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Interesting approach & not bad at all. I was planning on doing the same, but using an actual cargo cover from an Xterra and fabricating mounts for it. Just haven't found the time and/or desire to do it yet.doctahjones wrote:it does leave a small gap towards the back. i'm not sure how or if i'm going to tackle this. however i'm not too concerned about it as the whole point of putting this in is so i can remove the 3rd row and put a floor level sub box and storage back there.
so here's a question...after glancing at the xterra cargo cover online, it doesn't look like it's that long...as in it might not cover the whole/most of the cargo area? if you already have one of the xterra covers, do you know how long it extends to?NVSteve wrote:
Interesting approach & not bad at all. I was planning on doing the same, but using an actual cargo cover from an Xterra and fabricating mounts for it. Just haven't found the time and/or desire to do it yet.
I do happen to have the Xterra cover, but I haven't put it in to check for clearances. I know someone else on this forum had one & said that it is long enough, but returned it before realizing he could have fabbed a mount. I'll see if I can remember to have a look at it this weekend for you.doctahjones wrote: so here's a question...after glancing at the xterra cargo cover online, it doesn't look like it's that long...as in it might not cover the whole/most of the cargo area? if you already have one of the xterra covers, do you know how long it extends to?
disallow wrote:Vinyl may not be the best material choice for this application... Though I'm unsure as to what else you can get off the shelf...
Not sure on the X option, but it would make sense that its shorter.
Crappy that this didn't work out...
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NVSteve wrote: I'd love to just dremel out those mounts from the X, but I think the girlfriend would be slightly pissed. If/when I tackle this, I think I'll shape a chunk of wood into the exact shape of the Xterra mount, then shape the other side to fit into the mounting location on the Pathfinder. Paint the resulting mount black and call it good. It does sound like a minor pain in the ass though.
The side mounts on the Pathfinder are recessed a bit. I haven't popped the cover off one in some time, so I can't remember exactly what it looks like. I do remember that there is an even deeper square recess in the center of the mount recess. I'm hoping there will be a hole for a bolt, because then we could just bolt the wood down and it would be extremely OEM in look. Lowe's and home depot sell short pieces of 4x4" posts that would work. They also have some fairly large round stock, but I need to take measurements before I'd know if they have something that will be large enough.doctahjones wrote: er, yeah just saw this part. that wood + paint is exactly what i'm thinking....maybe some double sided tape for the ends so it will 'stick' in the holes if you take the cover off.
here's what it looks like with the cover off. there is one bolt in there. and it's more square that round with the cover off....hummmNVSteve wrote:
The side mounts on the Pathfinder are recessed a bit. I haven't popped the cover off one in some time, so I can't remember exactly what it looks like. I do remember that there is an even deeper square recess in the center of the mount recess. I'm hoping there will be a hole for a bolt, because then we could just bolt the wood down and it would be extremely OEM in look. Lowe's and home depot sell short pieces of 4x4" posts that would work. They also have some fairly large round stock, but I need to take measurements before I'd know if they have something that will be large enough.
I'm looking forward to what you can come up with. I can easily see myself spending the entire day sanding, chiseling & dremeling a chunk of wood. My first priority is duralining the rain channels on the roof. Along those lines, I would probably use a can of finer textured bedliner to spray on the wood mounts. That way, it would more closely match the interior plastic & it would look more like it belonged. I have no artistic ability whatsoever, which means my wooden mount will probably not be absolutely perfectly shaped, and a coat of paint won't be able to hide that.