Thread: Defender Rear Roof Shelf

The shelf is mounted just above the sliding windows. The shelf extends about 3/4 towards the rear door.

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Its strong, solid and costs about $60. Very happy.

Here's another variation which makes use of the internal roof space in the rear of a Defender.

This rack was made from a section of pool fence. It's hinged at the front and drops down to load gear and is secured at the rear by a couple of wing bolts fitted to a bracket that replaces the OE handles above the rear door.

Once again, cost was minimal - a few welding rods and a can of spray paint - hinges are a couple of 8mm bolts with washers and nylock nuts.

Good work, nice and light.

John D - Defender 110 2.4

See attachments for my version, designed to hold a centre pole canvas tent.

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Mate nice bracketing job. The toll in this pic is that a Dermal size tool it looks a lot more substantial

yea its the ozito brand dremmel from bunnings. Was $50 and came in a kit with a lot of different tips and also a flexible hose extension. Always wanted one guess this gave me a good enough reason. BTW the $50 one is a newer model. There is also the $30 ozito one without the accesories and is an older model.

I did the same as Xtreme, with the pool fence and it was really easy.

Slightly different set-up at the door, slightly more rustic (!) and everything available from Bunnings.

I'm toying with the idea of fabricating a hinge in the shelf so that it can be folded and stored against the cargo barrier without taking any of the attachements off....but i'm concerned for it's structural integrity if I do that.

Fortunately I have a spare piece of pool fence that I can play with to see if I can make that work.

IKEA sell some wire baskets that are meant to hang under their shelves. They are around 180mm deep and 250mm across - four of them fit perfectly across the top of the cargo barrier, and are just the right height so that you can't see them in the rear view mirror. I attached them to the cargo barrier with a few cable ties, and they hold all of our beach towels, costumes, spare jackets etc. About $8 each when we bought them IIRC

I'll bring a camera home from the workshop and take some photos.

Originally Posted by Iain_B

IKEA sell some wire baskets that are meant to hang under their shelves. They are around 180mm deep and 250mm across - four of them fit perfectly across the top of the cargo barrier, and are just the right height so that you can't see them in the rear view mirror. I attached them to the cargo barrier with a few cable ties, and they hold all of our beach towels, costumes, spare jackets etc. About $8 each when we bought them IIRC

I'll bring a camera home from the workshop and take some photos.

G'day Iain,

Please excuse my impatience, but I'm pretty keen to see these baskets!

How'd you go with getting a camera?

James