iceman302
Full Throttle OG
I got a nice Craftsman tool kit as an early father's day present. My tool box in the garage is overflowing so I decided to use this one for the truck. I'm sure most people would just slide it under the rear seat and call it good. I probably would've done that but I have the under seat storage box and it was too big too fit. I tried a couple other places but it didn't fit anywhere.
I decided to remove the driver side tie down and mounted it in the back corner of the bed. The tie down sits in a recessed area that's about 1" deep so I bought a couple spacers and a pair of 2" bolts to securely mount it to the inside of the bed. In hindsight, I might have mounted it a little higher so the tool kit could open all the way but I wanted the bed floor to help support the tool kit. As it sits, you can easily access all the wrenches and sockets but the tie down isn't really that usable.
Ideally, the spacers would have the roughly 1/4" hole in the center and be a couple inches in total diameter to provide more surface mounting area to the back of the box. Mine were maybe an inch in diameter. An inch thick block of aluminum (or other metal) would work even better. You could just use the tie down as a template and then drill it.
One other "secret"... I bolted the spacers in place first and then put a dab of black silicone on both bolts. Then I positioned the box where I wanted it and slid it up tight, having the silicone mark where I needed to drill.
I decided to remove the driver side tie down and mounted it in the back corner of the bed. The tie down sits in a recessed area that's about 1" deep so I bought a couple spacers and a pair of 2" bolts to securely mount it to the inside of the bed. In hindsight, I might have mounted it a little higher so the tool kit could open all the way but I wanted the bed floor to help support the tool kit. As it sits, you can easily access all the wrenches and sockets but the tie down isn't really that usable.
Ideally, the spacers would have the roughly 1/4" hole in the center and be a couple inches in total diameter to provide more surface mounting area to the back of the box. Mine were maybe an inch in diameter. An inch thick block of aluminum (or other metal) would work even better. You could just use the tie down as a template and then drill it.
One other "secret"... I bolted the spacers in place first and then put a dab of black silicone on both bolts. Then I positioned the box where I wanted it and slid it up tight, having the silicone mark where I needed to drill.
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