Thread: New D4 - now the expensive bit begins.

Originally Posted by Shakey

I was thinking one of those poly tanks for the 2nd row foot well...

I thought about one of those but they're expensive, mean you have to setup permanent pumps of which if leak, could be bad news. Only suitable mounting place I could think of for the spout(the rear plastic moulds) are full of electric connections beneath.

2x20L water cans and a portable pump is much easier...

If someone has a good setup though i'd love to copy it!

Originally Posted by GregMilner

1) Mitch hitch, unless I can find a suitable high rise hitch that fits into the standard LR one
2) bull bar
3) drawers
4) roof rack

On the right track? If possible I want to avoid making body-off repairs a PITA.

I'm going with a roof rack as one of our first (we have some light weight camp boxed and mattress that can go up top)

I will probably get a custom made unit with the fridge drop slide we have, and a pull out table like trngia says but rather than drawers go with a slide for front runner wolf boxes. We have had both drawers and a slide for camp boxes in the D2 and it works much better for us.

Once the spare wheels gone from underneath, you could fit a one way water valve in the winders place though. That way if a water bladder sitting where the 3rd row seat was leaks, it will just drain out the bottom. Would have to be raised on a false floor though. Is there much room gained by removing the rear seats? looks like bugger all by the time you fit a false floor in it's place. They're only a few inches wide....

This was my plan, but then I looked at how much room the 3rd row take up and it's next to nothing.

Originally Posted by Russrobe

Once the spare wheels gone from underneath, you could fit a one way water valve in the winders place though. That way if a water bladder sitting where the 3rd row seat was leaks, it will just drain out the bottom. Would have to be raised on a false floor though. Is there much room gained by removing the rear seats? looks like bugger all by the time you fit a false floor in it's place. They're only a few inches wide....

This was my plan, but then I looked at how much room the 3rd row take up and it's next to nothing.

That sounds interesting. My research suggested they are about 75kg so with a drawer unit it may be a better space to store infrequently used items

Originally Posted by Shakey

That sounds interesting. My research suggested they are about 75kg so with a drawer unit it may be a better space to store infrequently used items

Jake, after a good search, I stand corrected, it's an awkward shape space, but someone managed to fit 50L of diesel into that space!

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-disc...w-seats-4.html

Wish he'd posted who made the tank....

Originally Posted by Shakey

That sounds interesting. My research suggested they are about 75kg so with a drawer unit it may be a better space to store infrequently used items

Yup. That sounds about right. And if you don't use them 75kg is a decent weight to save. I know in the Drifta drawers they build access holes under the drawers so U can use this area for infrequently used items which there always seems to be quite a few of on a long trip.

I wouldn't remove the dust cover though to the spare wheel or it could get a bit of the red dust in.

I think Gordon from GOE uses his for fuel and has about 75L if I recall from reading previous posts.

Less impressed now, it uses the 3rd row foot well too, which most of us already use for storage via the back seat so really you're only adding about 25L of storage space to what you can already access.

The 3rd row seats only weigh around 40-45kg. I weighed them when removing my fathers. I think the reported 75kg was not confirmed and then repeated in different posts.

He uses the space for infrequently used items via holes in the bottom of the Drifta drawer unit as mentioned above.

Scott