Show us your storage mods!

So Jelly of the low pro

 

Thread to a storage idea I started (and I swear I will finish eventually)
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/201252-saddlebag-esque-bed-storage.html

 

This brings up a question I had about bed storage. If you remove the front little cubby thing, you will notice that there is a ton of unused space between the actual body and the bed. what does everyone think about the possibility of cutting a bigger hole and custom fabricating a box to fit in it? I'm wondering if it would jeopardize the structural integrity of the bed...

 

sounds cool. but yeah it may jeopardize the structural integrity of the bed.

 

Which is why I will probably never try it...

 

yeah. but you replacing composite with metal.. so idk.

 

True...now Im thinking about it again.

 

Same experience for me - Weatherguard is great stuff - worth every penny in my opinion.

 

yeah. idk maybe talk to someone that may know more than me. because i do not. lol

 

I have a nice low profile duralast toolbox (autozone about 150) it was on when I got my truck in july 2010, and has been great ever since. Packed with tools and random crap, no sagging, bulging, or anything. Hoping to get a couple ammo cans soon just for extra separate stuff.

I would like to trade my toolbox for and identical one, but black, if anyone is interested....

 

i think i would get a tool box if i did not put my bike and stuff back their some. but i think i’m going to sell my bike. even tho i’ll regret it. but kinda need the money more.

 

Just a start. I need to get this attached to the side C channels and under the rails so that I can have a tonneau whan I don't need the box. Then the bars could be pushed to the front of the box, or used to help secure cargo.






I want to be able to access the box easily and still park in the garage, so mounting any higher is out.

 

I see some ammo cans in the near future...

 

Subbed for future ideas

 

I really like the way Rotopax takes advantage of the rail system in the Tacoma!! Fell in love with this when I saw it on the website and works great!! I have since put the group buy Hi-Lift jack on the front rail. It is a work in progress and I LOVE the ammo can ideas!!

 

x2. i just got to find some bigger ones. all of ours are just the like 30-30 ones or what even kinda small i want like one of the 30mm or what ever they are for. sum it up i want to bigger ones not the small one.

 

Wood topped with carpet padding and recessed tie-down tracks. Used some plastic bins on the bottom that work well and don't roll around.

 

My 2011 4x4 AC with storage mods.

External Mods: factory Yakima Track Rack System with Megaload Warrior

Underneath the Snugtop XV more cool stuff:

Bedrug with Toyota bedmat and Toyota cargo net


Next laminated plank sleeping and gear platform:


4 drawer locking removable tool chest installed on 1 plank:





Overhead and virtually out of sight Snugtop storage cubbies:





Long items like rods, rifles, guncases, folding tables, folding chairs go underneath the platoform while above everything else can sit perfectly on top such as my Mountainsmith gear organizer which holds emergency and recovery gear.

 

You have an AMAZING looking truck!! How is your rack attached to your canopy? Did it come with rails? I am trying to find a way to put a rack on a LEER that I did not have done with factory rails (I was unaware at the time of order)....

Truly great truck!!