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My dad always put his antennas on hood channel mounts, and since I was a kid I always liked the look. 
I put it on a spring for the tight trails. I can also tie it down if needed.
I also built a new platform in the rear. I just wanted something really simple and didn't want actual drawers on slides since the space is already tight, and that costs you so precious inches. I still need to sand and finish, and will also be adding a slide out table just above the boxes, below the platform. It will just be on angle aluminum with felt. Hard to explain but this youtube video is where I got the idea.
Skip to 7:53 for the finished product:
The left box will be for kitchen and food, the thing on the right has all of my recovery gear.
We cook on the tailgate table, so the slide-out table will be perfect for food prep / work space. I already had the led strips in that light both areas well.
The support walls on the sides line up with the factory cargo tie downs so the platform will be very secure. There is still a good amount of room on either side, and the back right (behind the rear passenger side seat) will extend to the side of the Jeep but with a hinge to flip up to access. I think this will work great for camping and Fern and I will get to test it out in Moab next month!
Ignore the carpet, btw, that's just the factory rear mat. This is pretty nice looking read oak, so I will probably do a stain and seal it to bring out the grain.
I put it on a spring for the tight trails. I can also tie it down if needed.
I also built a new platform in the rear. I just wanted something really simple and didn't want actual drawers on slides since the space is already tight, and that costs you so precious inches. I still need to sand and finish, and will also be adding a slide out table just above the boxes, below the platform. It will just be on angle aluminum with felt. Hard to explain but this youtube video is where I got the idea.
Skip to 7:53 for the finished product:
The left box will be for kitchen and food, the thing on the right has all of my recovery gear.
We cook on the tailgate table, so the slide-out table will be perfect for food prep / work space. I already had the led strips in that light both areas well.
The support walls on the sides line up with the factory cargo tie downs so the platform will be very secure. There is still a good amount of room on either side, and the back right (behind the rear passenger side seat) will extend to the side of the Jeep but with a hinge to flip up to access. I think this will work great for camping and Fern and I will get to test it out in Moab next month!
Ignore the carpet, btw, that's just the factory rear mat. This is pretty nice looking read oak, so I will probably do a stain and seal it to bring out the grain.
Front and rear cameras are on the list, and one of the main reasons I upgraded the head-unit recently! Just trying to figure out where I want to mount them so I can decide which style of camera to get. Once I do get the rear camera, I will probably just remove the rear view mirror since the windshield visibility is even so limited.
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