It eventually sold for £323 plus £33 postage The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the best of everything they have.
I hope Waylander also got the four alloy strips that align the runners before they bolt to the floor. Bit of a faff to get smooth running without.A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
19th Mar 2018 10:24 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14138
xcentric wrote:
I had a bid in at £150ish.
However, as it's essentially 2 floor rails with a carpet covered board on top, I reckon I can make one for about £120, so I was out at anything above that.
hi
i also wondered that ref making one, something like using some 18mm exterior plywood with some heavy duty sliding rails
think the rails may take some searching to find ones that are correctly rated
didn’t realise they go for that much second hand
19th Mar 2018 10:54 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14138
M3DPO wrote:
Mine cost less than £50 and it's still in daily use
do u happen to have any of the links or will any 700mm drawer runners be ok plse
hope u didn’t mind me asking , many thks
19th Mar 2018 11:06 am
Waylander11
Member Since: 21 Apr 2016
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 524
Navigator wrote:
I hope Waylander also got the four alloy strips that align the runners before they bolt to the floor. Bit of a faff to get smooth running without.
Should do I have spoken to the seller and he says they are there and everything is includedD3 in Buckingham blue now SWMBO's Mine D4 commercial
Xenon's fitted Timed climate
EGR Blanked Remapped
Remap Reversing Camera
gear box reset
updated Bluetooth
4x4 info
all done by Bodsy
Fridge fitted
Reversing camera fitted
Great. All you need now is the spare wheel lowering modification and you are away!A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
Mine cost less than £50 and it's still in daily use
£50 ??? my two sheets of cardboard that i can drag things to the back of the car on cost substantially less than that.
Doesn't look quite as pretty mind.
19th Mar 2018 2:48 pm
Waylander11
Member Since: 21 Apr 2016
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 524
Navigator wrote:
Great. All you need now is the spare wheel lowering modification and you are away!
Tell me more please I haven’t seen that oneD3 in Buckingham blue now SWMBO's Mine D4 commercial
Xenon's fitted Timed climate
EGR Blanked Remapped
Remap Reversing Camera
gear box reset
updated Bluetooth
4x4 info
all done by Bodsy
Fridge fitted
Reversing camera fitted
The floor covers the point where one screws the spare wheel winch. Not only do you have to empty the whole load area, you have to lift out the floor as well!!!
So I modified the screw point. D3 was a big nut, which was easy, but D4 is a loop into which the jack handle hooks to do the screw. So I modified both to accept a 1/4" socket drive. A short extension stays fitted, and another passes through a small hole in the appropriate spot when the floor is slid in. Then a ratcher loweres and raises with a minimal rearrange of contents needed.
I did a thread about it some years ago. I think there were even pictures, as the D4 mod is a bit difficult to describe.A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
19th Mar 2018 4:42 pm
Ceekay
Member Since: 17 May 2009
Location: Bury
Posts: 2089
Hardware17 wrote:
M3DPO wrote:
Mine cost less than £50 and it's still in daily use
£50 ??? my two sheets of cardboard that i can drag things to the back of the car on cost substantially less than that.
Doesn't look quite as pretty mind.
I'd like to see you pull my tool boxes out on that cardboard D4 HSE Lux MY16 Club Waitomo
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19th Mar 2018 5:17 pm
Waylander11
Member Since: 21 Apr 2016
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 524
That’s exactly why I bought it I carry a lot of kit in mine and it’s a very long way to the seats when the bottom tailgate is down lol and as per usual the tool I want will be right at the back lolD3 in Buckingham blue now SWMBO's Mine D4 commercial
Xenon's fitted Timed climate
EGR Blanked Remapped
Remap Reversing Camera
gear box reset
updated Bluetooth
4x4 info
all done by Bodsy
Fridge fitted
Reversing camera fitted
19th Mar 2018 10:10 pm
Brucey
Member Since: 24 Oct 2015
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 137
Can you take some detailed pics of it and how it mounts to the car. Might look at getting someone to knock something together.
20th Mar 2018 4:45 am
LeighW D3 Decade
Member Since: 31 Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, AUS
Posts: 920
Brucey, I made one for a D3 in 2007 and have included a hinged lift up section to access the tools storage and lowering point for the spare wheel (in a 5 seater) with photo details here. https://disco3.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1001
Hope this helpsLeighW
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20th Mar 2018 7:59 am
Ceekay
Member Since: 17 May 2009
Location: Bury
Posts: 2089
I use one of these Wind-O-Matic gadgets under my sliding floor. I just leave a socket and small ext bar on permanently and as it is so far back its easy to just pop the ratchet on just uner the back edge of the sliding floor. Works a treat
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20th Mar 2018 10:19 am
Brucey
Member Since: 24 Oct 2015
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 137
LeighW wrote:
Brucey, I made one for a D3 in 2007 and have included a hinged lift up section to access the tools storage and lowering point for the spare wheel (in a 5 seater) with photo details here. https://disco3.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1001
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