The Platforms For My Vehicle Are Complete - (Carpeted 2 x 4's)

[DerbyDad03]

Over the past 4 generations of the Honda Odyssey, the floor has been getting more and more bumpy and unlevel. It gets harder to load stuff with each new 5 year cycle. This is the interior of my 2017 EX-L, with the rear bench stowed in the floor and the 2nd row seats removed.

It's hard to tell from the pictures, but the floor behind the front seats is

5" lower than the rear of the cargo area. It's not sloped either - it's stepped. First there's a 3.5" drop, then another 1.5" - It's a real pain to load compared to the 2 previous generations which were at least flat front to rear.

Looking towards the rear:

Looking towards the front:

The 2018's and beyond are even worse.

This is what built for my 17...

The rear platform will stay in the Ody 99.99% of the time (roughly). We rarely ever use the 3rd row split bench, which stows in the floor. In this picture, the 2nd row seats are in,

I left room for side wall protection when needed.

I made an opening for the rear heat duct that's in the floor.

This front platform can be dropped into place when the 2nd row seats are removed.

As for the infamous carpeted 2 x 4's, the one on the right was the first of six, the one on the left was the last. Practice helps.

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I've always described that vehicle as "The Honda Hearse" which seemed especially appropriate for the black versions. You just made that use possible ;-)

[Brian Welch]

[krw]

When we were designing some of the cabin electronics, it was known as the Honda Oddity.

[Sonny]

It all looks good. Good job.

Sonny

[DerbyDad03]

So I can blame you for the weird shit that my infotainment system does?

[DerbyDad03]

Thanks.

[krw]

Only the audio.

[DerbyDad03]

Be more specific. Audio as in sound only or audio as in the song info and other stuff that appears on the screen when the audio is playing?

[Michael Trew]

Very nice!

I had a friend do this to the entire passenger side of a Geo Metro hatchback (front passenger and rear bench seats removed)... the carpeted platform built held a twin sized camping mattress, so the car became a mini-camper.

I was tempted to do something similar to my former S10 so I could put full 4X8 sheets of drywall or plywood in the bed, laying down, above the wheel wells. Moving onto full-size 8 ft bed trucks solved that dilemma.

[J. Clarke]

If I was planning on keeping it I would do something like that for my current econobox, which does not present a flat floor with the back seats down.

[Michael Trew]

You could always keep it for hauling, to spare the nice vehicle.

[DerbyDad03]

The Ody will hold a full 4 x 8 sheet. They have be loaded about 3 inches above the bottom of the hatch opening because it is narrower there, but once in they sit down on the floor.

It's so close that when I put cardboard on each side to protect the side walls, the plywood makes contact. Even with every other way they screwed with the floor over the years, they always left room for 4 x 8 sheet goods.

(I have a trailer, so it's super rare for me to carry full size sheets in the Ody, but I could. Most times, like when I bought the MDO for the platforms, I broke it down in Lowe's parking lot so it fit in the Ody without any problem.)

[J. Clarke]

Nahh. The damned thing has some piece of crap Microsoft electronic device built into it that makes it decide not to start at random intervals. Solution is to fish under the dash, pull a fuse, wait a minute, put the fuse back. And of course it won't run if I just pull the fuse out and leave it out.

That's why I'm getting rid of it at my earliest convenience.

[DerbyDad03]

Get one of these or build your own...

[krw]

The hardware that makes noise. Audio amplifiers, specifically. Some of the other guys did the radios, I think. The center stack, screen and stuff, was done by a different company.

[krw]

M$ has proven more than once that it has no idea what it's doing in the automotive industry. The Ford Sync-1 was done by them and it's so bad there were several class-action suits against them. I have one in my truck and it's absolute junk. I don't use any of the "advanced" features (phone isn't even paired with it).

OTOH, the Sync-3 in my wife's '19 Mustang is perfect, by comparison. It's easy to use and actually does what it's supposed to do without losing its mind every time you get in the car. Of course, I know who designed Sync-3. ;-)

[Leon]

The Microsoft, what ever, is in all of these vehicles. That is not the problem unless YOUR's is defective. And the solution is to replace the defective part.

[krw]

Ah, a switchable penny.

[Markem618]

Ford dropped the alliance with Microsoft a number of version of Sync ago. It was crap.