Pulling the Rear seats from a 5th Gen 4Runner | Complete Rear Seat and Cargo Removal | Gutting Bruce
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มี.ค. 2022
- I'm about to hit the road in Bruce, my 2018 TRD Off-Road Premium 4Runner. I've decided to completely build-out the interior as a dedicated microcamper...this is the first stage. Here I show a DETAILED look at how to completely remove the rear sets and cargo bay carpeting/foam and rear hatch protector.
The "life saving" trim removal kit: amzn.to/3Nr8RYi
My incredibly handy cordless electric ratchet: amzn.to/3860otF
The briefly seen Bluetti EB70S 800W power bank: amzn.to/3wAi7DI
(This will play a MAJOR role in my future darkroom plans)
Music at the end of the video was graciously provided royalty-free by Alexander Nakarada and indicated (as always) in the end-credits but due to new TH-cam guidelines I've also included the license information below:
Greenlands by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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I have this one bookmarked for when I need to remove the back seats. It's the little details that make an easy job a head scratcher. Well done!!
Hey that's what I hope these video will help with; making it easier for the next person. It's difficult to decide what to include/not include for the sake of duration but I try to make any notes on issues I've ran into. I've actually got the entire rear of the 4Runner gutted and insulated and I've removed the child seat module on the driver's side. My drawers are in and hopefully this afternoon I'll have the massive piece of flooring in there. I'm making the templates to cut around the edges of the fender wells as we speak. All that to say I hope to have another huge video covering all this posted in the coming few days. Thanks a lot for the watch btw!
doing the exact same thing right now, I'm a mobile DJ and the extra room is going to be great for gear. I really enjoyed your video man!
Oh very cool man. Best of luck with it. Knock on wood everything I've built in here is still going strong.
Good work, Adam, on setting up your 4-Runner for living space. Thanks for letting us in on the process.
Thanks a lot, man. Hopefully will have the entire thing finished by the end of the week...of course I say that now....
Informative and fun to watch! Well done!
I’ve built out my 5th gen TRD ORP in a similar way. I have complete sound deadening treatment after eliminating my rear seats completely. Kinda necessary imo. I made life easy and sprung for the Goose Gear stealth sleep system, a Deepsleep Overland mattress (highly recommended, amazing), full custom window coverings (removable game changer), solar power system by Goal Zero, Dometic dual zone fridge/freezer on slide, a Television with WiFi, Molle panels and dual shelf system on back windows, cooling fans, accent lighting, shower system with awning room privacy and much more. I now have a fully functioning mini overlanding, go n live anywhere rig that I’ve lived in for 2 years now 100%. I’m comfortable, happy and my FREEDOM is priceless because I love to roam. In an instant I’m off to the next adventure and city/town to call home. I’m one of a select and special breed of person who sees great value in my life choice. I have all the comforts of home that one could want without the mortgage. I am misunderstood and judged by many until they actually see what I have going on here. They soon envy me to a large degree and realize that I’m not some homeless bum. But a free spirit, a snowboarding adventure lover who’s $80k Overland rig crushes their Honda Accord. Good job Adam and never stop LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE for pursuit of adventure n happiness my dude. Reach out if you have any questions.
Good for you, can't live to anyone elses expectations. Do you have pics of your set up anywhere? Was considering something similar to mine
Just got a 23’ to do very much the same thing as you bud. Nice to hear you’re loving it the way I hope to.
Exactly what I needed thanx for posting
Very helpful and thank you for sharing links to the tool kits! Cheers from Seattle!
I’m about to do this. Was worried it was going to be hard. Phew! Thanks for video (even if I’m 2 yrs behind 😆). I plan on hitting Death Valley (just called Ranger station yesterday but won’t be there till Fall) - have any advice?
Great video. Helped me out a lot.
Glad to hear it, Bob.
“You spent a lot of time inside Bruce” just sounded weird 😆
Since then I've been deep...deep...deep inside of Bruce. So damn deep.
Cool video! Any mpg changes after seat removal?
I'll try to be brief but I know I'll end up typing a bit.... In short, not really much of a change since I've added more weight after the removal. Each of the rear seats weigh about 50lbs so let's say I conservatively removed 100lbs of weight there, then maybe around another 20lbs for the other hardware and trim removed. I then added roughly 200lbs for the storage (empty) and sleeping platform, fridge, battery and DC-DC charger. So that amounts to roughly 100lbs of additional constant interior weight (empty) even with the seats removed. Then if you add on the weight up top that brings that total up even more. Getting down to brass tacks as of today I'm getting 16.6mpg on 285/70/17 tires and 87 octane gas. Prior to the build I was getting around 17.2mpg with the same tires/gas.
You have a video of how to reinstall them
I do actually. Just look and there should be a button for 'play in reverse.' Or if you can just scrub the play back slider to the left.
@@AdamWelch uh ok
Do you know where to find the user manual for that electric ratchet? Mine didn’t come with one.
Did a bit of googling and found an online version. acdelco-tools.com/download/ARW1209-user-manual.pdf
Do you notice better mpg without the weight of the seats?
Unfortunately, any weight reduction I obtained from all the seat and hardware removal was canceled out by the additional bulk of the rest of the build. Still, I hover around 17.2 MPG these days with full load. That includes water but not the extra fuel.
Have you ever had to use the rear locker? I don't mean for fun but in a situation where A-trac wasn't cutting it?
Quite a few times but two that I distinctly recall two occasions when I was rear locked in 4Lo: once in unexpected deep sand on Medano Pass Road in Colorado and once in refrozen snow on a FS road above Taos, New Mexico. Like I said, I know for sure there have been other times but those are the two that stick out in my memory to where I was literally stuck and then got out distinctly due to the locker. I actually don't use the A-Trac at all. No particular reason and I'm a fan, just find myself generally either in 2x4 or 4Lo with not much in between.
@@AdamWelch It sounds like you got out because of the locker not because A-trac didn't work since it was never tried.
That's literally what I just said, my friend.
@@AdamWelch Thanks for the clarification.
How tall are you?
6'4"
I'm 6'4" too, but a little girthier. Can't imagine living in a car. I'd get one of those tent pop-ups first. Seeing this video reminded me of this guy; th-cam.com/users/vehcor
Yeah I had considered that but for full-time nomads/homeless people they can become a bit limiting when needing to stay in cities. Plus I need all the storage I can get up top. I am, however, converting a popup ice fishing hut into my darkroom :)
Just means you're more in to camping, and not about that nomad life. Which is fine.
Nice!!!👍🏼 What is the headroom after removing everything?
Ace I'm certain I have the actual bare metal floor to head liner measurements SOMEWHERE but no idea where I might have put them. It would essentially be the same measurement from the very bottom of the floorboard behind the passenger seat minue perhaps a half inch. I can say that when I'm sitting in the bed with the mattress up against the back of the passenger seat the very top of my head barely touches the liner. I'm 6'4" and wear a 44 long jacket with 35" 1/4 slack.