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Sweety
21-02-2015, 22:50
The question gets asked from time to time so thought i'd start a thread on it for options to be discussed & a place for any links to builds people have done. I thought in here might be a good place for it but if not Mods please feel free to move it to a better place on the forum:thumbs
Once we get a caravan & I know what gear & how much i'll be carrying I might start doing a raise platform with storage in my T2:augie
Here's some links to builds i've found first one is for mainly T2's:thumb2 the others will be for other makes & models of 4x4's but ideas can be taken from them:augie
https://plus.google.com/photos/106166290292654336924/albums/5332655365304217745?banner=pwa

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/127562-xj-storage-build

I will add more as I come across them:thumbs
don simon
21-02-2015, 23:16
Oooh! I'm seriously interested in this as I'm half baking a conversion myself and looking to have a temporary bed inside.
Currently I have an awning with a tent like this:
http://www.tuff-trek.com/uploads/3/3/1/9/3319156/51768_orig.jpg
On the storage side I can see some of these fitting:
http://vangadgets.co.uk/images/van-floor-drawers-sideways-mounted.jpg
http://vangadgets.co.uk/wooden-van-floor-drawer-kits.htm
And a mate of mine makes stuff like this:
http://u.jimdo.com/www60/o/s7375266fdf552a8f/img/i68c272ff8d88324f/1422710270/thumb/cajoneras-para-4x4-y-furgonetas.jpg
http://www.aluboxpro.com/imagenes/ over in Spain and i'm trying to get him to sort out some decent prices to see if we can do something in the UK.

Time to get lost in that first link Sweety, looking for ideas... :thumbs

EDIT: Just found another http://overlandsphere.com/overland-travel/vehicle-2/4x4/car-to-camper/136057 ;)
elty001
22-02-2015, 00:03
I'm currently in the process of designing some storage units that fit at the side of the third seats.
I still use the seats so has to be something that will still allow me to use them.
I will post some pics when I start to fabricate them.
Sweety
22-02-2015, 00:40
I'm currently in the process of designing some storage units that fit at the side of the third seats.
I still use the seats so has to be something that will still allow me to use them.
I will post some pics when I start to fabricate them.

Sounds interesting:thumbs are you thinking of just storage like bins either side ? you could prob add a couple of draws by the back door to hold spaners, screw drivers, sockets etc bit like a mini tool chest:thumbs The 3rd row seat mounting points would be a good place to secure it at the front & maybe a bracket going to the rear tie down bolts to secure it at the rear
Thomas-the-Terrano2
22-02-2015, 01:03
ref carrying caravan stuff, i like it all in caravan than bouncing round in truck,
ok tied down...

like to think truck is for people, kids and dogs, maybe pram but some carry
awning in their car, to reduce weight of caravan an increase weight of car.
Lazy-Ferret
22-02-2015, 01:18
Ours has to all go in the caravan, by the time you have 14 ferrets, 50Kg's of litter, my tool box, 40litres of petrol, and the generator in the back, it's too full for any of the caravan bits.
AlexD333
22-02-2015, 01:57
Steve is the man for this, he had a converted boot :thumb2
elty001
22-02-2015, 10:39
Sounds interesting:thumbs are you thinking of just storage like bins either side ? you could prob add a couple of draws by the back door to hold spaners, screw drivers, sockets etc bit like a mini tool chest:thumbs The 3rd row seat mounting points would be a good place to secure it at the front & maybe a bracket going to the rear tie down bolts to secure it at the rear

Not sure how I will do the storage areas yet.
So far I have made a box to cover the arches to give me a flat surface to work on.
SNH
22-02-2015, 11:41
What nets are people using on the inside of th back door? I've seen a few with it done and I could do with one
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa310/simongsi_2007/IMG_20150210_190802.jpg (http://s201.photobucket.com/user/simongsi_2007/media/IMG_20150210_190802.jpg.html)
AlexD333
22-02-2015, 12:49
I thought they all had nets? :nenau
Sweety
22-02-2015, 13:31
I thought they all had nets? :nenau

Only on the post 2000 models (MK3 & MK4):augie
Sweety
22-02-2015, 13:39
What nets are people using on the inside of th back door? I've seen a few with it done and I could do with one
http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa310/simongsi_2007/IMG_20150210_190802.jpg (http://s201.photobucket.com/user/simongsi_2007/media/IMG_20150210_190802.jpg.html)

Something like this might work http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAR-TIDY-NET-BL-ACK-ELASTICATED-FRAMED-NET-VW-CAMPER-CARAVAN-HORSEBOX-BOAT-/201283002853?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2edd66e1e5
Thomas-the-Terrano2
22-02-2015, 14:07
guessing was on the mk3, as per my mk4 we lost the internal door release.
bit of a backward step from safety point of view.
perelaar
22-02-2015, 14:45
I have 2 built in drawers in my SWB T2 commercial conversion, right behind the front seats.
Bottom one divided in 2 parts, holds car stuff (leads, tow rope, ...) on the left and shooting stuff (gloves, knives, scales, ammo, face mask, game carrier straps,...) on the right.
Top one is padded, big enough to hold 2 guns.

Dog fence between the drawers and the roof of the car, on top of drawers between dog fence and top part of front seats is place for coats etc.
Some more place available under the drawers, in what would be the rear seat foot well if I had rear seats.
Pictures here (http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23345), still without dog fence.
Thomas-the-Terrano2
22-02-2015, 23:43
Always found the cavity under the stored 3rd row handy for my straps and bits. Can then drop seats and leave stuff in place though suppose kids lose some foot room.
makeitfit
23-02-2015, 00:07
I found there's loads of space behind the plastic panels where the jack lives. Just oik out the metal holder and you'll have space right over the wheel arch and all around . Strap the jack under your seat .
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/Photo238.jpg (http://s667.photobucket.com/user/daudwpsyn/media/Photo238.jpg.html)
makeitfit
23-02-2015, 00:11
Similar space behind seats on SWB . Plastic panels off reveals how much space there is there. I made a box to keep my compressor in.
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/Photo250-1.jpg (http://s667.photobucket.com/user/daudwpsyn/media/Photo250-1.jpg.html)
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/Photo249.jpg (http://s667.photobucket.com/user/daudwpsyn/media/Photo249.jpg.html)
makeitfit
23-02-2015, 00:15
I made the back of my SWB into a kind of commercial back end but with storage under it. Handy for me then as used it for all my tools for my day job.
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/Photo239-1.jpg (http://s667.photobucket.com/user/daudwpsyn/media/Photo239-1.jpg.html)
Lift up flap reveals all my goodies for offroading :D
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/Photo236.jpg (http://s667.photobucket.com/user/daudwpsyn/media/Photo236.jpg.html)
elty001
23-02-2015, 00:27
I found there's loads of space behind the plastic panels where the jack lives. Just oik out the metal holder and you'll have space right over the wheel arch and all around . Strap the jack under your seat .
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/Photo238.jpg (http://s667.photobucket.com/user/daudwpsyn/media/Photo238.jpg.html)

Like it:thumb2
My plan was to cut my plastic panel out just above where the blind fits then make a box that comes out level with the side of the seat.
A bit awkward as I am keeping the seat so need the seat belts in and functional.
Also has to be enough room to fit my dog cage in when the seat is folded forward.