Black Widow drawers

[an000 Member Find all posts View Profile Close an000]

Just had my BW drawers fitted yesterday. It was a set of twin drawers, cargo barrier, dividers and fridge slides:





As I took a 4WD show offer the installation was done by Black Widow at their factory, at no cost.
The quality is top, everything was fitted very well.

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The rear seats were taken out, which took up a fair bit of room:



I was considering between the BW and FourbyFitouts drawers(which does not require removal of rear seats), but now I am glad I picked the BW and have all that dead weights out of the car.

[wooley Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close wooley]

they look fantastic.

[letsgoplaces Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close letsgoplaces]

It is a great looking setup. And seeing as you can't use the rear seats anyway, you're right, get rid of the dead weight and improve carrying capacity

[150gxl Member Find all posts View Profile Close 150gxl]

Thanks for posting this up.
These are the ones I want if the vehicle comes - I hadn't seen them in a 150 b4, just the 120 series, which were excellent.

[QLD4505 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close QLD4505]

Hi an00 the drawers look great can you share what deal you?

[an000 Member Find all posts View Profile Close an000]

I went to check out the drawers at the Camberwell 4WD show a few months ago.
BW had a Prado 150 there with their drawers fitted for demo (it was on loan car from a dealer).
After playing with the drawers and talking to Haydon (the son of Mr BW), I knew what I wanted!
The deal was free installation, so for the twin drawers, fridge slides, dividers and cargo barrier it was $3305. The saving on installation was around $450.

I got the show price for The FourbyFitouts as well, and it was cheaper but I thought the BW quality was better.
FBF's advantage is you can leave the rear seats where they are, but the BW does not have any extra drill holes so in theory you can pull the drawers out and put the seats back like original! They told me they had to refit the loan car to the original state after the show and I was sold

One slight issue for me, initially ARB recommended the hardest springs at the rear for the 2inch lift, with the assumption that the drawers would add enough weight to load the springs. However after taking the seats out (which was about 50kg?) and putting the drawers in the net weight is probably the same. I don't mind driving with a high rear-end but I think the ride could be more comfortable with the mid-level springs. Should be OK when I load 4 bikes at the back!

[hookedon4wding Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close hookedon4wding]

These look great! Good spot for the child seat too. Should minimise the whinging a fair bit back there

[chester ver 2.0 Member Find all posts View Profile Close chester ver 2.0]

an000 just about everyone i know on here included myself was reccomended ARB heavy duty but quiclkly went back to medium duty. I to found them way to hard even with my home made drawers 80l waeco full and other stuff in the back.
Even when towing i found the hD, no good

[kieth Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kieth]

Look's good An000 have just ordered my drawers and i was geeting them installed next wednesday can not wait

[ponting Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close ponting]

Great setup of drawer. looks fantastic.

[shamozzle Find all posts View Profile Close shamozzle]

I really like the black widow drawers as well as a few other brands that were up there in quality. The thing that really bugged me was their reluctance to customise a system. I wanted a system that would mount a 60l engel at floor height and have a drawer on the right with dividing barriers and top shelf. Outback 4x4 made a system in the exact design I was looking for but would only make it to fit the 40l engel, they would not budge no matter who I spoke to there. I was really disappointed at how the big major manufacturers are not open to customisation in any way. I really couldn't believe how hard it was for me to find a manufacturer that would make a drawer system tailored to my needs, ended up going with trek tech in Adelaide and was pretty satisfied with the result, my drawers were the prototype for the 150 template that he now uses.

[yowie Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close yowie]

One slight issue for me, initially ARB recommended the hardest springs at the rear for the 2inch lift, with the assumption that the drawers would add enough weight to load the springs. However after taking the seats out (which was about 50kg?) and putting the drawers in the net weight is probably the same. I don't mind driving with a high rear-end but I think the ride could be more comfortable with the mid-level springs. Should be OK when I load 4 bikes at the back!

I have a TJM 2 inch lift, and I used the mid range springs in the rear, not the heavy duty. I also have Poly air bags in the rear, which I can inflate for the extra weight of the van when towing, and the Outback drawer system with the rear seats removed. I have heavy duty springs in the front for the weight of the steel bar and 2nd battery. Gives me a firmer ride and the vehicle does not wallow much as it did with the factory suspension. The rear sits a bit higher than the front, however, this levels out when the van is attached.

Yowie.

[sleeky5 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sleeky5]

I have a set of Black Widow drawers in my 120. I am considering upgrading to a 150. Can anyone tell me if the drawers fit straight in and if I need to make modifications to the sides.

Thanks
Neil

[hardcore hilux Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hardcore hilux]

looks tops, cant ait to get my own, cheers for the photos makes the choice easier