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It’s more like $850 [bigrolf]Quote:
Originally Posted by specwarop
That’s why I went for the yum-cha version in the end. $200 was easier to swallow than $850. I reckon I’ve found the genuine item on Alibaba for about $250USD. I reckon I’ll wind up buying one of those at some point, as there are a number of features that I’m keen for (additional input triggers, Bluetooth control, programming options).
- Andrew
I’ve been thinking about a rear cargo carrier for a little while now but hadn’t got around to it until now. I wanted something that’d fit with my Front Runner drawers, as well as be a half-decent barrier for when I’ve got crap in the back on trips.
I wound up grabbing a Britpart half-height dog-guard. I think this is identical to the Travall one — I’m not sure who’s ripping off who! [bigrolf] I bought this one from Advanced Factors in another load of stuff I was buying.
Installation was a piece of cake; lower hooks grab the cargo hooks on the floor, the middle bar braces against the plastic of the outer trim and the top c-clamp thing secured against the C-pillar.
The only modification I needed to do was creating a small cut out in the deck wings for the drawers. That took 10 minutes with the jigsaw.
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It fits nicely and, so far, is doing exactly what I wanted it to do. I reckon I’d characterise the quality as “reasonable”. It looks like it’s spot welded wire, possibly not the most bomb-proof thing you’ve ever seen, but I reckon it’ll do the job. The main thing is that plastic tubs or other stuff like that don’t slide forward on braking.
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Cheers,
— Andrew
I actually didn't mean to do this, but I was driving past an ARB store and thought I'd poke my head in for a look around... you know how that goes!
One of the things that get on my nerves a bit is the rear drawer organisation. I can pack it nice and neatly, but the minute you pull anything out to use it, the whole thing falls in a heap and you're fighting to get stuff packed in any kind of order:
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I've been loosely thinking about some kind of rigid canvas bags to go in the drawers to hold some of the tools and bits and pieces that I leave in the car, but haven't found anything that fit nicely. Anyway, allowed to roam free through the ARB store, I noticed their Cargo Organisers. The bloke at the store was good enough to bring a few out to the car and let me have a play to see how they fit. I walked out with three :)
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One of the things I like about these bags is that they've got a bit of rigidity to them, which makes them useful with the lid zipped up or not. Most of the time, you don't need "grab and go" access to your air tools, for example, so zipping up the bag makes sense. But, if you're on a trip and in and out of the boot grabbing stuff, you can just as easily open up the top and fold it down the side so you've got ready access to the contents:
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The bags were about $39 a piece. Not too bad, but not dirt cheap either. I've got my eye on some Drifta bags too for other purposes, but I thought these were a good solution to a little niggling issue :)
Cheers,
- Andrew
That's as bad as passing a hardware store and going in. Always come out with something you didn't think you needed.[smilebigeye]Quote:
Originally Posted by ndrew
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