5 Seat Cargo Barrier in 7 Seat with False Floor, Has Anyone Done It?

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I am about to embark on a DIY false floor set-up for my 150 GXL as I want to remove the rear seats, install a cargo barrier and mount a removable fridge slide. I am not keen on putting a full draw system in due to the cost of the draws as well as not wanting to make the back of the car any higher than it is already (the four legged fur-kid needs to be able to jump in and it's getting old!).

Has anyone successfully mounted a barrier for a 5 seat into the rear of a 7 seat (with the seats removed) and can you post a photo or two showing how the barrier fits and how you secured the bottom of it to the floor?

Milford have been nice enough to send me some drawings of both their 5 seat and 7 seat barriers and by looking at those, it appears the only difference is the height of the barrier (obviously the 7 seat one is shorter since it mounts to the top of the seats). In theory I believe the 5 seat barrier will fit, but without purchasing a barrier I don't know if the shape of the 7 seat rear trims are going to cause any problems.

My plan so far is to mount the bottom of the barrier to a custom bracket on the false floor, that way it should be easier to remove and I don't need to drill the guards (that some barriers require).

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How about making a shallow drawer system to bring it back to the height of the 3rd row seats when stowed?

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I did think about that, but just trying to keep complexity and weight down so I think a simple flat floor will be a much easier option.

Another option would be a raised edge at the front of the floor, raised to the original folded seat height. This would facilitate the fitment of the normal 7 seat barrier as well, but I still think a 5 seat or custom barrier would look neater and probably be stronger

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rwo without knowing how the barrier bolts in you could do build the same floor as I did without putting the battery box etc in. Them you can bolt the cargo barrier direct to the ply false floor. Have a look through my build. Easily done.

EDIT: Page 1 has some pics of the floor.

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I had Autosafe custom build a cargo barrier and the bottom is mounted to the false floor that I built. I made long brackets that bolted into the Toyota seat mounts that supported both the front of the false floor and the bottom of the cargo barrier. Unfortunately I didn't take any photos. If I was doing it again, I would make the false floor then measure the distance between the false floor and about 20mm less than the roof and have a cargo barrier made to that height, with mounting tabs at the bottom the same distance apart as the seat mount threaded holes. Custom made CB's are more expensive, but it all seems to work ok. I actually asked Autosafe to make a CB the same as the ones they make for Fourby Fitouts however my false floor is different to the FF floor so I had to do some juggling to make it all work. Setup has survived a Kimberley trip so all good.

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Hulbyw, thanks for the tips it sounds like you have the exact setup I am chasing, any chance you could post some photos?

I am going to pull the rear seats out tommorow and start working out the plan to fit it.