Got the drawers installed. Pretty easy for me to do solo having done a set on a previous truck. They come packed in a huge box on a wood fiber pallet. Even though freight is sidewalk drop off, the pallet was slick enough that I was able to push the whole shebang about 4 houses down the street, down the access to the alley, then back up to behind my house without having to use a dolly. On opening things up there was an added bonus of a bamboo cutting board and coaster. Makes me look forward to their camp table.
Since the plate install instructions were up on their site but not the drawers, hopefully this is useful. The first step is to remove the floor liner and airline track. 6 T50 bolts and that part is done.
After that you pop through or remove the tape from holes 2 and 4 on each side. They're covered from the factory for some reason. There are 10 aluminum spacers in the install kit that go over the holes, then 10 5mm hex bolts to secure the plate down. When I put a plate in my 4Runner I added some generic Dynamat underneath. Skipped that here since I didn't have to remove an insulated/carpeted panel this time. Figure it won't be any louder with this than the simple floor liner.
Next I removed the drawers from the cabinet and hefted the box in at an angle. This part was a little tricky and a second pair of hands would be useful. The right hatch trim panel took a couple scratches but those'll get dinged anyway once I start hauling stuff around so no biggie. Once it's in, there are 2 L brackets on each side that you loosen with a 4mm hex, slide in the T-track to move over the pre-drilled holes, then use the 7/16" bolts to secure it to the plate and tighten the 4mm hex back down.
Pop the drawers back in and load 'em up. I haven't measured yet but I believe there's enough room behind the right rear passenger to install a radio body vertically, which would make routing power pretty easy and you could go out the back for the antenna to mount on the airline track.
I unfortunately misremembered information they posted in their build thread to mean the top plate would be pre-drilled to mount the airline track on top. The base plate can have them mounted on top so you could do a fridge slide or a kitchen unit then the track on the other side, but the holes on the top plate don't line up. No biggie as the drawers are high enough that I don't think the track would be too useful. I may throw some D rings on there but the track might be overkill and would reduce height availability so I'm happy with it as it is. John answered the phone right away when I called for clarification on the rails, and was helpful. He was also great in holding shipping for a week so they wouldn't show up when we were out of town for spring break.
The drawers are smooth, and the extra couple inches over the set in my 4Runner is nice. Things will be easier to pack with the added height. This time around I opted for the 2/3 - 1/3 setup, which makes for a bigger drawer for larger items, but the narrow drawer still fits my Blue Ridge Overland tool roll and recovery bag. Conveniently the locks are keyed to match the cubby (which is probably more a testament to the useless Southco lock than anything else), so it's one less key to fit on the keyring
Overall highly recommend these. Goose Gear makes great stuff.
