Has anyone....custom rear interior?

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Originally Posted by OffTrack

The fit out was built for a specific purpose and isn't the standard factory layout so it is custom.

Or is the current aulro definition of custom "as advertised in 4wd Action"?

Btw interesting to see what was was done on the g4 vehicles.

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I love the fact that people, especially in 4wd Action state they "build" their vehicles. It's like saying I built my house by changing the light fittings, changing the blinds, adding on a verandah and giving it a paint job. No, Nissan, Toyota, Land Rover etc built the vehicle, the current owners added to it, changed it or modified it.

Also, notice that Nissan and Toyota owners nearly always indicate that they have "trucks", whereas I prefer to drive my car, which is a Landrover. Really ****ed off my mate when I pointed this out to him.

In the case of Camel Landy's pics the shelf/bin arrangement was done by Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations for the G4 event cars.
So does that make it built or modified? :D

Custom fit out is more the term, rather than build, as for Camel Landys custom, to me that is not a custom fit out, more the adding of a shelf.

A custom fit out is more like stripping out the rear of the car and building something more useful for touring, utilising the space more efficently, which I think is more what Hamish is looking for.

Baz.

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Originally Posted by camel_landy

Here you go:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/05/1392.jpg

What you can't see is that each bin is standing on 4x short legs. 4x holes are drilled through the bottom of the plastic trim, to allow the bins to stand on the boot floor, without having to cut too much out of the trim. This leaves a much nicer finish.

The other thing you can't see is that the load space protector is bolted to the far edge of the shelf and then the upper brackets bolt through the plastic trim, into some existing captive nuts (grab-handle I think).

The advantage of doing the load space protector this way is that you can still carry long items, just by dropping the rear seats. ;)

HTH

M

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Thanks....but not quite what I meant. In this picture I can see your bin, which sits in the oem dark grey interior plastic trim, and then above that is the light grey interior window trim. In the centre, you have your shelf. In that space I have a set of "drifta drawers" (www.drifta.com.au) and above that a modified fourby fitout frame.

I want to completely remove that dark grey trim (done a long time ago), and replace it with a ply box, which is "wider" (ie intrudes into the floor more by about 30mm, matching if you like the rear door width, and taller, in that it fits in with the light grey windrow trim panel. The desired result is more storage space, stonger boxes, not to mention a stop to that annoying plastic rattle. This will free up space for a water tank, a subwoofer, and dedicated recovery gear and parts storage.

To help illustrate this, the picture below shows a fourby fitout picture of a D2. I have this frame, but different drawers. Mine are two low drawers, with a fridge slide on top, with a wooden divider between the top of the drawers, and the drop down shelf.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...12/05/1393.jpg

I want to bring the side cubbies out to the metal frame legs, and up to the window trim, all the way to the cargo barrier......make sense?

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Originally Posted by Redback

more the adding of a shelf.

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A shelf and two small bins. :D

I had the rear bins out recently, and it didn't seem there was a huge amount of extra space. The back of the bins are very close to the body framing. The front edge has limited usable space due to the framing for the second row seat belt mounts and wheel arches. The only area there was substantial extra usable space was between the back of the bins and the door frame.

It's also worth mentioning the lower edge of upper trim sections clips directly onto the dark gray plastic of the lower trim, so you'd need to work out a way of securing those mounting points or your plastic rattles will be far worse than standard.

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Originally Posted by Hamish71

Thanks....but not quite what I meant. In this picture I can see your bin, which sits in the oem dark grey interior plastic trim, and then above that is the light grey interior window trim. In the centre, you have your shelf. In that space I have a set of "drifta drawers" (www.drifta.com.au) and above that a modified fourby fitout frame.

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I realise that, I was just showing you a different setup to give you some 'food for thought' as it is a very simple, yet effective setup which was used on both Camel Trophy & G4. I use a mixture of Zarges ally boxes, Peli cases and North Face Duffels... These work well with a simple shelf setup like that. (Ally cases underneath the shelf, ally cases on top of the shelf and then a layer of duffels on top to stop everything rattling around.)

Why not just leave the bins as they are and use them for storage of stuff nat needs to be carried, just not used all the time. e.g. Spare parts, tool rolls, oils, etc???

FWIW - Here's the setup in my 110:

I have a set of drawers & chest on the floor, that come level with the floor box. The chest has the spare parts & the drawer has the 'kitchen'.

Above all of this, I have an 18mm ply shelf, level with the bottom of the rear windows...

Under the shelf I have 3x ally Zarges boxes & 2x Peli cases. These have the food, tools & 'office' equipment.

On top of the shelf, I have a couple more Peli cases & 6x duffel bags (1x duffel for each person, 1x for the sleeping bags & 1x for 'stuff').

Again, very simple, yet effective. ;)

M