this is mostly about the table. I got a Rago cargo door net replacement cage, and I lamented that I would not be able to find a table that matches. turns out the eBay / Amazon / china jk wrangler fold down tables can be made to fit the gx470 perfectly, with the rearranging if some parts
I first saw that this was possible based on a review that was on the Rago site. looking at the picture that was posted, I saw the person flipped the table (which I prefer, as it creates ledges for the table to capture potential roll offs) and they did some fiddling with the hardware.
out of the box, table looks like this. it's too wide to match up with the cargo net mounting points / width.
the bench top changes that need to be made are:
reverse the table. this requires removing the cable suspension fasteners and removing the pivot fasteners.
change the spacer location. on the pivot fasteners are two nylon spacers that make the overall table too wide. remove these from the pivot and the width becomes perfect.
reinstall the spacers where the cable suspension fasteners are, this creates bump stops for the table.
remove the bumps stops that came with the table.
remove the latch that came with the table, but leave the latch hooks. you can use the latch hooks to improvise new table closure mechanism. I used some thin bungee cord and a bungee pull I had laying around. I had to make these very tight in order to prevent movement / rattling of the table.
now the table should be ready for install.
extra hardware required for installation:
4x 1.5" m6 bolts
4x m7 nut
4x m6 nyloc flanged nut
2x 1" m6 bolt
2x m6 nyloc nut
2x m6 washer
2x 1/2" washer
the Rago net replacement sits in about a quarter inch of depth inside the cargo net recess. the table brackets have to mount flush to the surface of the door card. the distance between these two has to be bridged with something so that when the fasteners are tightened, there's good engagement across the entire sandwich of parts.
I accomplished this by using a 1.5" m6 bolt with a 10mm hex head (keeping it all metric). the distance between the Rago cage and the table bracket was taken up by an m7 nut that slides right over the threads of the m6 bolt. you can see in the picture above, I used a flared nyloc nut on the back side of the door card, also 10mm hex head. 15/64ths is the diameter of the holes drilled in the cargo net surround where the Rago cage was installed. m6 fits in this perfectly.
the bottom mounting hole is shared between the cage and the table bracket.
the top hole is drilled into the plastic of the door card and is backed by washers to spread the load. as can be seen in the photo above, the top fasteners are a 1" m6 bolt backed by a 1" outer diameter 1/2” inner diameter washer stacked with a 5/16" washer (couldn't find a fender washer that had a tighter inner diameter) and a regular nyloc nut.
I had to eyeball each side to align the table brackets to vertical and then punch the center of the hole to get the right placement of the top hole. the holes used to mount the Rago / stock cargo net are not square, so don't be alarmed that all holes aren't in the same plane.
I first saw that this was possible based on a review that was on the Rago site. looking at the picture that was posted, I saw the person flipped the table (which I prefer, as it creates ledges for the table to capture potential roll offs) and they did some fiddling with the hardware.
out of the box, table looks like this. it's too wide to match up with the cargo net mounting points / width.
the bench top changes that need to be made are:
reverse the table. this requires removing the cable suspension fasteners and removing the pivot fasteners.
change the spacer location. on the pivot fasteners are two nylon spacers that make the overall table too wide. remove these from the pivot and the width becomes perfect.
reinstall the spacers where the cable suspension fasteners are, this creates bump stops for the table.
remove the bumps stops that came with the table.
remove the latch that came with the table, but leave the latch hooks. you can use the latch hooks to improvise new table closure mechanism. I used some thin bungee cord and a bungee pull I had laying around. I had to make these very tight in order to prevent movement / rattling of the table.
now the table should be ready for install.
extra hardware required for installation:
4x 1.5" m6 bolts
4x m7 nut
4x m6 nyloc flanged nut
2x 1" m6 bolt
2x m6 nyloc nut
2x m6 washer
2x 1/2" washer
the Rago net replacement sits in about a quarter inch of depth inside the cargo net recess. the table brackets have to mount flush to the surface of the door card. the distance between these two has to be bridged with something so that when the fasteners are tightened, there's good engagement across the entire sandwich of parts.
I accomplished this by using a 1.5" m6 bolt with a 10mm hex head (keeping it all metric). the distance between the Rago cage and the table bracket was taken up by an m7 nut that slides right over the threads of the m6 bolt. you can see in the picture above, I used a flared nyloc nut on the back side of the door card, also 10mm hex head. 15/64ths is the diameter of the holes drilled in the cargo net surround where the Rago cage was installed. m6 fits in this perfectly.
the bottom mounting hole is shared between the cage and the table bracket.
the top hole is drilled into the plastic of the door card and is backed by washers to spread the load. as can be seen in the photo above, the top fasteners are a 1" m6 bolt backed by a 1" outer diameter 1/2” inner diameter washer stacked with a 5/16" washer (couldn't find a fender washer that had a tighter inner diameter) and a regular nyloc nut.
I had to eyeball each side to align the table brackets to vertical and then punch the center of the hole to get the right placement of the top hole. the holes used to mount the Rago / stock cargo net are not square, so don't be alarmed that all holes aren't in the same plane.
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