This video is intended to show how I designed the shelving and slides in my Pajero to work. Inspiration in case you're planning to make your own or are having trouble sleeping. More details in full description.
0:00 A 2014 (MY15) Pajero. Base model diesel NX, no rear speakers or subwoofer.
0:06 Das Floorhole.
This is where the third-row seats hide away if you have them. The empty compartment is far more useful than children. The lid can be folded open or entirely removed. The compartment is just the right size for a trolley-load of shopping and is the ideal spot for stashing your toolbox, rain jacket and canvas bags. • Tim Minchin - Canvas Bags . I like my floorhole.
0:21 Preparing the cargo barrier.
0:41 Installing the cargo barrier (and regretting not putting on a better-fitting pair of jeans).
0:51 Label all the things. The plastic-headed bolts came with the car. The gold-passivated ones are after market.
1:23 The top arms of the barrier slide up and down for adaptability. A zip-tie holding them at the top gives you a tiny bit more luggage space because trigonometry exists.
1:27 P/N: MR935379
1:33 This is where the third-row seats normally attach to the body and hinge around on the silver mounts. The gold bolts are in factory threaded holes.
1:44 That blue clip is supposed to be stopping the interior from rattling. I suspect the roof-rack installers had nothing to do with it being broken.
1:50 Since those mounts are already there and well engineered, we might as well make use of them. Better than mashing up the interior.
1:55 The slides. I needed the one on the right to be a fridge slide. To maximise load space and flexibility, it made sense to make the on eon the left a slide too. A drawer would also be heavier.
2:22 As it is, these are plenty heavy enough. Installation is a pain the shins, hamstrings and lower back.
2:45 The runners are “Goliath 600mm Extra Heavy Duty Lockable Drawer Slide Pair” from Bunnings. I/N: 4021075. 600mm is just the right draw for the size of my fridge (Dometic CFF 45) to clear the top shelf when extended while maximising access to the glorious floorhole.
3:10 17mm.
3:33 Installing the rear bolts. These hold down both the slides and the bottom of the cargo barrier. Not sure if these are factory bolt holes or part of the cage option but asymmetry makes me think the latter.
3:57 My useless left hand being shit at life.
4:12 My talented right hand realising that the cage mounts must be on top for this to work.
4:51 Installing the left leg for the upper shelf. Note to self: it’s the right leg that goes in first.
5:27 The shelf ironically lives on top of its contents.
5:43 The shelf. Marine carpet (Bunnings) keeps most things from sliding around. Get the rubber-backed stuff. The kind that’s fluff on both sides will cost you a fortune in contact cement.
6:14 Installing the shelf. See, I told you the right leg goes in first.
6:51 The shittest bolt of the whole job, torqued to AvE-spec.
7:30 Presentating too early.
7:38 The back of the shelf clamps through the cage for support. Practically all weight is on the legs, this is mainly for stability.
7:58 The bottom arms (legs?) of the cargo barrier also slide but side to side.
8:25 Probably should have just welded the bolts to the clamping bar.
9:07 The finished assembly.
9:51 Aforementioned Dometic CFF45 from Snowy’s. I love Snowy’s.
9:58 This is the only good reason to own a skateboard (one take, no practice).
10:14 Commitments.
10:45 Phenylalanine.
11:18 Installing the fridge.
11:36 It has 4x M6 threaded holes for securing it in place. This is the shit way to try and use them.
11:57 I haven’t settled on suitably funny names for the sharp-implement and electrical-tat drawers yet. Suggestions welcome.
12:03 Making a better solution.
12:42 x4
13:44 The fridge is great but the cover was clearly designed in a different building.
14:02 Cable management.
14:23 This plug is on the main battery but runs through a low-voltage breaker. The fridge also has it’s own battery protection.
14:37 These furry blocks elevate the crate enough to clear the runners. I would have have liked to make the left slide slightly wider instead but this works.
14:50 The two top crates clear the high-mount brake light by millimetres.
14:52 Artisanal, hand-crafted octopus straps. 6mm Solcor shock cord from Bunnings (I/N: 4316481) shits all over the Grunt multi-core variety.
14:54 Shock cord buttons (I/N: 3950204). Cheap, compact and don’t cut you.
15:08 Fully loaded with all the shit.
Many hours went into measuring and planning. Comparatively few into welding and painting.
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