JKU Storage Build Out

[Yuke]

So storage has been on my list of to do items for some time now. Things are finally starting to move forward so I wanted to start documenting the progress.

As a starting point, lets look at a fully packed vehicle last year on one of my trips.



The only addition here was the Teraflex interior cargo shelf. You can see I removed the front upper support in order to have easier access when it was mounted higher.

I was using FrontRunner Wolf Packs and Pelicans to pack our gear and a Grizzly 40Qt Cooler to house all of our food and drink.

 

[Yuke]

I knew I did not want to drill in to the factory tub. I avoid drilling at all costs. On Facebook I came across a company called Black Forest that makes these bolt in panels for a slide that they offer. The slide dimensions looked to fit my ARB. The front panel bolts to the front two tie downs, and the rear panel bolts to the rear tie downs. the slide then combines the two panels and makes things more rigid.

Well, the measurements online were a mistake and the slides are made for indel B fridges. The slide went back, but I am keeping the plates to attach an ARB slide. The other half of the plates will serve as a mounting point for my drawers.

 

[Yuke]

A good friends woodshop will be my home base for this project.

Starting on the rear drawers!

 

[Yuke]

We got started on my storage drawers box.

 

[jimmy78]

Looks good so far. Are you going to have enough clearance to fit the fridge with slide and those plates underneath the Teraflex rack? I recently saw this company too online to.

 

[Yuke]

The rack will get getting pushed up as high as needed to clear everything.

 

[tarditi]

The baseplates are an interesting idea. Subbing to watch the build out. BTW - you need some better sort of cargo restraint system for your 6-packs!

 

[Yuke]

The baseplates are an interesting idea. Subbing to watch the build out. BTW - you need some better sort of cargo restraint system for your 6-packs!

haha! the beer was secured don't you worry!

 

[NatersXJ6]

Did you lose floor cubby access with those plates?

 

[Yuke]

Yes

 

[jeep670]

Looking forward to your storage ideas.
I am usually looking for less permanent solutions as my storage needs change with the kind of trip we take (ie. long distance travel vs. camping, etc).
Here's how we rolled (2 adults and 1 child) for a 24 days/8500km trip a couple of years ago.
I had the smaller segment of the rear bench (behind driver) removed to fit our ARB fridge, with room to spare. I even removed the subwoofer to get enough space to fit 3 of those black boxes instead of only 2.
This setup worked perfect for that trip but it wouldn't work as good for a camping trip given the kind of equipment we use. I use the roof rack a lot more for camping.

IMO, the fridge occupies way too much volume in the 'trunk'. I suggest you try what I did and see how it fits you.

Nice color, by the way

 

[jeep670]

Did you lose floor cubby access with those plates?

Yes

Remove the cubby cover permanently and access content under the plate when needed.

 

[Yuke]

Do you have pics of your fridge setup?

I appreciate the info

 

[jeep670]

Unfortunately I do not..

 

[AeroMoto]

What type of boxes are those?