How To: Fold down seat conversion
Hey thanks! :thumbup:
Oh, and a small update since I was reading through this again. For all of the big tire lovers out there, I managed to fit a set of 295/35/18's into the stock wheel tubs. I needed the 1/2" hanger/shackle offset on the rear springs, and I cut about a 1/2" out of the inner quarter lip on the outside to make room. So, if you don't need to run tires wider than 295, you can keep the stock wheel tubs and fold down seat option.
Really, you could probably still do a mini-tub and retain the fold down seat. You'd have to rework the area where the seat brackets mount, narrow the security panel, and just carpet over the wheel tubs because the inner panels wouldn't fit anymore. But if you can do the rest of the mini-tub, none of that would be too difficult. You'd just have a smaller pass-through area to haul stuff.
And, I've made great use of my fold-down seat already. So far I've managed to haul a set of '71 Duster doors, complete with hardware, windows, everything, in my car with the fold down. That wasn't enough, so when a '72 Dart hit the yard at PickNPull I pulled the doors AND fenders, and still managed to get everything in my Duster for the trip home. It also worked spectacularly to haul a 55" LED tv. :glasses7:
The speakers hanging down do limit the vertical space in the pass-through, which is probably another reason Ma Mopar cut the package tray back and deleted the rear speakers. But I've already hauled a ton of stuff with the speakers in place, so it really isn't a huge issue.
