Pezza (Bris) replied:

You will find some spent their hard earned on overpriced commercial storage systems and the rest of us built our own, check my rig pics for the Pezza version, it's in a GU but GQ are no different.
If you are interested in building your own use the search function and you will find lots of info there.

Cheers
Pezza

Louie the fly replied:

I built a simple unit for the back of my 4runner. You reckon you got storage issues! Anyway, I just made a 20x20x1.6 RHS frame with legs on the body side, and clad the top and side with some 12mm ply covered with marine carpet. I left a section of floor on the left for the fridge. Next I will make a side wall almost to the roof & next to fridge, with a shelf for two long plastic tubs, a shelf for "stuff" and a bulkhead shelf for light stuff like pillows, etc. I reckon I can double my effective storage area now.

What I did was take all measurements & do some sketches, make some cardboard templates and build it up gradually. IMHO, and as the previous reply, those storage systems, as for pretty much all 4x4 stuff, is way overpriced. Course if you don't have the capacity to do it yourself there aren't many options. Alt, go to ARB & the like and check theirs out. Then make a similar unit.

Member - Matt & Julie (VIC) replied:

Hi Ti Trol

We own a GQ and are also going to Cape York in August this
year, We have a food box and our waeco fridge in the back
everything else is packed in the camper, spare tyres and jerry
cans, tool box and other bits & pieces on the roof rack, I have been told that I have to limit what I take this trip!!!! We are
also interested in what other have to say.

Willem replied:

Go have a look at my previous set-up. I now tow a trailer and sleep inside the GQ

Link

Jim from Best Off Road replied:

If you're interested in a set of drawers to organise the back of the GQ for $850 give me a call on 03 9706 6527.

Jim.

Member - Barnesy (SA) replied:

Ti Trol, i will put some pics of my storage set up on my rig page in a couple of days (after i finish night shift). Keep checking this post and i will write another reply once the pics are on.

Barnesy

Member - andrew B (Kununurra) replied:

I too will place some photo's in the rig pics in a couple of weeks.....

I built mine, but it is probably not as economical as you think.

The 3 sets of runners were around $250, a couple of hundred for the ply, 50 bucks worth of steel, 150 worth of carpet, so it cost me about $650.00.

Chuck a couple of days of building onto that, pay yourself a wage and you are better off with a bought system. On the other hand, It was enjoyable to build, it fits the vehicle, fridge, storage containers etc perfectly, and I can remove it in about 5 min to put the 3rd row of seats back in so I am happy with the unit.

I'll mm you when I do the pics in a couple of weeks...

PS I did build some bodgey ones for around $200 previously, non steel, drawers were ply on ply (no runners, no carpet), and there was no fridge slide. It worked well for me, but the wife couldn't open the drawers very easily, and couldn't get stuff from the fridge very easily (vertically disadvantaged). They served a purpose and survived a trip to Kalumburu, and most of the ply was recycled into the flash new ones.

Kumunara (NT) replied:

Ti Trol


I built my own storage system and fridge slide for my GQ.

When I upgraded to a GU did the same.

My is built out of 20 x 20 steel frame, Marine Ply and covered with carpet to hide my lousy welding. You can buy rollers for the drawers and also heavy duty rollers for the fridge slide. All up it was cost you about $200-300 versus the $2,000 - $3,000 to get a bought one.

I bolted it to the floor in the back using the existing bolt holes for the tie downs.



Tjilpi

Ti Trol replied:

Guys, Thanks for all the posts and ideas. Looks like I will have to smarten up my welding and woodwork!
Cheers