Rear Seat Permanent Removal for Overlanding

[beatnik_glory]

I am thinking of permanently removing the Rear Seats on my Gen 3 to be able to create a flat cargo deck. I would probably cut a piece of 3/4" Plywood for the deck and add some L-channel to be able to secure gear.

My rear seats are in the folded down position 99% of the time. but I would want this modification to be reversible.

Anyone have any advise and pics they could share?

Thanks.

Beatnik

 

[Malcolm99]

just remove the seat bottoms and head rests, then it folds flat and gives you the head room to sleep, 4 bolts and easy to reinstall, you could even install studs and tap the correct sized SAE wing nut for the metric thread making it a tooless removal, or weld half a washer to the existing bolt.

 

[phattyduck]

Anyone have any advise and pics they could share?

Thanks.

Beatnik

Use the 'advanced search' in the stickies at the top of the forum subsection (google search with site:https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/ as one of the terms) and search for sleeping platform builds. Plenty of options...

-Charlie

 

[weberlukas74]

I’d suggest using bolts instead of permanent welding or adhesive to make it reversible. This way, you can easily remove the plywood and L-channel when needed.

 

[ninethings]

Built this a few months ago for the same reason. ~$200 and a weekend

 

[Endlessblockades]

If only I had the place, time, materials, and wherewithal to do pretty much what you did. Looks real good.