Goose Gear Stealth Rear Seat Delete - my review

[broncorik]

Whoo hoo...if anyone with the Goose Gear 2-door setup is also trying to maximize space and if you have a Smittybilt 2781, a Safe-jack with extensions and a baseplate, and a 30 foot recovery strap, I found a great solution to keep everything tidy. For the baseplate, I ended up putting it upright on its side on the passenger side against the vertical GG panel. I secured it with a nylon tension strap (no rattles). With that, I was able to coil up my recovery strap and set it on the floor up against it. On the driver side, I found that if I set the Smittybilt with the head of the compressor towards the tunnel, that with a couple of rubber feet from Home Depot placed over the Smittybilt feet (only the two towards the driver seat) it tilted the compressor towards the vertical GG panel enough to get my seat back even farther than I need it to go. Then, to secure the compressor from moving or rattling, I used a block of wood with a notch cut out, screwed to the vertical panel, and then I used stick on velcro (only the felt part for cushion) over the notch and the screw heads. In the channel I cut at the base of the block I snaked a velcro strap through (the kind that holds a bike pump onto a bike frame). Some pics of how it all ended up (and the notch in the seat lines up with the compressor head and no contact). My air hoses fit in the rear jack cubby, and my Safe jack and all the bits fit in the forward cubby.

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[Roll Sound]

Yeah, I get a ton of gear packed in there. And it's out of sight too.

 

[Jubear]

I would like to say thank you to Broncorik for this entire post. Deleting my rear seats has been my plan from the very first moment I reserved my Bronco. I have been looking at doing it all myself as others have done on Bronc6g. Your post and videos have been a great help for me and others on how to do the rear seat delete. I will be ordering my kit from GG in the next couple of weeks as I still have a little time to wait for my bronco to be built (5/23/22 build week). Again thank you very much for the post and all the information.

 

[broncorik]

I would like to say thank you to Broncorik for this entire post. Deleting my rear seats has been my plan from the very first moment I reserved my Bronco. I have been looking at doing it all myself as others have done on Bronc6g. Your post and videos have been a great help for me and others on how to do the rear seat delete. I will be ordering my kit from GG in the next couple of weeks as I still have a little time to wait for my bronco to be built (5/23/22 build week). Again thank you very much for the post and all the information.

You are most welcome! And when you install it let me know if you have any questions. I think the GG kits are typically about 8 weeks out, so maybe your kit and your Bronco will land close to one another.

 

[badsquatch420]

What did you guys do about check the rear restraint system notification?

 

[WuNgUn]

What did you guys do about check the rear restraint system notification?

I heard it can be disabled with Forscan... Has to be a better solution than what GG suggests

 

[Roll Sound]

What did you guys do about check the rear restraint system notification?

I tucked my actual seatbelt recievers under the GG deck, electrically connected, so that is helpful for two reasons. One, no warning message. Two, seats can be reinstalled later easily if desired. There is a cavity there large enough for them. Rik had the good idea to Velcro them in place so they won't rattle under there.

 

[broncorik]

What Roll Sound said...take the receptacles off the rear seat bases, remove the springs and hinges so only the receptacles are left, plug them back in, then velcro them right behind the wire loom into the indentations in the floor (full description earlier in this thread). I have FORScan and although I suspect I maybe able to disable that way, I would not want to mess with the safety system (especially if the mother ship decides to push an over the-air update that overrides anyone's FORScan wizardry).

 

[TheShark]

Got the Goose Gear rear seat delete kit installed. Nice piece of kit. No problems with the install, thanks broncorik for working with GG and ironing out all the early issues. I also bought a Drymat Cargo Liner from Amazon and cut it to fit.

Installed the magnets for the rear hatch. Bought the same magnets you used broncorik, went about installing them slightly different. Went to Lowes and bought some 1/4-20 x 7/16 T-Nuts and 1/4-20 X 1/2 black machine screws. I removed the existing T-Nuts from the bottom of the platform, I enlarged the holes in the platform with a 11/32" bit. Then I pressed the magnets in using a large vise grip. Then I took the T-Nuts and pressed them into the bottom of the panel and put the screws in to finish. The magnets work great, makes you wonder why GG couldn't think of something like this or as you said why they just didn't use something similar to the access panel.

Really makes the back of the 2dr much more useable.

 

[broncorik]

Got the Goose Gear rear seat delete kit installed. Nice piece of kit. No problems with the install, thanks broncorik for working with GG and ironing out all the early issues. I also bought a Drymat Cargo Liner from Amazon and cut it to fit.

Installed the magnets for the rear hatch. Bought the same magnets you used broncorik, went about installing them slightly different. Went to Lowes and bought some 1/4-20 x 7/16 T-Nuts and 1/4-20 X 1/2 black machine screws. I removed the existing T-Nuts from the bottom of the platform, I enlarged the holes in the platform with a 11/32" bit. Then I pressed the magnets in using a large vise grip. Then I took the T-Nuts and pressed them into the bottom of the panel and put the screws in to finish. The magnets work great, makes you wonder why GG couldn't think of something like this or as you said why they just didn't use something similar to the access panel.

Really makes the back of the 2dr much more useable.

It looks great! Pressing in the magnets was a good move...did you have to use something soft between the magnet and the vise grip? Magnets in general are fairly brittle. I cut out some circles in a piece of black Gorilla tape and stuck them over the t-nuts so they wouldn't bang against the magnet surface or scrape them up (even though the magnets were pretty flush) to avoid any potential chipping). The usable space makes the 2 door feel like a different vehicle!

 

[TheShark]

It looks great! Pressing in the magnets was a good move...did you have to use something soft between the magnet and the vise grip? Magnets in general are fairly brittle. I cut out some circles in a piece of black Gorilla tape and stuck them over the t-nuts so they wouldn't bang against the magnet surface or scrape them up (even though the magnets were pretty flush) to avoid any potential chipping). The usable space makes the 2 door feel like a different vehicle!

I put a rag between the vise grip and the magnet. I like the idea of the tape circles, I might need to fabricate some. It really does make the 2dr feel like a different vehicle.

 

[Kludge]

Does anyone know the actual shipping time from order? I know they quote 8 weeks but I was curious if that was accurate or if they're ahead/behind of schedule lately.

 

[broncorik]

Does anyone know the actual shipping time from order? I know they quote 8 weeks but I was curious if that was accurate or if they're ahead/behind of schedule lately.

It took about 10 for me but I suspect things may have improved?

 

[Kludge]

It took about 10 for me but I suspect things may have improved?

Thanks for the reply. Did they deliver to your door or did you have to pick it up at the local FedEx hub? I didn't read the fine print until after I ordered and thought it was a little odd.

 

[broncorik]

Thanks for the reply. Did they deliver to your door or did you have to pick it up at the local FedEx hub? I didn't read the fine print until after I ordered and thought it was a little odd.

They delivered it to my work address...I wanted to make sure I knew it arrived!

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