Rear Door Fold Out Table

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Finally got around to mounting the fold out table I made. When I get a spare $30 I'll re-carpet the thing as it is a bit of an ordinary/ruff job but it came up not too bad.

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[kenny5000 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close kenny5000]

Is this what you're after?

Thanks mate,

Just wanted to know what I was drilling/screwing into.

[Poppy Joe Member Find all posts View Profile Close Poppy Joe]

Smaller Table

Utilised the useless compartment by cutting off the tabs and fixing hinges from Whitworths. Then cutting some composite board as the tray.
Good place to have a cuppa rather than the dirty step.

[fido666 Banned Find all posts View Profile Close fido666]

Utilised the useless compartment by cutting off the tabs and fixing hinges from Whitworths. Then cutting some composite board as the tray.

That's a really good idea, all you need for a quick cuppa stop. What did you use as cord? Is it just twin core wire split at the end? How did you fix it to the lid?

[AussieAndy Find all posts View Profile Close AussieAndy]

Utilised the useless compartment by cutting off the tabs and fixing hinges from Whitworths. Then cutting some composite board as the tray.
Good place to have a cuppa rather than the dirty step.

Nicely done, that's a great idea. A solution for those of us with drawers too close to the rear door.

[Poppy Joe Member Find all posts View Profile Close Poppy Joe]

Table Build

That's a really good idea, all you need for a quick cuppa stop. What did you use as cord? Is it just twin core wire split at the end? How did you fix it to the lid?

The table support is nylon rope loop going through the top hole and finished in a knot behind the panel . It hooks around the two tonneau knobs when the table is down. The hinges came from Whitworths They have neat covers that hide the fasteners. The assembly I used rivets with washers behind to spread the load. And also keep the depth down so that the white composite sits flush. I was going to use double sided tape to hold it in place but it is a tight fit and makes it easy to remove and clean.

[mdags1978 Find all posts View Profile Close mdags1978]

Thanks for the Prado 150 rear door design

Hi Hoges - thanks for taking the time to upload the pics and explanation of the design....for the 'less technically inclined' (i.e. me), it helped a lot.

For others like me, in relation to the shock cord, connectors and misc bits, go to Clarke Rubber as they had all the bits that others didn't have (eg. i went to Rays Outdoors, BCF, Bunnings and Spotlight without joy BUT Clarke had all the little bits, leaving bunnings with the major components, such as table, hinges and marine carpet).

Here are some pics of my finished product;

[r2d2 Member Find all posts View Profile Close r2d2]

Well gave it a crack myself today. I even put in a LED light. Took around 2 hours and now I need to get some edging as the carpet folding around didn't work out to well for me.