In this video I remove what remains of the back seat of my 2nd-gen Nissan Frontier Pro-4x and DIY-construct a storage solution using only scraps in my garage. It ain’t pretty, but hopefully will get the job done.
Frontier back seat delete (40 section):
https://youtu.be/G3Ht8s3YL1s
Intro: (0:00)
Why I’m deleting the back seat: (0:59)
Removing the rear seat from 2nd-gen Frontier: (1:46)
Looking at the space, talking about goals, and why I don’t like drawers (9:17)
Building out the backseat space: (11:28)
Walkthrough of the “finished” storage: (13:41)
Concluding thoughts: (18:10)
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How long does your jackery 1000 run your fridge for? What’s your charging protocol for that setup?
Do you have another power station in the camper?
It is functional and that is all that maters. I build weird stuff too from time to time. Thanks for the video! George.
“Always pays to be a hoarder” my favorite line! Practical and functional. Love it
You got a good laugh out of my wife when you said you were deleting your seats. She said "why do they call it a delete, it's just taking them out". 🙂
I like how you said it doesn't look 'overlandy' enough. It's a shelf. (:
Can't say I blame you about the heat of the bugs. Looking forward to your videos getting out and about.
Gift idea for Donald – ratchet wrenches
Don’t worry about not having overland videos. I enjoy all of your content. My son and I enjoyed meeting you at expo
2010 Subaru Forester guy here, been watching your vids since idk maybe 2019? You inspired me to do a lot. Lol I just made a video about my thought process in builds and its really similar. Its funny we are both making vids on kind of the same things. I just took everything out except the drivers seat, including the trim. I made a pull out couch bed. It has so much room its like a minivan now. Im still in the middle of the rest of the build but you can see the couch-bed and a decent idea of all the room now in the 2nd to last video I made if youre interested.
Like your build and the rationale for the things you've done.
Not to be a critic, rather just curious — seems like you could have built something similar that fit around the seat so that it could remain in the truck and be usable in times of need, perhaps with the seat base up? Idk, really. I'm guessing what you've crafted will be plenty robust, and will sit lower than anything that you might have been able to do with the seat in place.
One suggestion would be a cover, kind of like the privacy covers in the back of many hatchbacks — with valuables in sight you are a target for those who see a goldmine just need to break a window or punch out a lock. It can happen fast when you're least prepared for or expecting it.
Cheers!…from North Vancouver
Good build with available resources. What ever works for you !
Thx.
I wish I could make your event. Just bad timing. Going on a six day trip
Sept 9th. Going on a seven day trip Oct 28th.
One of my ex seat mounts is now my First Aid mount. Just open the doors. It's there.
I just screwed most of the seat mounting bolts back into the truck. My old Toyota actually has this completely flat, raised platform about 4" tall. With two removeable panels giving access to internal compartment space. Where the stock jack and tire changing tools reside. So Happy with this upgrade!!!
You only have X amount of space to use.
The factory torque on seat belt bolts is enormous. I had to remove those rear passenger seat belts. Those bolt holes make great anchoring mounts.
Nice work. That notch looks like a good place for a fire extinguisher. As my truck ages this idea gets more interesting.
My biggest concern was added cab noise. But I found a layer of factory insulation installed on the back cab wall. I watched several YouTube seat delete vids for my same year truck before attempting it. 4 bolts instead of 6, zero insulation on the back cab panel. Trucks that previously had the rear seat deleted and reinstalled.
I did a complete rear seat delete on my 04 Tundra Extended cab back in February. (The Nissan King Cab is like the Extended cab) . Finding this amazing, flat platform area under it. Nobody had sat in that back seat for years. My 50qt fridge and Jackery. Able to strap them down now just in case while offroading.
Six bolts. As easy to put back in as it was easy to take out!
Great timing. I did the 40% delete a while ago for my fridge. Now I'm getting ready to delete the other side. I'm going to build a platform for a dog bed, but if he's not with me it will open up extra storage space.
I like your summer content quite a bit actually, it's a nice change of pace. You could take the upholstery off and store just that to use if you ever need to reupholster your driver's seat. It reduces the cost and headache of finding matching material substantially.
Also, you could use that little cutout in the shelf to store a fire extinguisher maybe? Anyways, I always daydream about what I would do with my rig if I could take the back seats out so it was great to see what you did with yours.
It's perfect! I did my build the exact same way, picking up pieces of scrap lumber and seeing if it would fit. When you said "being a hoarder always pays off" I laughed out loud.