>Have a westy and have cut sheet metal to expose the space on both the >seats. Recipricating saw worked well for removal. When done sand and >seal the metal lip where you cut it off. This is a sealed space from the >outside and is weather tight. >Installed a 700 watt inverter under passager side where the aux. battery >is located, and there is still space. Drivers side is used for misc >books, maps and other gear. Only possible problem is that if you push >stuff to far aft it will fall into the larger compartment behind the >seat. If this ever becomes a problem will probably cut a piece of foam to >act as a divider. Have not run into any down sides to this alteration, just more space. 82 Westy, X diesel now in-line 1.8L gas |
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