Been in for 3 hours, and so far, I like it!

[rich m]

Geno's Underseat drawer. Fairly easy install. Needs a little elevation under the rear edge. nice and smooth rolling, and good positive "click" when the latch closes. also has allowance for a padlock.



here's the picture (from online catalog):



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the photo is oriented as if you were standing in the glove compartment looking down under the driver's seat, which is, in this case, invisible... . there's actually a sort of trapezoid-shaped front flange, and 2 little 90* brackets to support the weight of the assembly, and, via 4 1/4" screws, attach to the crossbar and the lower frame of the seat. Install was simple/straightforward. The only troubles I encountered were:



1. Dodge's fault. on the seat-frame crossbar, there's a little decorative, non-functional ridge that's exactly where the holes need to be. Made drilling a little less precise than I liked, but a little "wallering" fixed that... Hint: where the instructions call for a 1/4" drill, use a 17/64 or even a 9/32



2. Could be avoided w/ selftappers--- The little 1/4" locknuts were not easy to "start" as you're working under the seat, with, now, a DRAWER in the way, fer cryin' out loud!... hint: a magnet-stick to snake the nut into position, and hold it, while you carefully turn the screw, which is at the front of the seat, exposed. Hint#2... . LOOOOOONNNNG extension on your ratchet, in order to reach all the way from the back of the seat to the nuts, without needing a flexible forearm.



3. As stated before, a support at the rear edge would be good. I happened to have a chunk of "1x" handy that is nearly perfect. If it rattles and makes noise, I'll damp it with a bit of carpet material.



On a scale of 1-10, I'm currently thinkin' : 8. 5



A little eggcrate foam, and it'll be a good place to keep the truck-gun when i'm not "in transit"... . when Roscoe's more easily reached... .







Idea: for max security, I suppose some one-way screws would be a better choice. that way some bad guy can't just remove the whole assembly and open it at his house.

 

[lschultz]

Glad you like it.

 

[rich m]

it did rattle a bit....doesn't now..

As stated in the initial post, since the whole assembly mounts to the front seat frame, the rear portion of the drawer and casement is just suspended and unsupported. I didn't like that, so I stuck a piece of 1x under it. Driving made it rattle :{ , so, I took a piece of 1-1/2x1-1/2x1/8 angle iron, and made a bracket for the back edge of the casement.



I drilled 2 1/4" holes for a couple of self-tappers that go thru the truck's floorpan, and also 4 1/8" holes for some pop rivets that go thru the rear portion of the drawer's case. (not enough wiggle room for the pointy ends of more selftappers, IMHO).



While I was at it, I lined the bottom of the drawer with some foam rubber... . now the only sounds that come from the seat are burrito related







now, the -factor is upgraded to 9. 7

 

[John]

I've had one of those security drawers installed in my Ram for six months or so... pretty sweet! I used stainless steel, low profile security head, bolts to attach my security drawer assembly to my passenger side seat frame.



I ended up fabricating a pair of sheet metal "legs" to support the rear of the security drawer. I painted them black to match and pop riveted them on using stainless steel rivets.



I also sealed the (loose) back panel with black silicone to prevent rattling when driving on my gravel/dirt road to my place. After the aforementioned tweaking, it works like a champ now!