My FJ Cruiser story

[Adam Stander]

Somewhere in this thread or in another one you had some pictures of your ammobox chuckbox, but for the life of me I can't seem to find it.
Can anybody point me in the right direction please?

[MrTolbos]

Somewhere in this thread or in another one you had some pictures of your ammobox chuckbox, but for the life of me I can't seem to find it.
Can anybody point me in the right direction please?

It was in the Share your DIY Camping gadgets thread: (#1136)

http://www.4x4community.co.za/forum/...45#post3227945

[MrTolbos]

Hi guys, it has almost been a year since I started this thread. I have changed and added a few things:

Installed a diy drawer system with space for 4 diy crates above my fridge:





Took the eezi awn RTT off and installed a Bundutop. Pitching camp became 100 times faster.
http://www.bundutec.co.za/bundutop.html



I upgraded the RTT ladder to a telescopic ladder:
https://www.frontrunneroutfitters.co...ic-ladder.html

Took the eezi awn awning off and installed a 270deg headout awning. This helps a lot in the rain. Pitching the headout in wind is a learning curve, but once erected and pegged down it's indestructible. It can be pitched without any legs, but then there should be no wind.
http://www.headout.co.za/Headout%20a...re%20gear.html




Added a safari snorkel, mostly for dust. But also added diff breathers just in case we have to swim...



Having a TPMS gives you that extra piece of mind that you will not destroy your tires that easily.
https://shop.tiremoni.com/reifendruc...i-tm-100/a-16/




I didn't take a picture of the water tank itself, but here is the pipe and tap. The tank takes 45 litres and stands upright behind the fridge and cargo slide. It helps a lot having the water available from an accessible tap.
https://www.frontrunneroutfitters.co...outs-flat.html




Added a 150watt solar panel from Solar world on top of the RTT.



Some other things for camping:

The fully loaded kitchen crate with steel drawers weighed a ton, so I made everything from aluminium





Got these solar lamps from amazon. They obviously don't need batteries and they are motion activated, so you don't even to switch them on or off. Added 3 strong magnets and a strip of double sided velcro to the back of the lights, so they can be mounted virtually anywhere.




Added this pullout arm for one of the solar lamps to have light from above in our 'kitchen'.




Changed our plain jane wind breaker so that we can either use it standalone, or as part of the awning, or as a shower/bathroom:





The fridge/freezer engel combo kept on freezing the fruit and vegetables because the fridge only has one controller for both the fridge and freezer compartments (engel really should fix this!!) so I hacked the system and added a second temperature controller and a battery protector to prevent the battery from going dead (another thing engel should add!)



Bolted a small drop down table onto the side of the fridge. It comes in handy when making a roadside coffee or when you don't have enough hands for all the drinks from the fridge.




The cable from the fridge is always a pain, but this 'dragchain' keeps it nice and safe out of the way




The tent only has 2 small pockets, so we made this big pocket with 4 compartments, big enough for shoes or jacket.

[Mike Nel GX]

Thanks for sharing.

[StefanSvr]

Very nice.... Seems very practical. Looks like you can set up camp and make dinner blindfolded in 30 minutes

[James-Black]

Thanks for the tips! We'd like to have you join the FJ WhatsApp group. Pm me your number if you are keen!

[JurgenSteyn]

Holy #### you made a lot of improvements to your setup!

Well done! This is some of the most innovative mods I have ever seen!!

[MrTolbos]

A few people have asked me about the drag chain on the cable for the fridge. Here are 3 places you can try:


http://www.hobbytronics.co.za/p/994/drag-chain (R97/m)
https://www.robotics.org.za/cable-dr...h=drag%20chain (R125/m)
http://www.automationbuyer.co.za/dra...-20mm-x-1000mm (R205/m)