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Discussion in 'Flat Fender Tech' started by tomatolane, Jan 8, 2014.

  1. Jan 8, 2014
    tomatolane

    tomatolane Lane

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    I saw this pic, and I was wondering, if anyone has a photo of the 2 rear compartments in the rear, but with the lids?

    What where they for, simple storage?

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  2. Jan 8, 2014
    duffer

    duffer Rodent Power

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    Yep, just more storage. When I put the glass tub together for my 3B, I made my own versions of those and boxed in almost the entire wheel well. In hindsight, I should have left more "fender" so the wheel openings could have been trimed. They are very useful storage.
     
  3. Jan 8, 2014
    duffer

    duffer Rodent Power

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    Here is the lid style for the GPW's (the MB lids don't have the ridges):
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    What I made:
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    My left side box (shown) has the rear tank fuel neck running through it so it isn't quite as useful as the right side.
     
  4. Jan 8, 2014
    tomatolane

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    Hey great! pic duff thanks.

    I am going to haft to , I mean just have to have them ,

    But I have Also have seen, little tool boxes, with drop down doors, that fit on the rear fender wells.

    Have you ever seen any of those DUF?
     
  5. Jan 8, 2014
    duffer

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    Nope. Not sure a door on the bottom would be my first choice though. I always manage to get an occasional limb, rock, and mud thrown up there on the trail. Access from the outside would be great as you wouldn't have to unload anything to get to them but I couldn't bring myself to put them on the outside of the "fender" and again, they would be exposed to trail hazards.
     
  6. Jan 8, 2014
    gunner

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    Exactly the plan for my DJ5 project except that I wasn't going to put on a door as the rear seat covers the opening completely when the seat is in the upright position (and the opening is exposed when the seat is folded forward) . That's at least for the non-gas tank side. I'm not sure about messing with the tank side as I will have to install 2 filler neck grommets to seal the compartment- once as the pipe comes up and again when it exits the rear of the tub. I'm not sure about having to seal the thing twice and having it last.

    Duffer- how did you handle the gas tank side?
     
  7. Jan 9, 2014
    tomatolane

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    When you get serious and deep into your dj post pics of what you just described, :) sounds way cool
     
  8. Jan 9, 2014
    gunner

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    I fabricated the compartment sheet metal today and will have it spot welded in by the weekend. This fabrication stuff is very time-consuming!

    Duffer's pic got me motivated to not put it off any longer.
     
  9. Jan 10, 2014
    duffer

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    gunner, I didn't use any groments. I fabricated the filler neck and a "garage" for the outside of the "fender" and just used black RTV to seal the neck exit in the bottom and the inside of the tub to seal the garage. Between the glass and sandwiched plywood, the bottom of my compartments is about a 1/2" thick.
    This is the garage. It has both the tank vent a rollover valve plumbed into it.
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    Filler neck
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    For the garage door, I just modified an aluminum CSI version for the 88-99 GMC/Chevy pickups. Even with the filler neck running through it, the left side is useful storage. I keep all the fluids in that one, including quarts of oil, gear lube, and brake fluid; along with a lot of smaller supplies.
     
  10. Jan 10, 2014
    tomatolane

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    Way cool duff .

    Nice pics where they taken with a phone?
     
  11. Jan 10, 2014
    aallison

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    I thought about this as well. But I have a 'glass tub and I thought about lining it with styrofoam (or some sort of insulation) and making a cooler with a drain plug in the bottom. Fill it with ice, drop in some drinks and ready to go. Other side, make it a storage area for stuff. Maybe someday I'll get started and do it.
     
  12. Jan 10, 2014
    jeep2003

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    nice i never thought of a side access door. leaves room on top for the roll bar and less chance of water and dirt getting in there like in the passenger seat box. very cool might have to try that sometime.
     
  13. Jan 11, 2014
    duffer

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    The potential to get water in them was the primary reason my doors went on the sides. We also use a plywood "dog deck" that rests on the wheel wells to give the canines a place to reside and the top hatches would have caused a few problems with that.
     
  14. Jan 11, 2014
    gunner

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    I found multiple problems with the top hatch, not least of which was that when travelling with the rig, it will be piled up with gear in the back and the wheel wells are the only place to put it. I also pushed the front seat back a few inches and that took away some more of the rear wheel well. So, the goal was to maximize the space and usefulness of the cargo area. Putting in the compartment was an idea I had early on in the thinking-about-how-I'm-going-to build-this-thing stage. Going with a side door did not occur to me for awhile until I saw some mention of it (no pic) in a forum a few weeks ago. Light goes on!

    I see now duff how you made the cage within the compartment to contain the fuel lines. I'll have to think about it some. I'm not sure I need the extra space as I'll have the other wheel well compartment, a huge glove box I fabricated and the space under the pass seat. The DJ has no tool box under the pass seat, but I'll just use a bungee to hold the tool bags and other gear I will take on the road. The catch is, I want to do all the welding while the body is still unpainted as the spot welds for a later wheel well compartment will destroy any paint. The other choice is to bolt it all in.

    I used 18ga for the compartment and will spot weld it in, then seal it and paint. It required multiple fit-ups to get it right but really wasn't as difficult to do as I had thought.
     
  15. Jan 11, 2014
    duffer

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    Looking forward to some pics gunner.
     
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