Matt's 150 GXL

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Nice work Matt.. What fridge slide are you using?

Not 100% sure yet Mitch. Most likely just a normal slide, engel or ironman, whatever is cheap and quite.

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matt, not having a go at your work, but just notice the diff in the room between the 150 and my 120

guess that is what the forum chatter, about... pro's and con.s between the two models... it is significant , now that i saw the inside of a 150, cheers mate , love ya work, butane

The space has been taken up by the sliding 2nd row seats. There is much more room behind the front seats that there ever was in the 120. My sons are about my height now (which at 1.81 or 1.82 ish metres isn't tall) and whichever one sat behind me had very little room between their knees and the back of the front seat in the 120. With the 150 they have ample space. The rear door also comes in faster above the waistline. Robbing Peter to pay Rupert the bear. It is annoying though. The size of my battery box was limited by the space available and is smaller than I would like. I have maybe 10mm clearance between the fridge and the door where it starts to bend forwards, 10mm between the fridge and the back of the battery box and maybe 5mm between the top of the battery box and the 2nd row seat when it is at a comfortable angle and fully back.

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Leg room for the rear seats in the 120 is limited. My 2.5yr old son's favourite thing at the moment is to push his feet into my chair - very annoying on a long car ride.

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Matt did you seal up all the holes that the back trim sat in? There are some holes in the floor that will let dust in. Just checking...

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Thanks MJ. I wasn't aware of these holes, I will hunt them down and sort them out. I spent a few hours this arvo making the infills for the box and setting it up. It came up okay.

Cargo barrier mission is next....

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Dodgy iPhone pic..

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Been buggering about this arvo, sorting out the cargo barrier. Made a cardboard template and used if to sort it all out. Cut the barrier and wrestled if into place for a trail fit. Did my usual trick of measuring everything twice and then welding the two bits of steel together wrong.. Anyhow, second time lucky...

Have hit it with a coat of paint and shall hit it again tomorrow. Hoping to have it all sorted and fitted up by Sunday, if I get time.

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Did my usual trick of measuring everything twice and then welding the two bits of steel together wrong..

I near choked on that you bugger!

The holes are behind the door rubber seal where the tall plastic trim clipped into. I was going to leave these but noticed you can see to the ground in some places. So I just hit them with the neutral cure.

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Cheers. That means I can sort them tomorrow

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Looking good Matt, my custom drawers are just about finished, just need to do the infills and fit the locks. I ordered a custom cargo barrier from Autosafe in Melbourne, it should be ready Monday at the latest...

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Looking good Matt, my custom drawers are just about finished, just need to do the infills and fit the locks. I ordered a custom cargo barrier from Autosafe in Melbourne, it should be ready Monday at the latest...

Sounds nice. Is the autosafe barrier a half size or cut to fit, like I have modified mine ?

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Sounds nice. Is the autosafe barrier a half size or cut to fit, like I have modified mine ?

I just took a photo from the top of the drawers to the centre of the roof lining and from the top of the drawers to the underside of the headrest and they'll make it to suit. And the price was about the same as a full barrier. So sounded pretty good, they tell me the bottom will screw to the back of the drawers.

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Matt forgot to mention the infill looks neat as well.

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Thanks MJ.

Sounds like they are very experienced Josh. Once I trail refit my barrier, I will make a insert that that bolt to the false floor and give my somewhere to bolt down the bottom of my cage.

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Finally finished painting the cage (bastard of a job) and chucked it in. Next step is to make a solid infill to infill to enable the bottom of the cage to be bolted into place..

My little helper insisted on a pose shot..