2012 LR4. Want the option to lay just the third or possibly the second and third row seats down and basically use the space as a pickup bed to haul kayaks with the car being protected. I want protection up the sides as well. Having a hard time finding anything like this online. Any ideas?
22nd Jan 2016 3:25 am
Fitzy73
Member Since: 09 Feb 2014
Location: Truro
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There is the following from Land Rover, but not sure how much help it would be when the middle seats are folded.
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I have the same need! I'm thinking of getting a local tarpaulinier to make me what is in effect a four sided box made out of tarpaulin material that will slide into the cargo area when all seats are down. Height of sides will be about a metre I guess, a flap that extends over the lower tailgate and a few other enhancements I can think of. One company I spoke to briefly said that will be about £80 but that seems optimistic to me. That's as far as I've got so far....
I did look online for what I want, but all the ready made solutions are not quite what I want. There are some online who say they will customise their load space covers / hatch bags / floor protectors but I'm veering towards a local company right now.
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I've thought of the exact same thing but for doing rubbish tip runs in. I was thinking along the lines of a polystyrene frame (the polystyrene that we use as inner wall insulation in house builds) so 3 sides and a base. Covering it with an old bed sheet and applying glass fibre resin to harden it, a bit like they do to build sub woofer boxes and speaker moulds for in car entertainment. The only thing is it wouldn't be collapsible so storage would be a bit difficult.
22nd Jan 2016 2:31 pm
LiftedDisco
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I use a large sheet of PVC - it's 900g/m2 which is the same that they use for curtain-sided trucks.
Cost price should be around £7-8 / m2 and it's possible to hold air weld it using a heat gun and a roller if you want to get all technical and create corners etc.
It's virtually indestructible and folds down when not required - you can also have tabs on the 'sides' if you want to fasten the sides up in any way.D4 Commercial - 65 Plate, 2016MY
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22nd Jan 2016 10:45 pm
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Hatchbag, they do one that covers the whole area even with the seat folded downMY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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22nd Jan 2016 11:46 pm
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23rd Jan 2016 1:04 am
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