Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Hi all. Me and about a dozen friends are heading up to the cape next year, and I've been preparing the wagon for probly the last 4 months now.

Its an MK td wagon, and has had the whole floor pan (on the inside) sound-proofed, and has had the middle row, and the rear row of seats removed (was a 7 seater). My idea was to setup my storage drawers and cargo barrier so that me and the missus can use the car to actually sleep in, safe from the crocs, snakes, and god forbid, the spiders and crawlies.

All the other guys have hilux tray-backs, with canopies, and no girlfriends (must be a Hilux thing...). Which makes it nice and easy for them to decide.

I've had a look at the roof-rack fold out tent setups, love them, but dont want any weight up top. I only want a spare, and the highlift up top. I've got a tent that has a front section that will fasten to the back of the car. Good idea, light, but not much protection from the critters.

Last but not least, comes MR. Swaggie on the roof rack. Not a 5 Star hotel, and gets a bit sauna-ish, but its up out of harms way, waterproof and its light. Dont know whether my ARB roof rack would hold the 160+kg though.

Any suggestions?? I've got a good 8 months to work it all out, but main points are: keep missus happy, be fairly light weight, not make the car top-heavy, keep missus comfortable, good critter protection, not stuffy, and most important, it HAS to keep the missus happy.

Thanks in advance - Coxy

if you biuld youself a set of drawers, for th back, and set lit up so its all level, i dont see any reason why you cant sleep ontop of them,

It'll be set up so that the top layer will basically sit hard up ontop of the wheel arches in the back. I'll get some HD foam (similar to those thin camping mats) as a base, then a more supportive mattress from clarke rubber. I suppose I could set it up to roll out/roll away for more storage room too. Just have to throw the fridge outside for the night.

Dont reckon it'd get too stuffy in there? Could wind the windows down 3 inches and put a little fly-screen type setup in the gap.

Cheers - Coxy

coxy321 wrote:
Dont reckon it'd get too stuffy in there? Could wind the windows down 3 inches and put a little fly-screen type setup in the gap.

Cheers - Coxy

jeeez!!! you really dont like the little critters do ya!! If ya missus is going maybe youll be lucky and wont be sleeping much anyway!

coxy321 wrote: Its an MK td wagon, and has had the whole floor pan (on the inside) sound-proofed,

Is that because you are taking the missus .

Your best bet will be sleep on top of your drawer system if you dont like creapys. I would sugest that the top of your storage system be 18mm thick, that way it can carry the weight no worries and you want need as many supports inside, which allows a more open internal setup.

saw a great setup in the back of a GQ. It was setup so they could sleep in it. It had a frame with two 12volt computer fans that went into the window frame of both the rear doors. The cross flow of the air kept them nice and cool and fly screen on the outside kept the mozzies out. They could remove the board with the fans in them very easliy so they wern't in the way during the day.

The only thing that bothers me is having a croc suck on my toes, or having a sqeeler dis-embowing me. The other half hates anything thats small, and moves.

Soundproofing is more or less for comfort, to keep out tyre drone, exhaust noise, water-seal the floor pan, and to save us from distraction while watching a movie or playing x-box. We've been together for a few years now - i've got a fair taste for "the married man's sex life".

Coxy