So I got sick of the bulky plastic bottom, and its tray, along with the light colored carpet showing every little bit of dirt. I took it out, made a dew measurements, and made myself a custom insert. I think the sub sounds much better reflecting off of it, a few more inches of clearance in that back area as in parts the piece is decently thick, and lost 15 lbs overall for weight freaks. Easy mod if anyone else is interested. I'll get some pics up in the next few days when I'm back on my feet.
the pics will be up, emergency back surgery the weekend after it was done jammed up my schedule a little bit, I havent been behind the wheel of the hemi in over 10 days.
The sub still needs to be relocated now that I have the extra clearance I wanted(The old plastic bottom went all the way up to the highest line you can see along that bottom ledge) Once done the wires and stuff will be hidden.
I'm trying to come up with a way to be able to carry my spare in the cargo area (since it won't fit underneath anymore) and keep my 2 12's. I'm kind of thinking removing the floor like you did, putting the tire in there, and then building some kind of floor over it with a hinged door so I can still retrieve the spare, and build some kind of box that takes up as little room as possible for my subs, and then mount the amp somewhere.
I'm trying to come up with a way to be able to carry my spare in the cargo area (since it won't fit underneath anymore) and keep my 2 12's. I'm kind of thinking removing the floor like you did, putting the tire in there, and then building some kind of floor over it with a hinged door so I can still retrieve the spare, and build some kind of box that takes up as little room as possible for my subs, and then mount the amp somewhere.
Yeah, thats one of the reasons I did this, I was curious about mounting my spare to the rear side of the cargo area like the old cherokees used to have. It wouldnt be much to pop that side panel out and make some sort of mount on it, I already had all that molding out when I did the dynamat anyways. I wanted to open up my exhaust options as with the towing package I already have the bumper opening for an srt8 style twin tip.
Seems like a great idea! I've been wanting subs but I use the back for delivering trees as I work at a nursery. Only other option I've considered is buidling a rack to mount to the interior roof but that would be one hell of a project.
Call me crazy...but why would you want to put the spare into the rear cargo area? Keep it out of the elements? I just want as much space in the rear cargo area so I like the idea of removing the tray...cause it seems like that floor takes up more area than I think...
Its actually perfectly flat, even more than the slight slope the trays create upfront in the plastic bottom insert. You get the most space upfront right behind the seatback where I needed it to move that sub around
Where did you put your jack? are you just not going to carry one around? Mine is in a little compartment behind the passenger side rear seat..
I like this idea too. I carry bikes around back there and sometimes they hit the roof when you put them too close to the gate.. A few inches lower would be perfect
Where did you put your jack? are you just not going to carry one around? Mine is in a little compartment behind the passenger side rear seat..
I like this idea too. I carry bikes around back there and sometimes they hit the roof when you put them too close to the gate.. A few inches lower would be perfect
The floor is held in by its shape, its a perfect fit so has no where to go, it just lays there. The jack I relocated to one of the nooks below the rear seat, and the hardware for it below the front passenger seat
You pop off the rear interior skid pad thing, there's 2 bolts below it sticking up with nuts on them, take off the nuts, lift, and the whole thing slides out.
So I just went an removed by floor, and I liked the results. It is all back together now.... but I whipped up a couple quick sketches with paint to show what I want to do. Don't make fun of my crappy paint drawings lol.
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