zacattack20
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Samantha's Build
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ajonesnv
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Storage Box
When I fist got the truck i built a storage box that dubbed as a sub box. Because of the sub it ended up being much taller than I really wanted and made use of the rest of the space difficult for me to use for work, so I ditched it.
4 Years later, well Im ready to get one built that will be more functional. One bonus is that the sub was moved to the side compartment, so I don't have to deal with that.
Ill start with it coming together...no one cares about photos of bare material.
^^So the designated spaces (right to left, then back) are Drawer, Drawer, Inverter Cavity, Electrical Distribution / Amp and limited access storage.
When I fist got the truck i built a storage box that dubbed as a sub box. Because of the sub it ended up being much taller than I really wanted and made use of the rest of the space difficult for me to use for work, so I ditched it.
4 Years later, well Im ready to get one built that will be more functional. One bonus is that the sub was moved to the side compartment, so I don't have to deal with that.
Ill start with it coming together...no one cares about photos of bare material.
^^So the designated spaces (right to left, then back) are Drawer, Drawer, Inverter Cavity, Electrical Distribution / Amp and limited access storage.
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ajonesnv
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I have made a few that I have sold. PM me if you want to chat about it.
ajonesnv
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Storage Box Update:
When I first got my 4Runner I came from a truck, so not having a spot for every thing kinda tweaked out my OCD. One of my very first projects was to build a storage box so that things not only had a place, but so that things weren’t just rolling around and causing a constant state of unrest for my soul, LOL.
This was also one of my first wood working projects…to say the least it was sub-par. My dad who is a fantastic wood-worker pretty much gave me a face-palm, took it apart, squared it up for me, and then carpeted it to hide the obvious flaws.
I wanted to be able to incorporate a sub/amp and then a compartment for electrical distribution…what ever was left was for storage.
Storage Box 1:
In the end it was too tall and my sub/amp took up too much rear space.
I then sold for what I had in it to a good friend who is still using it today. As I though through what I wanted for the second it boiled down to longer shallower drawers, more than one drawer and a cleaner set-up for my inverter. I also built a box for my sub in the stock storage compartment. The height was great, however with limited wood experience I over-looked some basic possibilities. (i.e. not thinking about making the drawers different sizes for the sake of utilizing all the rear space in the box.) In the end the rear portion of the box had a lot of unused space due to squaring off the whole back portion off the size of my amp. Additionally, I wasted space by placing my inverter in the spot I did. I could have easily remotely located the inverter in the back of the box…again a lot of unused space.
The sub box was kinda a lot for that panel to hold, so in time it started rattling more than I was OK with. Noises that don’t belong drive me nuts so I turned the sub off, which begs the question…why have if there if I’m not going to use it? Also, the air space was limited and that sub needed more.
Sub Box:
Storage Box 2:
All this to end up here. [MENTION=96608]MandAtaco[/MENTION] built a very nice box, that was dropped one side so that he could have access to the cooler (ingenious right!!! That’s why I stole the idea) and we had both chatted about how nice it would be to have a table, so once he decided that a storage box was in his future he implemented these features and after one trip it was decided…I had to rebuild mine. I had seen some really cool side storage builds, so I decided to sit down with paper and a scaling ruler and figure out exactly what I wanted out of this. Here is a list of things I wanted:
-Table / Drawer
-Cooler space
-Remote Inverter with better access (I went from a 1500W max inverter to an 1100W operating inverter so it took up quite a bit of space)
-Hard mounted Air Pump
-Sub/Amp
-Electrical Distribution
-Utilizing any left over space.
-Lastly, if I’m going to put this much work into it I wanted it to look nice and clean.
As I had the drawings going, I ran across an Igloo cooler at SAMs that I ended up buying so my dimensions changed a bit, as the cooler was longer, wider, and taller (LOL). It is Igloos version of a Yeti or Pelican.
Here are some photos of the progress, I apologize that I had a gap in the build where some photos that could have been taken weren’t.
First Concept:
Generic space usage
I planned on having the Amp elevated so the drawer/table would slide underneath, but once the new cooler came into play I had to relocate the amp all together.
Second Concept:
Drawer/Table Profile:
This profile was to the 1/8” due to needed 2” drawer height and still keeping it as low as possible so mu cooler lid will lift.
Build Photos:
Here is the photo gap…I didn’t take any of the cut and assembly of the side boxes.
When I first got my 4Runner I came from a truck, so not having a spot for every thing kinda tweaked out my OCD. One of my very first projects was to build a storage box so that things not only had a place, but so that things weren’t just rolling around and causing a constant state of unrest for my soul, LOL.
This was also one of my first wood working projects…to say the least it was sub-par. My dad who is a fantastic wood-worker pretty much gave me a face-palm, took it apart, squared it up for me, and then carpeted it to hide the obvious flaws.
I wanted to be able to incorporate a sub/amp and then a compartment for electrical distribution…what ever was left was for storage.
Storage Box 1:
In the end it was too tall and my sub/amp took up too much rear space.
I then sold for what I had in it to a good friend who is still using it today. As I though through what I wanted for the second it boiled down to longer shallower drawers, more than one drawer and a cleaner set-up for my inverter. I also built a box for my sub in the stock storage compartment. The height was great, however with limited wood experience I over-looked some basic possibilities. (i.e. not thinking about making the drawers different sizes for the sake of utilizing all the rear space in the box.) In the end the rear portion of the box had a lot of unused space due to squaring off the whole back portion off the size of my amp. Additionally, I wasted space by placing my inverter in the spot I did. I could have easily remotely located the inverter in the back of the box…again a lot of unused space.
The sub box was kinda a lot for that panel to hold, so in time it started rattling more than I was OK with. Noises that don’t belong drive me nuts so I turned the sub off, which begs the question…why have if there if I’m not going to use it? Also, the air space was limited and that sub needed more.
Sub Box:
Storage Box 2:
All this to end up here. [MENTION=96608]MandAtaco[/MENTION] built a very nice box, that was dropped one side so that he could have access to the cooler (ingenious right!!! That’s why I stole the idea) and we had both chatted about how nice it would be to have a table, so once he decided that a storage box was in his future he implemented these features and after one trip it was decided…I had to rebuild mine. I had seen some really cool side storage builds, so I decided to sit down with paper and a scaling ruler and figure out exactly what I wanted out of this. Here is a list of things I wanted:
-Table / Drawer
-Cooler space
-Remote Inverter with better access (I went from a 1500W max inverter to an 1100W operating inverter so it took up quite a bit of space)
-Hard mounted Air Pump
-Sub/Amp
-Electrical Distribution
-Utilizing any left over space.
-Lastly, if I’m going to put this much work into it I wanted it to look nice and clean.
As I had the drawings going, I ran across an Igloo cooler at SAMs that I ended up buying so my dimensions changed a bit, as the cooler was longer, wider, and taller (LOL). It is Igloos version of a Yeti or Pelican.
Here are some photos of the progress, I apologize that I had a gap in the build where some photos that could have been taken weren’t.
First Concept:
Generic space usage
I planned on having the Amp elevated so the drawer/table would slide underneath, but once the new cooler came into play I had to relocate the amp all together.
Second Concept:
Drawer/Table Profile:
This profile was to the 1/8” due to needed 2” drawer height and still keeping it as low as possible so mu cooler lid will lift.
Build Photos:
Here is the photo gap…I didn’t take any of the cut and assembly of the side boxes.
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ajonesnv
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Getting Carpet on:
Faces cut and stained:
Drawer/Table Assembled:
Test Fitment:
(I plan on using the left over carpet to redo my seat backs so it all matches…they are in rough shape as it is so its kinda a need to anyways.)
I have a small list left. I need to plumb my pump and run and connect my amp. Ill have a little more to come.
Sorry for being so photo heavy.
Faces cut and stained:
Drawer/Table Assembled:
Test Fitment:
(I plan on using the left over carpet to redo my seat backs so it all matches…they are in rough shape as it is so its kinda a need to anyways.)
I have a small list left. I need to plumb my pump and run and connect my amp. Ill have a little more to come.
Sorry for being so photo heavy.
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MN4runnerman
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Hope you don't mind me asking. Where did you get the carpet for your storage? I didn't see it in your thread
ajonesnv
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Home Depot. There is better carpet out there for stuff like this, but it's not cheap. HD has a pretty thin carpet used for outdoor applications. I checked Lowes too, but HD's selection was much better.
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MN4runnerman
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Thanks! I checked menards(local place like HD) and they just didn't have anything I liked. I'll go look at home depot then.
sportrunner2001
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I got the carpet for my drawers from Lowe's after finding the same results you did at menards. Lowe's had what I was looking for: cheap, tough, and easy to clean
