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Here is my modest effort. Basically just an "L" made out of .200" ABS. I found a vacuum forming company local to me and scored a 4'x4' sheet for $10.
The "foot" on the bottom is clamped down by a piece of 3" aluminum strip that I had kicking around from another project. The strip has 2 holes in it that go over top of the two center seat bottom mounting studs. Once the seat is bolted down it's not going anywhere.
I haven't fixed the top of the rack yet but plan on just using a couple of screws. They'll go into the back wall stiffening rib, that way there'll be no holes to the outside world.
The other thing I did to get the rack to sit tight against the back wall was to flatten out the cover/insulation material. Interior pieces like this are heat molded into 3D shapes to make them more rigid and to clear items located behind them. So what I did was to soak it with water and hit it with a steam iron. It's not prefectly flat but good enough.
Here is my modest effort. Basically just an "L" made out of .200" ABS. I found a vacuum forming company local to me and scored a 4'x4' sheet for $10.
The "foot" on the bottom is clamped down by a piece of 3" aluminum strip that I had kicking around from another project. The strip has 2 holes in it that go over top of the two center seat bottom mounting studs. Once the seat is bolted down it's not going anywhere.
I haven't fixed the top of the rack yet but plan on just using a couple of screws. They'll go into the back wall stiffening rib, that way there'll be no holes to the outside world.
The other thing I did to get the rack to sit tight against the back wall was to flatten out the cover/insulation material. Interior pieces like this are heat molded into 3D shapes to make them more rigid and to clear items located behind them. So what I did was to soak it with water and hit it with a steam iron. It's not prefectly flat but good enough.
Good info on how these rear wall covers are made! I was contemplating on how to get the large box smoother down without cutting it out. I may still have to cut an “X” through it across the corners, flatten it and then sew the seams together to get it to lay as flat as possible.
04-12-2019, 04:52 PM
