Y62 Patrol Dash Offroad false floor - simple touring set up - HGT new rig build Garage Life

After our recent Fraser Trip we realised the standard Nissan rear cargo tie down points were not good enough for our needs. Looking in to how we could fix this issue we quickly realised a false floor would be the easiest option.
What is a false floor? It is a flat floor that replaces you factory seats and or rear plastics. Generally they are made from carpeted ply wood. This makes it easy to bolt things in anywhere you need in the cargo area.
I wanted to maintain the 3rd row seats of the patrol so I was only looking for a rear section. I came across the DASH Offroad modular false floor. This is a 3 piece design that gives you the option to run
• A complete rear floor (no 3rd row seats)
• A large L with 1 3rd row seat
• A small L with 2 3rd row seats. Or
• Just the rear section retaining your 3rd row seats
This is the perfect set up for me. And best of all if I change my mind I can add in the other sections as I need.
Pulling the factory floor apart was pretty easy, it was held in with 6 bolts and a few clips. I decided to cut the factory flaps that hide the 3rd row seat mechanisms, and install them on my rear section of false floor. This gave the rear a reasonable floor level with all the seats down, but a clean factory look with them up.
From here I bolted some aircraft tie down tracking to the floor to be able to mount my fridge battery pack and solar panels. It turned out awesome for my needs and is heaps more practical being able to easily remove the gear.
If you’re interested in a false floor for your Y62 Patrol check out www.dashoffroa...

[@mattdickins2459]

Great mod with the mechanism cover- had me stumped when i installed mine recently 👌👌

[@HappyGoTravel]

Thanks mate. It come up pretty good

[@DASHOffRoad]

Great vid as always. You taught me a few things there with the jack and the exposed hinges. Sadly these floors are temporarily unavailable 🥲 but I’m working on it 😉

[@HappyGoTravel]

Thanks mate. I’m sure you will sort supply out. They’re definitely worth waiting for ✌️

[@AllTerrainAction]

You wouldn't believe it but Holden produced a softroader in the mid 2000s that came standard with full length aircraft cargo rails like these all the way down the rear of the wagon. Surprised none of the 4wd producers didn't think to steal that idea as you say it's 👌with these in.

[@HappyGoTravel]

Was it called avalanche or something like that?

[@AllTerrainAction]

@@HappyGoTravel yes one of the more featured vehicles was an Avalanche but the more common ones where there Adventra the non HSV variant. Just interesting to see a 4wder adopt this cargo rails when many have said to us their quite useless. Great videos mate, was sad to see your Fortuner go but the Y62 is a much more premium and heavier duty vehicle for off roading. 👌

[@HappyGoTravel]

@@AllTerrainAction I do remember some of those Holden’s. Thanks mate. I am looking the new rig. I’m looking forward to seeing what it can do

[@gonyg5316]

I love how they are meant to be the best but yet you still have to modify the mounting that hasn’t been thought out. Get back to basics people and make your own. Saves you money, gives you exactly what you want and a sense of accomplishment once you are finished. I suppose for someone with no knowledge or tools or ability to make things, this would be an option but really this wasn’t a straight bolt in job and still presented hurdles to overcome which may be too much for some people.

[@HappyGoTravel]

If you use it the way it was intended it’d be a straight forward bolt in job. The way I looked at it was I could get a pre cut and carpeted section with access points and have 90% of what I wanted already completed. But I guess it’s how you value your time. For me this was the best option. But you could definitely make it yourself cheaper if you consider your time free. Each to their own though 🤷‍♂️

[@wabat8]

Mate good content but can you slow down with the camera/go pro movement and panning. Makes watching the video a bit nauseous.

[@HappyGoTravel]

That’s fair feedback thanks for the constructive criticism ✌️

[@denisemarriott6424]

Second this☝️

[@Jacobskate]

I think every one doing the L shape or full false floor have the issue with jack coz they remove the metal tray, you kept it in. So I think the back of your floor may be sitting a little higher at the back. There is no way I can get mine in and out with out cutting the jack base.

[@HappyGoTravel]

There you go. Thanks for the info

[@omnidesi]

Any chance you can give me the dimensions of the false floor. About to pull the trigger on a Y62 TIL and just planning my setup. I want to do the same with my Waeco 60l if it will fit.

[@paradice2525]

Can you comment on how much your solar panels charge your Companion battery. I've read that full charge can't be achieved with solar but I'm curious to know how much you can actually charge the battery with solar panels.

[@HappyGoTravel]

I haven't done any professional testing. But for what I have noticed when I set the solar up and the battery pack is near full it gets it back to 100%. That is just using the percentage gauge on the battery pack its self. On Fraser I forgot to change over and charge it, i threw the solar on for the last few hours of sunlight and it increased around 35-40% battery. For what i am doing it works.