Thread: Question re: Accessing Fridge and Drawers in your Defender

That's the way I had it in my TDI defender except the fridge was on the door side. Although only one draw the height of the wheel arch.

Worked well for many years.

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Here is mine old setup


Somebody else's setup in the same thread

I'm getting mine fitted out tomorrow at Drifter. It'll be a side by side fit.... Engel 45 on the left, double stack draws on the right. From memory I think Drifter said the draws are 40cm wide. Heaps of room given the length in the back of a Defender.

Pete

Originally Posted by LR V8

I'm getting mine fitted out tomorrow at Drifter. It'll be a side by side fit.... Engel 45 on the left, double stack draws on the right. From memory I think Drifter said the draws are 40cm wide. Heaps of room given the length in the back of a Defender.



Pete

That's right......hope the fitting goes well, I'm hoping to get some ideas next weekend at the expo for my hardtop......

Keen to see pics.

Will do. Here's the start... a bit of dynamat by me (its also under the rear mat)

I'll put pics up of the draws either tomorrow or the day after.

Pete

We are in a similar situation height-wise as you are and I've just gone throught the same process. We went from this set-up in the back of the Disco:





To this set-up in the back of the Defender:





I put The two tubs on the right of the fridge instead of using drawers as everything I need quick access to is in the drawer below. It's not as convenient accessing the fridge as it was on the floor, but its not that bad. I can access it without any problem and my wife just stands on the rear step - it doesn't bother her at all. For me the benefit of having a flat floor and being able to easily pack behind and to the sides of the fridge outweighed the slightly worse access to the fridge.

May not suit you of course, but having the fridge a bit higher up isn't necessarily as bad as you think.

Cheers,
Jon

Originally Posted by jon3950

We are in a similar situation height-wise as you are and I've just gone throught the same process. We went from this set-up in the back of the Disco:











To this set-up in the back of the Defender:











I put The two tubs on the right of the fridge instead of using drawers as everything I need quick access to is in the drawer below. It's not as convenient accessing the fridge as it was on the floor, but its not that bad. I can access it without any problem and my wife just stands on the rear step - it doesn't bother her at all. For me the benefit of having a flat floor and being able to easily pack behind and to the sides of the fridge outweighed the slightly worse access to the fridge.



May not suit you of course, but having the fridge a bit higher up isn't necessarily as bad as you think.



Cheers,

Jon

Jon, what fridge is that?

http://m.ebay.com.au/itm/Rear-Tow-Ba...040?nav=SEARCH

I've just ordered one of these. Our fridge sits on the left top of our drawers. My wife is short and bruised her leg when she slipped. I would have liked a NAS rear step but they are too expensive so I hope this will be a more affordable alternative. It looks a bit flimsy though only being secured by 2 bolts, so we shall see how it goes.

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