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02-03-2013, 08:13 AM
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Well I got tired of having the whole xtra cab and only having the little wimpy shelf that wouldn't hold anything and always came loose so I made a little storage box in the same place. Its the same dimensions and it opens up a whole lot more space for tools, straps or anything else you want back there.
You gotta have a little bit of woodworking competency in order to get the profile of the transmission hump and the pointless hump in the rear wall of the cab but if you can hold a board in place and draw with a pencil on a stick your fine.
To get the front face board in place you have to make a little bracket out of some steel strap that will bend over the original shelf brackets so you can bolt the face board onto it.
the bracket is circled in red.
For the top door you have to profile the rear of the cab onto a board and cut out the shape then cut that off of the whole door piece so you can get a piano hinge or something in there. This lets it fold up without binding on the rear wall hump. I screwed the piano hinge onto the door and the profile strip and then ran a carriage bolt through the strip and into the far hole on the seat bracket, and another small screw into it from a little bracket in the middle.
I think it works great. You could also mount speakers in the front face if you got em.
Cost me 10 bucks for a piano hinge and some carriage bolts
You gotta have a little bit of woodworking competency in order to get the profile of the transmission hump and the pointless hump in the rear wall of the cab but if you can hold a board in place and draw with a pencil on a stick your fine.
To get the front face board in place you have to make a little bracket out of some steel strap that will bend over the original shelf brackets so you can bolt the face board onto it.
the bracket is circled in red.
For the top door you have to profile the rear of the cab onto a board and cut out the shape then cut that off of the whole door piece so you can get a piano hinge or something in there. This lets it fold up without binding on the rear wall hump. I screwed the piano hinge onto the door and the profile strip and then ran a carriage bolt through the strip and into the far hole on the seat bracket, and another small screw into it from a little bracket in the middle.
I think it works great. You could also mount speakers in the front face if you got em.
Cost me 10 bucks for a piano hinge and some carriage bolts
Last edited by Pete-87-22r; 02-03-2013 at 08:17 AM.
Haven't had the truck long, I'am working on it.
02-07-2013, 01:39 PM
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Missing the front middle console stock plastic pocket dohikie thing? Stereo falling down?
This cheap mod is free.
1) Find a small pint size plastic additive container on garage floor or in truck.
2) find a small piece of scrap wood from garage floorthats about 3 inches by 7 inches. U can measure opening if you really want to go high tech.
3) find dark plastic from garage floor that won't look to bad. For size see step 2.
4) glue plastic to wood scrap. Let dry, trim if needed
5) place both objects in hole in the following order. Empty container followed by the wood plastic combo unit. Adjust as needed.
I can't take credit this is from PO, but such as the thread goes I wanted to feed it. I read every page the other day. The kiss shift was Awsome.
This cheap mod is free.
1) Find a small pint size plastic additive container on garage floor or in truck.
2) find a small piece of scrap wood from garage floorthats about 3 inches by 7 inches. U can measure opening if you really want to go high tech.
3) find dark plastic from garage floor that won't look to bad. For size see step 2.
4) glue plastic to wood scrap. Let dry, trim if needed
5) place both objects in hole in the following order. Empty container followed by the wood plastic combo unit. Adjust as needed.
I can't take credit this is from PO, but such as the thread goes I wanted to feed it. I read every page the other day. The kiss shift was Awsome.
02-07-2013, 06:52 PM
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WTF Thats not a cheap mod, thats a hack job. You can purchase the factory pocket on from ebay for around $10. Were showing mods not how to hide trash in your dash.
If you dont want to go that route, then turn it into a switch panel. Now this is a cheap mod worth showing.
If you dont want to go that route, then turn it into a switch panel. Now this is a cheap mod worth showing.
02-07-2013, 06:59 PM
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WTF Thats not a cheap mod, thats a hack job. You can purchase the factory pocket on from ebay for around $10. Were showing mods not how to hide trash in your dash.
If you dont want to go that route, then turn it into a switch panel. Now this is a cheap mod worth showing.
If you dont want to go that route, then turn it into a switch panel. Now this is a cheap mod worth showing.
Is it just me that thinks this? An I just taking you the wrong way? Is this your everyday attitude that I just don't quiet get?
As I stated before, not trying to cause a argument. I just don't understand why you act as If you are constantly pissed off.
02-07-2013, 07:04 PM
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An I just taking you the wrong way? Is this your everyday attitude that I just don't quiet get?
02-07-2013, 07:10 PM
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Gentleman: I read this thread to view people's ingenuity. Ingenuity is a creative force, it is positive in nature. Yotatech is about fun, helpfulness, and ingenuity. Lets keep it fun!
02-07-2013, 07:10 PM
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Ya smart donkey, better then a dum donkey though, and not pissed off. Rarely get angry unless Im driving my ford work truck.
But seriously thats not a mod. Your sticking an empty oil container in your dash. Come on!!..
But seriously thats not a mod. Your sticking an empty oil container in your dash. Come on!!..
02-07-2013, 07:12 PM
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Gentleman: I read this thread to view people's ingenuity. Ingenuity is a creative force, it is positive in nature. Yotatech is about fun, helpfulness, and ingenuity. Lets keep it fun!
02-07-2013, 07:13 PM
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Missing the front middle console stock plastic pocket dohikie thing? Stereo falling down?
This cheap mod is free.
1) Find a small pint size plastic additive container on garage floor or in truck.
2) find a small piece of scrap wood from garage floorthats about 3 inches by 7 inches. U can measure opening if you really want to go high tech.
3) find dark plastic from garage floor that won't look to bad. For size see step 2.
4) glue plastic to wood scrap. Let dry, trim if needed
5) place both objects in hole in the following order. Empty container followed by the wood plastic combo unit. Adjust as needed.
I can't take credit this is from PO, but such as the thread goes I wanted to feed it. I read every page the other day. The kiss shift was Awsome.
This cheap mod is free.
1) Find a small pint size plastic additive container on garage floor or in truck.
2) find a small piece of scrap wood from garage floorthats about 3 inches by 7 inches. U can measure opening if you really want to go high tech.
3) find dark plastic from garage floor that won't look to bad. For size see step 2.
4) glue plastic to wood scrap. Let dry, trim if needed
5) place both objects in hole in the following order. Empty container followed by the wood plastic combo unit. Adjust as needed.
I can't take credit this is from PO, but such as the thread goes I wanted to feed it. I read every page the other day. The kiss shift was Awsome.
02-07-2013, 07:14 PM
#937
Tailgate seal. Makes camping life so much better/cleaner. and only $20 for a roll of the stuff 
The seal wouldn't fit flush on the sides so I kind of chopped it up and sealed all the gaps.
It's hard to see that it makes sense without seeing the tailgate almost closed and closed and where the gaps no longer are. I also put a piece at each top corner of the tailgate to seal the biggest gap.
And the bottom was straight forward obviously
It's hard to see that it makes sense without seeing the tailgate almost closed and closed and where the gaps no longer are. I also put a piece at each top corner of the tailgate to seal the biggest gap.
And the bottom was straight forward obviously
02-07-2013, 07:17 PM
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but the filler panel looks nice!
It does?
Free is the very definition of a cheap mod.
02-07-2013, 07:22 PM
#939
Here is my best cheap mod.
Custom built front bumper. I built this the first week of 2012 deer season. After getting back in the woods I was turning around and of course not watching my frontend and I smacked a tree with my front bumper. This junked my little pop can bumper... Soooooo.... I made a new one....
My local steel warehouse gave me two 6' pieces of C channel. One is 6" the other is 4". They also gave me to pieces of 5/16 flat steel 6' by 6".
Here's Is what I created
Total cost was about $35.00. This was for welding wire, cut off wheels, D rings, and log chain. I already had the lights and center bull bar. By the way this took the whole first week of deer season to make. I would only work on it at lunch when I came out of the woods. My wife helped me bolt it to truck once I finished it on thanks giving
02-07-2013, 07:38 PM
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I'm dying. The last 4 or 5 posts ThatGuy made are hilarious. I love some good sarcasm. I also respect that he had the cojones to say what basically everyone was thinking. All of this has got me thinking...Instead of having switches on my dash for my driving lights, I'm going to run wires up to the head liner and attach them to ceiling fan pull chains
In all seriousness though, I have to agree with ThatGuy. The thread is for BEST Cheap mods.
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