Thread: DIY Rear storage.

you can see mine here, the base is held down with bolts into the original tie downs at the back and bottlescrews at the front from the tie down loops to the box.
all made with 12mm ply, drawer on the right just made using plastic skids underneath, fridge slide uses 100kg runners off ebay.
all up with carpet, paint, runners etc i think $200 and not a right angle in sight.

Sounds obvious, but don't forget, if you want to be able to remove the system quickly, it needs to either be demountable/in kit form, or at least have a cutout/indended drivers side wall and floor - to make provision on the drivers side to clear the rear door bottom section storage bin when you are sliding it in and out (assuming you have a storage bin that is - I see Yorkie doesn't)

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Sounds obvious, but don't forget, if you want to be able to remove the system quickly, it needs to either be demountable/in kit form, or at least have a cutout/indended drivers side wall and floor - to make provision on the drivers side to clear the rear door bottom section storage bin when you are sliding it in and out (assuming you have a storage bin that is - I see Yorkie doesn't)

Mine is being built only wide enough to go between the wheel arches, so it should fit in/out through the back door in 1 piece. Howver mine is not going to be as comprehensive as some other ones. I'm using these as a test run. Get something basic in and working, use it a few times, then next time I'll know exactly what I want.

Edit; Only spent $57 on ply wood so it's not a huge outlay. Will go all fancy next time.

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Sounds obvious, but don't forget, if you want to be able to remove the system quickly, it needs to either be demountable/in kit form, or at least have a cutout/indended drivers side wall and floor - to make provision on the drivers side to clear the rear door bottom section storage bin when you are sliding it in and out (assuming you have a storage bin that is - I see Yorkie doesn't)

That's something I hadn't thought of, I might relocate the storage bin to the other side so it's cleared with the rear door open
Cheers
Muppet

As mine is mostly for work, I used 20mm steel frame for mine so I can tie stuff to it. Height is just below the windows, width of the frame is only the width of the double seat. Didn't want it to move so welded a tab to the front so it picks up the centre seat belt anchor, one tab to an existing screw point by the back window and one in the centre at the bottom under the plastic moulding. Frame incorporates ply shelves and a couple of tool drawers at the bottom, and a flip down table for when the door is open. Still have room for a 45l fridge to the left of the frame which sits on a small false floor above the wheel well.

I've currently got a storage set up made of 12mm construction ply with a marine carpet over the top. Its bolted to the cargo barrier at one end and uses what I'm guessing are some bolt holes for the side facing seats at the other end.
The side panel hinges up and is held in place with magnetic cupboard catches. This also allows it to be narrow enough to be removed easily if I need.

Its a bit different now than in the pic as I couldn't find a current photo, but at the moment it's got additional full length pieces of ply used as slides, held in place with channel sections of nylon and I've done away with the strap across the end.

It's set up so that I can fit 2 of those square Hannibal canvas bags down each side - food in one, recovery gear in another, spares in the 3rd and tools in the last one.
Works pretty well so far.

http://www.aulro.com/app/data/500/medium/storage_2a.jpg


I had a Qubelok set-up in my old Rangie, made into an L shape with the old engel sitting on the floor.

http://www.aulro.com/app/data/500/medium/traveller2.jpg

Dan

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

WOW That's a lot of different badges of 4bys you had before the Disco, .... it took all those, before you became enlightened

There were 3 x GQ's, 2 x 80's, 1 x Prado, 1 x Pajero, 1 x Jeep, including current vehicle 2 x TD5's. So pretty much covered most popular ones
Steve