DIY Drawer System for Jeep Wrangler, Camping, Overlanding
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ม.ค. 2017
- I wanted to build a rear cargo drawer system for my 2016 Jeep Wrangler 4door. I did quite a bit of research and found some really good info out there but not a ton out there specific to the Wrangler.
I’m not an expert builder by any means. I enjoy it and can get by, but I’m no master carpenter. I took ideas I found from other online - videos and forum posts - and decided to jump in to the build. I figured I would document the process, not so much as a “how-to” video, but more as a “what-I-did” video.
For any expert builders, this would be pretty simply. But for those out there, like me, hopefully this will give you an idea of what can be done and will give you ideas for your build.
My dimensions and plans (some changed, FYI): jumpshare.com/v/V5nYTyQLNXnwi...
For complete video on build of the slide-out table: • DIY Building slide out...
Below is the list of items I purchased online:
- Rubber Flexible T-Latch: amzn.to/3wfPXxe
- Diamond Plated Rubber Mat (for top of box): amzn.to/3ld6WK2
- Drawer Slides - 24":amzn.to/3LhPZZJ
Here’s references for resources I relied on. Thanks to these folks for posting their process:
- • Land Cruiser Toolbox /...
- www.expeditionportal.com/forum... - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I know this is older video and I have watched this 3 or 4 times to keep my ideas fresh till I build mine. But I love that you got the game on your laptop playing. I can relate because that's exactly what I do when I'm building stuff in my shed 😂😂
pretty cool setup! like it! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the slide out table.
Awesome looking build. Gave me an idea for my JL. Love the Mission 22 hat too.
Excellent video, I am looking at setting up a 1996 ZJ for overland purposes, and this definitely gives me some great ideas. Thank you for sharing!
Nice job. I like the looks of this project. You gave me some great ideas to run with. Thanks
Amazing build, and very inspiring for my TJ!
Amazing job! Gave me some great ideas for a camper conversion we're doing on the Jeep.
Thanks for making the video, doing the same in my Xterra Off Road. Your video showed me everything I need to do, was unsure on building it like you not an expert but now will get it done. Be safe, Chris.
Good video man. You gave me a really great idea for my jeep. Thanks for the tip!
Bud that was awesome, great job you give me some ideas thx for posting.
awesome, and links were just what i was looking for. Thanks for making this vid
Really nice mate. That cutting board is an excellent idea. You've given me some great ideas. Greetings from Australia.
Great video mate . Excellent draw setup . Thank you !
Good job! Looks great and practical to have.
Dude nicely done this is exactly what I want thanks for sharing!! 👍🏻👌🏻
Great idea with the locking pins - lock-out sliders are super expensive so I will give this a go!
Just discovered your vid. Was looking for some inspiration for a DYI drawer project for my Wrangler. You have perhaps just made my surf fishing / camping that much easier. Simplicity with a hint of sophistication! Great job sir!!
Drawers and cutting board look great! Nice job.
Thank you!
This is literally the best DIY drawer build I've seen! Going to try to do something very similar for my 2017 JK 2 door. Thanks for sharing!!!!
Did you end up building your drawer system for your 2017 2-door?? Would love to hear about it if so!
I make high end custom cabinets for a living and have to say you did a pretty good job on these. Pretty ambitious for your first project and you nailed it! Im sure you learned a lot for next time aswell.
Fantastic inspirational video and I for one, want to thank you for sharing.
FOGGING OUTSTANDING SIR
Dude, you just gave me a great idea! Thx
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Nice system, simple and clean. I pulled the back seats out of my Raptor , and need to build a system that includes my dometic fridge, and drawers on the opposite side.
Thanks for the video.. Definitely gonna make one...
Very nice. I really like the locking idea you came up with. I know they sell draw hinges that have a lever to lock it. But are very expensive
Good job JOCK.
Love the build !! I am wanting to do something similar to my JK...thinking of putting the pull out table top on the driver's side and maybe have a tailgate table as well.
Like the video man. I'm not a jeep guy but the problems are still the same for K5 blazers. Noting really works well. Really impressed with the idea of the slide out table. Very handy.
anomaly983 yeah slide out table idea came after I'd already started but it's pretty handy.
Awesome built and awesome video!
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it.
great work! thanks for sharing.
This is such an awesome build man. Looks great and its super functional. My favorite part of the video is that you didn't go over the top with it. Used materials and tools that people of all skill levels can relate to and be comfortable. Great job!
Glad it helped! That was my goal. Build something that I KNEW I could - and that didn't LOOK cheap... and hopefully share it with others like me.
Blair Johnson that is so condescending
Good job. In the process of building my own box as well. Also using that 1/8” rubber diamond plate finish.
Well done for someone who’s not a carpenter 😎👍
C D much appreciated!
Great build!
I have a VW T5 and scanning the web for storage ideas, and this looks really nice.
Guess I’ll steal your table idea.
//Jorgen 🇸🇪
Nice. The cutting board attached to the drawer is a great idea. Might have to change up my set up in the back of my taco to something like that.
Glad it gave you some inspiration. I got a lot of inspiration for watching other people's builds too. Thanks for watching!
awesome Video!
Good job dude!
Freaking sweet man. It's simple but it looks really good. Might do something similar in my 2 door but with a fold away sleep platform.
Glad it gave you some inspiration! Thanks for watching!
Very cool man, repping the Henry D hoody 🤙🏼
Go Irish!
Thanks for the help
Great job! I’m going to give it a shot. Wish me luck.
Go get it! I'd love to see how it turns out!
Good video, thanks for sharing 👍
Great video
Great job. Thanks for posting
You’re welcome.
That came out great. I want to make something exactly like that, but for the passenger side, I want to build some type of hinged sleeping system, that can be unfolded to fit over the passenger seats. Still thinking about it tho.
Great video!
ELO, Sweet Talkin' Woman, great song.
Great design and not bad woodwork for a novice woodworker. I will be borrowing from your design to build a similar one on my new JL. TY
Thanks! Enjoy your build! It's half the fun!
Very nice work. Even I could do it.
So inspiring!! I'm pretty much a novice woodworker and I believe that I could build this. I like the rubber diamond plate. I thought you might use it on the drawer fronts. One thought on the table part if you're going to use it for food preparation, check and make sure nothing in the finish will make you sick. If any doubt I would sand it down and use an oil they make for cutting board. Your woodworking friend might be helpful with that. I think you did a great job and added some cool features like the table. Thanks for sharing your talent and video, Rodney
Rodney Widger thanks for your comments Rodney!
KREG jig pocket hole screws would be great for this project, thanks for sharing! im gonna be building one soon for my wrangler.
For sure! I didn’t have pocket screws at the time but have since used those on numerous projects. Would work great on something like this! Good luck with the build!
Thanks for sharing this Ryan! I'm nearly finished building a set of drawers myself. Also did a lot of research online but never found good ways to lock drawers open/closed or especially important, anchor the cabinets down. You've solved my last couple of problems so thanks again! Hope those OBDR 3 plans are coming along...I have my god tracks if that would be helpful.
Awesome. Glad that it helped you out. Exactly why I made the video. I'd love to see pics of yours when finished. And yes, I'd love to see your tracks on OBDR 3! We're gonna head over this week and try a portion of it west of Sunriver.
You can email me at explore[a]aoadventure.com
great video thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
good job, thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching!
Looks great! I actually build my plans for my drawers based on the same post on expeditionportal. My finished box should be a hair under 38" wide by 28" deep. One drawer is wider than the other to accommodate 2 cub pack tubs from front runner. The other drawer is thinner and I will probably run some dividers there.
That's awesome. I'd love to see it. I thought about adding some dividers as well. Still may do that after getting some more use of it.
Do you have an email that I can send it to you to check it out?
Sure... explore[a]aoadventure.com
i'm sold. starting a version of this setup today. Thanks for the great idea...*|||||||*
Excellent video sir, enjoyed your video so much we subbed you as well. We recently added a Jeep to our life and looking for storage solutions I ran across your video. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed week.
Dale
Very nice
super old video but used your plans with a couple changes. Still used 3/4 plywood. Deleted full bottom and replaced with 3 3/4 x 2 cross pieces (Front back and middle)both sides and back were cut as you specified, but "perforated" with 3 1/2 holes saw down the center to remove as much weight as practical while maintaining strength. great job tho!!
Love it! That's a great idea on the bottom to save weight!
I have a 97 jeep, though I couldn't follow your instructions exactly it did inspire the design I used, just an idea I used a larger board on the top that covers the entire area rather than just the cabnats.
Great idea! Love it!
I'm using the same L brackets to hold the drawer system I'm making down too! haha This looks great! and good call on the diamond plated rubber stuff, I'm definitely going to use that! This was full of great ideas!
Great functional build and I think I'll be making something similar! The one addition that might come in handy is to add some tie-down points on the top or maybe along the sides. In my Liberty, the factory tie-down are useless plastic...
+Steve Elliott yes I love that idea. I’ve been thinking about that. I’ve been looking at different ideas. Would love to hear if you see any thing that would make sense.
I've been looking at the cargo tie-down rails they use in aircraft (and other things). I'm not sure how much clearance you have underneath the top of the box, but if there's enough room to get a good solid washer and nut in without interfering with the drawers or content, you could easily bolt these to the top. They're much lower profile that something like eye bolts that would be permanently sticking up, and they wouldn't rattle around like D-rings. They would also give you a bunch of different tie-down options.
www.uscargocontrol.com/Ratchet-Straps-Tie-Downs/L-Track-Tie-Down-Rails
Steve Elliott great. I’ll look into these. My concerns where rattling and the height of them so these may work around both of those. Appreciate the link.
Great, great video man. You've inspired me. I own an FJ and looking to do something similar. Can find some stuff on FJ forums, but nothing like you illustrated. Nice work. Also looks like you were catching the Falcons/ Seahawks game. Ugh...I'm a Falcons fan who has still not gotten over the SB.
Awesome. Love hearing that. Good luck with your build. And I hear you on those Falcons... I still haven't gotten over the end of SB a couple years ago when Seahawks lost.
Was still a hold on Julio..
I had an FJ as well. You pretty much have to do what he did, but for an FJ. I built a flat sleep board with a flip down piece behind the seats to allow enough room to sleep and to put a MTB. I used pipe legs to support it. Miss my FJ
Awesome
good for you
g’day mate, i’m a furniture maker by trade. Just a quick tip for you!
it’s not a good ideal to seal the timber with a Urethane if you use that timber board for cutting food on. the proper solution is to soaked the board in cooking oil/olive oil for cutting food on. Urethane can go through your food when cutting on the board.
Very nice finished product/project, kudos! Have you thought about securing cargo on top of the box? Maybe a few anchor points for tie down straps?
MsEmmaHale love that idea!!
Go Beavs!
BajaMedic 😀 I’m used to this comment. My entire extended family are Beavs.
Great job. I especially liked how forgiving you are of your own mistakes. I myself would be redoing every little error. I think I would projects more if I was a bit more like you. I will more than likely build some for my Rubi. Thanks
I hear ya. I did't want it to look cheap, but I for sure gave myself some grace. I almost did this as a test run... gonna try it out for a while, see what works and what doesn't and then maybe build something based on a little trial and error.
If you're drawer slides aren't rated high enough you can just add a second set of slides and double the drawer capacity.
Ayy goo Wildcats
Yeah! Go 'Cats!!
wow
fucking awesome
Do you have the updated/latest blueprints for this build?
Wow I started something very similar just yesterday. Glad I came across your video now. Love the Idea of the slide out table surface, curious how much weight can you put on it?
That's great! I've never weighed the amount that I've put in but never had an issue cooking anything on it or using for some of my heavier camera gear either.
Great video, I've been contemplating if I wanted to build a set or painfully pay the high price for a manufactured set. After this video, I feel comfortable enough to build a pair myself.
Also, I have Bartact seat covers myself. Couldn't be happier with them.
Awesome! That was the goal! Good luck with your build!
Awesome work man! Since you are done with the project, what would you do differently since you have had some time to use it?
At this point, not really. The only thing I can think of might be to add another 1-2" to the height of it. Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with it. I'll keep you posted if anything comes up though!
One of the best looking drawer builds I’ve seen. Nice work. How much up and down give is there when using the wood chopping board? Do they need additional legs when all the way out?
Thanks. There's really not that much give at all. I mostly use it for my single burner stove and some lighter weight food/drinks with no issues at all. If you were gonna put something more than 10 lbs on there, you'd probably want to figure out some sort of stabilizer for the bottom.
What where the brackets you used for the sliders,n where can I get them.great content
Those brackets came with the sliders. They're made for attaching sliders to the floor, instead of the side.
Great job brother! I don't suppose you could access the factory lower storage? I picked up my 2017 JKU and will probably look into similar project. Thanks for sharing!
Brandon Koay No access to the lower storage compartment unless you pull the entire box out. Which is why I made it not that permanent. I store everything I would have stored underneath there in the drawers though. Hasn't been an issue up to this point. Good luck with your build!
Thanks for replying. So, I assumed you've relocated your factory jack? BTW how much did it cost you total for the setup?
Brandon Koay yeah the jack is in my left drawer. I'd estimate the cost between $150-175.
That's not bad at all. Most after market drawers setup I've seen are all over $1000. Keep up the good work!
Nice. I need sliding doors too. I keep water bottles. Does the wood weigh down the jeep. It looks thick
I don't notice too much drag on the Jeep. It's heavy, but not too bad.
what braces are those that you used for the drawer rails?
also the magnetics and pins where did you get those?
Just thinking about security, if someone gets into the Jeep topless, and puts the back seats down, can't they just nab the entire box by detaching it from the Jeep? I wonder if it would've been better to have the attachments in the box?
Yeah probably not a bad idea. I found that I mostly use it in the winter when top is on. After a few years I bought a Diabolical Enclosure for the back so when top was down I could secure items in the back and that works great!
Did you mention in the beginning that this fits in your pilot? I have one and I can’t change that until next year. It’s what I use for car camping currently as it is lacking ground clearance. What year is your pilot? Thx. Great video too
Robert Tobin 2011 Pilot and yes it fits in there. It’s not snug, space on left and right but it works.
How has the adhesive holding the rubber mat to the plywood held up? I'm doing a similar build and I've been struggling to find something that works well in that application.
Sorry for the delayed response. The rubber is great! Holding up very well. The plywood takes it the hardest with things banging into it and chipping away at it, but the rubber top has no issues. And provides a surface that prevents things from sliding around on it.
Go Falcons
Nice job. One thing that wasn't clear to me was the woofer speaker. Did you just eliminate it or does the 16 not have it?
The sub is below the drawer. Doesn’t interfere at all from what I can tell.
Can this be used as a sleeping platform to hold two people?
spicytacos 23 Yeah, I suppose so. You’d just have to build something that would match the height of this that goes over the folded down back seats.
What size screw for the mount to the Jeep for the bracket? Can’t figure it out. thanks!
Christopher Rapp sorry for late reply. Are you talking about the screws that hold the box down behind the back seat of the Jeep? Those came with the Jeep - and I’m. It sure the size. I’ll try to find that out for you though if that’s what you’re referring to.
Any idea of the final weight? I'm looking to do the same type but not as tall.
+see_me_rolin 72 probably 75 pounds.
Thank you very much for sharing! Other than the two tie downs at the rear, do you have it mounted to the Jeep anywhere else? I’m building a kit and looking for a solution that is easily removable (like you’d mentioned). Thanks
Those are the only points that’s it’s tied down. It works fine. And like you, I wanted this to be something I could easily take out. I usually take it out during summer months and put it back in during the winter.
Awesome! Thanks. My buddy and I are planning on this setup for our JK and JKU. I’m also planning on tucking one of these up high for added organization th-cam.com/video/W_uiLNrOaiE/w-d-xo.html. Best to you and yours.
what seat covers are those that allow the bags to hang off the back?
They look like the ones I have. Mine are Bartact
This was a great build, how much do you have in this and how long did it take to make it?
Cost was around $210. But that probably includes a couple extra trips to Home Depot after a mistake or two. 😀 . I built the majority of it it in a weekend - maybe 8 hours total.
AO ADVENTURE Hey great build. I'm doing something very similar, and thanks for your insight and help. Just a quick idea on what I'm going. I'm cutting a hole into the base so I can just pull the drawer out if i need to access the bottom storage. Also, I pulled the liner out so I can access the storage, and my system comes up to the jack cubby so I can still access that freely. Thinking of switching out for a bottle jack I'll keep in the drawer and use that cubby for my tool roll. Quick question, how is the bed liner holding up? Debating between painting or carpeting.
Love the idea of the hole in the bottom to access the storage! When you say 'bed liner' do you mean in the bottom of the drawers? Those are holding up great! I am realizing that now that it's summer time and the soft top is on, and thus more 'open air' I'm thinking of taking the drawers out so i can store stuff under a bungee net. Glad I made the drawers removable for sure.
AO ADVENTURE yeah I'm mounting mine the same way as you for that reason. When I said Bedliner I meant the head coating you sprayed on the drawers. How's that holding up?
This Guy Oh... so far really good. Been nicked and knocked and wet a handful of times and still holding up. Highly recommend.
Do you have a pic of what you did? Trying to picture it. Thanks
A pic of cutting a hole in the base to access the bottom storage. Thanks
Cool, but how do you access the lower storage? Also.. weight vs strength should be considered. Drawers vs open space.. know what you plan on stowing. Ours has acess to lower storage. 16" h. X 24 deep X width.
For sleeping we added a track to fr of box to clip the ply panels into. Voila! It's a 2 door JK camper. Sleeps 2.
Don’t have access to lower storage when the drawers are in there. Everything from lower storage goes in the drawers.
Love the sleeper idea!
Are the 100lb slides working for you or do you wish you would have gotten heavy duty slides?
So far, so good on those. I've had no issues with the weight in the drawers, even with the slide out table.
ok so totally randome question: where can i get that tshirt? haha. cool design. oh and kick ass build. wish i had the time on my hands. lucky to have a woodshop buddy.
Ha, thanks! I designed those tees for a friend of mine - his real estate business.
AO ADVENTURE.
Well damn
Where can I get the specs and Material list for this build
If you look in the description below the video, I put details in there. Also you can check out this link: jumpshare.com/v/V5nYTyQLNXnwi6XFhYPz Thanks. - Ryan
Great video, you cut like I do! Just close enough to make it even with sandpaper! How much weight will your table hold? Did you end up making support legs?
Thanks! Holds plenty of weight. Haven’t maxed it out but no issues putting anything you might need kitchen-wise on there. Also use it quite a bit for camera gear and it works great.
Got mine done, not as nice as yours, but functional! Where did you get the latches that secure your drawers from sliding open?
@@chrislane4615 That's awesome! I'd love to see it. Here's the link to the latches I used: amzn.to/3wfPXxe
@@RyanWelch-aofilms Just ordered the latches. Not sure how to send you the pictures.
@@chrislane4615 You can send them through Instagram... send them to me at @northof42
Do you share the plans with anybody. I want to have someone build the box for me.
There's a link in the comments to my first draft of plans.
Looks nice, but damn, so heavy using that thick plywood for the frame and for the drawers. This is OK if weight is not an issue, but hard to see why you need full bottom for the box that the drawers fit in. Perhaps you need no bottom under the drawers at all since you are attaching the sliders to the side of the frame...
Agreed! If I was doing it again, would not include the bottom.