DSCF3671 - rear seat center catch - before.jpg
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Rear seat center catch, before.

DSCF3672 - rear seat center catch - after.jpg
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Rear seat center catch, after.

DSCF3677 - box sides.jpg
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Sides coming together for the rear footwell storage box.

DSCF3679 - box sides and front.jpg
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Front structure added. 5.5 lbs at this stage.

DSCF3681 - box expanded steel perimeter.jpg
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Expanded steel added, along with a center front and top brace, to keep the expanded steel from foldi...

DSCF3682 - box front mount test fit.jpg
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Test fit.

DSCF3683 - box front mount test fit.jpg
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Test fit.

DSCF3684 - BedRug.jpg
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My universal, cut-to-fit BedRug arrived, so I dropped what I was doing and flattened it out to get i...

DSCF3685- BedRug side cutaway.jpg
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Side view of the BedRug material. Visually, it reminds me of Kaizen foam, but without the layers, w...

DSCF3686 - BedRug trimmed.jpg
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BedRug trimmed and test fit. Got it pretty close initially, but trimmed it a bit more around the sp...

DSCF3687 - BedRug too tall for tailgate threshold trim.jpg
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I'll need to make a custom sill plate of some sort for the tailgate, since the 1/2" BedRug sits...

DSCF3688 - BedRug final trim.jpg
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Final trimming done.

DSCF3689 - BedRug final trim.jpg
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Final trimming done. It's like a SUV crossed with a medium length bed pickup!

DSCF3690 - box rear structure complete.jpg
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Full structure, as installed in the previous pics. 17.8 lbs with the lower rear structure and front...

DSCF3691 - box rear structure complete.jpg
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Rear view of the completed structure.

DSCF3693 - box lid.jpg
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1/2" plywood lid installed, seems plenty strong to kneel or stand on. Front/center latch hangi...

DSCF3706 - tie-downs lock loop added.jpg
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D-ring tie-downs added at the rear corners, cable lock loop added at lower rear, notches cut in plyw...

DSCF3705 - tie-downs lock loop added.jpg
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Rear view of the tie-downs (raised) and plywood notches. The tie-downs came from a Toyota minivan. ...

DSCF3708 - cable lock loop.jpg
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Close-up of the cable lock loop, beefiest part of the build! I found it torched off and laying on t...

DSCF3695 - tailgate sill plate fitted.jpg
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Rather than build a new tailgate sill plate to cover up the thicker BedRug, I experimented on a scra...