Customizing the hatch

[Awbarrett1001]

So, I think that the rear hatch on the expedition sucks. It's heavy and when adding bigger tires and even a 2 in lift it's too high when opened. Does anyone know how possible it is to fabricate a tail gate that's more like a clam shell? Where the glass lifts up like normal, but the bottom half folds down like a trucks tail gate?

Further more why hasn't Ford done this yet? It would be slightly more efficient, wouldn't it?

 

[Big Brian]

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[knewblewkorvett]

I would think it would be extremely hard to do and like Brian said...$$$