I was cleaning out my interior today and came across these four bolts that hold a plate to the bottom of the rear cargo area. Does anyone know what they are? Are they necessary to have? The funny thing is the bolts aren't metric; the two outer bolts are 9/16 and the inner bolts are 7/16.

There are two plates, one on the driver side and one on the passenger side.

Driver side:





Passenger side:

 

Fuel pump access plate.

 

Uh.... huh?

Doesn't look factory to me, Atomic. My guess is, a previous owner had something bolted down back there...like a big tool box or a subwoofer box.

 

The fuel pump access plate is under the drivers side rear seat. Getting to the fuel pump sucks.!

 

Yeah, I didn't think it was factory either since they are standard bolts. I have no idea what it could have been because the previous owner was a mom and this was her "soccer mom" car!

 

Ah, sorry. Huh. Um, maybe its the false bottom that she used to smuggle drugs with..

 

Third row seat? That would explain the reinforcements and standard hardware. Don't know what the mounts look like, though.