Thread: Mulgo Ex Box vs Front Runner safe

Originally Posted by jabber

How's the heat in the Ex-box?

I've a td5 and have been considering it or the safe.

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I would strongly suggest putting some heat shield on the bottom and around the transmission tunnel when you install it. That's my only regret but as the gearbox is out at the moment I am getting them to put some in.


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Originally Posted by steane

I'm glad yours did. Mine has four unexplained holes, no grommets and no instructions. Emailed and asked for some (instructions) and never got an answer...or any instructions.

I know they are like the holy grail on here, but IMO it's an expensive little metal box, at least for a 300TDi, where I guess it's main purpose (relocating ECU etc) isn't relevant.

Might grow on me if I could only work out what the holes are for... Will have to put grommets on the shopping list to fill them in.

Hi,
My apologies, I must somehow have missed your email.

You should have four holes in the floor of the Exbox and four holes in the lid. The ones for the lid are for the actual genuine cubby box to fit onto and the four holes in the floor should line up with four holes on the steel plate above the transfer tunnel.

If this is not the case, please send us a picture and we will look into it.

As with all products manufactured by us, if a customer is not happy with it and the item is still in a sellable condition, we will take the goods back and refund the amount paid for it (less freight charge).

Regards,
Daniel

Originally Posted by jabber

How's the heat in the Ex-box?

I've a td5 and have been considering it or the safe.

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Gets hot alright hence the hmmmm.... with relocating electrics. Chance of water damage very slim, chance of heat long term damage, unknown! Having said that the seat box gets fairly warm too. In my mulgo box I store jack, nut breaker bar, street directories, and a twelve-volt socket for rear seats (kids DVD players, charger, etc. Beats drilling into car body!) Using for storage I find handier than under seat.

Originally Posted by Mulgo

Hi,
My apologies, I must somehow have missed your email.

You should have four holes in the floor of the Exbox and four holes in the lid. The ones for the lid are for the actual genuine cubby box to fit onto and the four holes in the floor should line up with four holes on the steel plate above the transfer tunnel.

If this is not the case, please send us a picture and we will look into it.

As with all products manufactured by us, if a customer is not happy with it and the item is still in a sellable condition, we will take the goods back and refund the amount paid for it (less freight charge).

Regards,
Daniel

Hi Daniel,

Mine came with four in the lid, four near the edges for fitting to the floor and another four holes in the base of the box that are unexplained.

These additional 4 holes were maybe 10mm diameter and not in the right spot for what I was looking to do, so I've ignored them and drilled some more...

All I got in the box was the box...some instructions would have been great and given me some idea what to do at least for a basic fit-up.

I'm going to hang on to it. I've drilled more holes, fitted a fuse box and a bunch of heat and sound deadening so I'm not real keen to pull it all apart. Appreciate the offer though.

Cheers,
Steane

Originally Posted by JayBoRover

I'd be interested in some details of the A/C electrics move. Why the move? Where exactly did you move them to? Are you talking about just the a/c on/off push-button from the centre dash? Photo's of the move?
Good point about the heat in the safe. Don't leave a bar of chocolate in there, that's for sure!

It's a 300Tdi, so no ABS stuff, I've relocated the relays and fuse box from under the passanger seat. I've shoe-horned two N70Z batteries under the passanger seat, and access to the A/C electrics was very tight. I had a burnt out connector which gave intermittent faults last year, and it was a hot and difficult job to sort it out in direct sun light, in humid Darwin weather whilst on a road trip and away from workshop / shelter. I had to remove each pin from the plugs and reconnect in order to pass the wiring through. I used one of those flange type grommet things that you screw and tighten to seal over the wires. I've forgotten what they're called, but I'll edit this if I remember. Currently @ work, but will try to post a pic in the days to come.

Just finished installing an ExBox in my 2011 Puma. Still not sure whether the increased height is ok. Seems a bit high to me and, as noted in other posts, drink bottles in the console now interfere when changing gears. I've moved all my electrics into the ExBox, all the original fusebox and relays from under the drivers seat as well as my accessory fuses and relays. I installed three accessory sockets and have also moved the relay and pressure switch for my compressor which still lives under the drivers seat. I will use the extra space under the drivers seat to store spare parts. At the moment I have some spare airline and fittings there. I will also add spare inner tubes and other spares that don't require regular access. The attached image shows the location of all components in the ExBox. Tony.

I ordered the Puma 2.2 kit, and I haven't installed it yet,but I hope to this weekend.

What is the small piece of SHS for? It's about 25mm long from memory...

Hi,

Thanks for the order, mate.

The 25mm SHS is to make the electrical board level, will make sense once you start fitting it.

Regards,
Daniel

Originally Posted by lump_a_charcoal

I ordered the Puma 2.2 kit, and I haven't installed it yet,but I hope to this weekend.

What is the small piece of SHS for? It's about 25mm long from memory...