mess with taking apart the buckles on my seats. If I ever swap them back in the truck, should be simple and quick.
I used 1/2" CD plywood. I normally use Oak or Birch veneer plywood on most of my projects, but since I was spraying the plywood with glue and putting down carpet, I really didn't see much point in buying hardwood veneer plywood. I still spent 20+ minutes sanding the plywood with 100 grit sandpaper on my DA sander...well, cause that's just the way I am, lol. I used a roll of the charcoal gray indoor/outdoor carpet from Home Depot, about $25. So with the 4x8 sheet of plywood, can of 3M 77 spray adhesive, and the roll of carpet, that's about $80 or so. I didn't put the bolts back on after I took the seats out. I used some thick foam around the posts (see photos) - and for the holes in the floor, I put a self-adhesive felt pad on those. Then I covered the area with foam workout mat to give the plywood a relatively smooth, even surface to lay on. So add the foam kneeling pad and exercise mat, and I guess my total cost was maybe $135.
I've done a lot of home improvement and building work so it wasn't difficult at all, just took some time. Definitely a worthwhile project, and fairly simple to boot.
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