Custom homemade DRIFTA style Drawers 

those are some awesome drawers man, well thought out and functional, sweet build

Just wanted to say thank you for not only inspiring my build but helping so much with the steps to get there. Ya awesome brother! 🤙 🍻

Super build!! A plethora of great ideas. For the leg under the work surface extension, maybe a round magnet that will attract the tip of the rod (if it's steel), and additional magnets along the length that attract/grab/hold the rod when you place it underneath? No hardware, no fiddling. The best build I've seen, especially in maximizing every square inch of volume. Well done.

Very thorough run-down on this project - well done. I was really surprised with the weight reduction compared to your previous set-up. Thanks for going to the trouble to cover this in detail so anyone inspired to build their own have a comprehensive guide to help them. Cheers Lee

Awesome drawers!!! I will definitely be coming back to watch this video when I go to make mine... Thank you for sharing!

Phenomenal setup mate! I'd never given much thought to teflon runners before but after seeing how effectively yours work, I think I'll be going down that route next time I knock up some drawers.

My son turned up at home about 12 months ago with almost the exact same set up. Now I know where he got the idea lol. I have a new D-max turning up soon and will put an Aluminium Canopy on the tray as soon as I have the cash. Will install similar in there I recon. Oh and I bet Drifta love ya for putting these last couple of Video's out. Love your work mate.

Great video mate, love all the details you give to help others out.

Awesome build mate! Educational, inspirational and entertaining, what a combo. Can't ask for more than that.😊 Yet another suggestion for the slide out table, turn it into a thin drawer and have the table as a drop in from the top (with finger holes to lift it out). The top could be supported by dividers in the drawer, it wouldn't need to be very thick. Use this drawer to store the support leg, air compressor hose and fitting or any other low profile items. Just a thought, but I reckon you'd be stocked just the way it is (I would be).

Best vid I have seen yet combined with the build

I am building my GQ wagon up as a tuff weekender. I was going to just go the easy route and get the kings stuff. But after seeing this and the amount of weight its saved. Ill be giving it ago my self your very informative mate. Amazing job man! Keep up the good videos.

Stumbled across your video of the build for this and loved it. Absolutely fantastic end product. Will definitely be using some of this when I do my ute set up later in the year. Have to also say, your presentation style is fantastic. So informative, easy and enjoyable to watch.

Get a pivot top for that stabiliser pole so it's always attached to the table and just swings down when you want.

Bloody awesome stuff mate! I’ll be building my own now for sure! Thanks for all the great information

Thanks for the inspiration and ideas, exactly the type of video I was looking for 👍🏽 cheers mate

Stevo, youre a bloody legend mate. Love your work. Easily one of the best youtubers. Sensational content. #legend

Realy cool video. Exactly the info I needed to decide what to do with the back of my ute, Thank you so much.

mint work and cheers for the build series, legend!

awesome mate! i have to say i am very impressed with the final product! keep up the awesome work mate

Dude these vids were actually sick. Cheers for all the info

Thanks for sharing and explaining your methods. Appreciated! Keep it up.

A pleasure to watch mate! Just stumbled upon your channel. Good work👍👍

Really good set of videos. I am thinking of doing exactly what you did. I think the fridge being down low, and save space up top for camp chairs/table, etc. And for most part clear rear view for driving. MSA drop down slide looks cool, but I bet you pay a pretty penny for that thing. Thanks for as really good detailed set of videos.

Unreal job 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I love the fridge slide and table idea, if I have to make my slide I and going to have a little pullout table so I can put stuff on it when loading and unloading the fridge. Cheers for the idea mate.

Awesome set-up

Mate top work looks awesome and another top video👍👍👍

The highlight were those dance moves lol Great work Steve good mix of humour, fact and banter in your videos

Looking good Steven, well done 👏

Very well wel built Steve great job mate

Great job! Thank you! Really enjoyed the video and the how to!

Wow the weight was a big difference, something i have to look into for the gu. I have removed half of the kings drawers to reduce weight..... now this has convinced me this is the way to go, cheers Steve.

Great video, and work. From a fellow cabbie, agree with everything you have done. I have very similar drawer construction in an aluminium canopy. Love the logo, top stuff.

Awesome job on the build mate!

Bloody beautiful end product!

Cleve bloke, that table under the fridge is awesome

Love the top draw access outcome - I’m sure you dreamt about it 😉 also agree that drop slides are overkill with weight and cost - a con really - the absence of ‘amber fluid’ unlike other channels is refreshing as it’s about four wheel touring not drinking till you’re drunk - good work young fellah - awesome weight loss project 👍🏻 John in SA

I work at drifta mate and you’ve done a bloody great job! Good work

Great video mate... definitely have inspired me to start looking into to build one.....🤙

They came up brilliant Steve, If I didn't have drifta already Id be keen on them for sure. You've done an awesome Jobe mate. Good work. Cheers Steve

I like the 3D printed Badges on the drawers!

Wow, mate, what a great bloke you must be. You have inspired me to have a go at building these drawers. I was going to order some from Drifta but with a 6 month backlog waiting time, I researched and then stumbled on your site. Your presentation style is funny and your enthusiasm shines through. Better still you have given us the location of the components - huge timesaver. Now I feel that I have the confidence to build some drawers for my HiAce. Goodonya!!! :)

I integrated mine into the draw and has some space on top internally we’re I put bits and bobs, sure you loose a bit of draw but I love it’s got it’s permanent place

Once again great and enjoyable video , 4.40 very funny 👍 thanks

Wow that’s a great set up!!! I’m only building a fridge slide and table slide haha

Great presentation Steve.

Great set-up 👍 nice video learned some good ideas 💡 👍 cheers rick from Perth, Australia 🇦🇺

Really glad you've gone to the effort of making this video and the how to video mate, I'm in the process of building my GU and keep coming back to the question of "How am I going to set up the rear?" And the major hurdle I keep getting to is what draws to run and how much it'll all cost- I think I'll be having a crack at doing them myself along with wings etc so it's all done how I want it and I learn something in the process, cheers mate!

Just found your channel last night & LOVE IT, very informative with a fun touch!! Giving me a lot of ideas to put a small drawer in my Suzuki Samurai (Sierra I think on the other side of the world?) Keep up the good work! greetings from Belgium.

Love your work

As someone who owns a Drifta drawer system I must say this is impressive. Sourcing those Teflon runners is the key! I actually have a Drifta Dual Cab #2 walk around video on my channel if anyone else is interested as well.

Great job well done.

Came out awesome, i would buy yours i wouldnt buy Drifta's. Wish i had all your tools and half your talent, i'd start on them tomorrow!

9:33 Thanks for the cable chain tip. I've created a couple of bungee cord style hangers for my fridge power cable. It works - for most parts - but looks very untidy. The cable chain set-up looks schmick. I might give it a go.

Good stuff mate

Awesome mate

impressive job champion

Love the videos mate. Great project. The draws came out looking amazing. Love your presenting aswell. Bloody funny to watch. Keep it up Cheers 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Hey m8, just found your channel, I like the way you present the info, and your sense of humor lol I have just bought a 4wd and it's pretty much an open canvas, so I'm on the lookout for ideas. Good job Steve

Great video dude. Thanks for the heads up of where to get the odds and ends.

Bloody good mate 👍

Yeah wow love ya vids mate very true devil in the details love how think of us normal blokes who already broke

Love ya work knackers, very nice indeed..

Awesome built mate . Saved yourself a heap of weight and money buddy . Great work 👍🍻

Ripper setup... cheers for sharing...

Hi Steve, I am pretty impressed with the build of your drawers etc. I think that you're underestimating your skills by the way. You did make it look easy and I know that it's not.

One of the coolest system's

Happy circumstance with that top draw. I'm thinking of building something like this for my custom camping trailer (has more room than the back of your cruiser and all enclosed). Great build

I have a very similar setup. I made it so the fridge slide has only one lock and the table only one lock with the locks on alternating sides. It makes it much easier to get the fridge out.

I would recommend having the travel bud on like a setup like a tripod facer plate system so it can be easy removed and secured. Hope that helps mate

Excelente. Video. Felicitaciones

For drawer runners you can also use smooth laminex strips face to face or the yellow ppe strips used to join chipboard flooring with silicone spray works really well and way cheaper. Cheers.......Pete Ps.....i have drifter drawers that were already in my navarra when i bought it and after seeing your build im now going to rebuild it in the same fashion as yours..A 90ltr fridge freezer on top of the drawer system is not ideal and takes up a lot of useable space and like you said, the drop down slides are very heavy. Great vid and very informative.

Hey mate great content. I build a very similar set up about six months ago but used the strip out of yellow tongue board. Very cheap and I sprayed with silicon spray. It works great and a much cheaper option. Also you have some wasted space under your table. I have put a aluminium tray in the space and have a moveable aluminium table top that’s removable.

It’s cool 😎

Make an adjustable leg with a lockable hinge that folds and stores under the table. Well that's my plan when I finally get my 4wd.

The handle latches look better than the Drifta ones. I just bought a pair for my drawers. I got steel Dobinsons draws. They look average with the ugly handles and brown aluminium strip around the carpet. So I decided to spruce them up so they look more modern. Good job Steve, they look fantastic.

That was lucky, Regency Plastics is only 1 km away.👍👍👍

Mate this is nothing short of amazing! Obviously your trade skills help immensely but to also share that knowledge and give people like me (An I.T Dude) a chance to actually feel like I could tackle this and not waste $900 bucks of materials on a pile of garbage. Absolute props to you sir. Also think you should add your merch store as a link in your videos. I'd happily support it especially for this kind of content. Legend

Love your vid and your dancing 👍

Top shelf right there Steve. Put the travel buddy on a teflon slide also, then you can move it to the back until you want to use it/access it. Again, great job all round......and yeah, tidy that electrical spaghetti.......slight OCD here, even though you can't see it, doesn't mean it's less dodgy....

If you are going to fit tie down rails to the top, can’t you fix the Travel Buddy onto a base that you can easily tie down to these rails, so it can quickly be removed; you just need to place the Anderson plug somewhere easy to access.

Great video. I made my own drawers but I'm not a cabinet maker so they're not as neat. i used boat trailer skids from BCF and they work well.

If you are putting rails on the top, just make up a cradle for the travel Buddy to sit in/on. A couple of easy cam locks to put it in & remove when not needed. Simples :) Also with slide out table, just hinge the leg underneath.

Great job thanks for the video be interesting to see after taking off-road on corrugations how the teflon slides go.is Your fridge running hotter with a smaller venting space?

I just noticed that when you open the draw it drops a little maybe put some leftover teflon on the top side to help Awesome draw setup I have both made my own and bought from store and I must say making my own just seems the best thing to do

I used a Kaon 1/2 barrier and cargo shelve with there oven brackets to mount oven under the shelve.

Good work. You could get a Kaon roof shelf (not cheap) and hang the travel Buddy from under it. There are brackets on eBay for them. No carpet fires 🔥

Great video exactly what I think I will be doing on v2 of my draw setup didn’t want a drop slide. Curious but do you have measurements on how deep you went on the fridge slide and table under it?

Just wanted to let you know that I have done a smaller setup as you I drilled a hole in table so the top of the extendapoll came out of the top so I can use it for a plastic bag for a bin and so my cooker dose not fall off the end when oil gets on the top it ..

Like the set up the pole for the table should hing it and how do the draws go with a incline??? Plus i subbed

Great work Steve the drifta👍👍

Awesome setup I’m currently planning to do something similar, so is the main framework and fridge slide out of 15mm ply ? And how are the draws holding up with weight in them being 12mm thick ply. Thanks

Wing nuts on the travel buddy for quick release 😉

didn't think it would save so much weight will think of doing one for my patrol.

Again, what an excellent video. Well presented, fast pace, full of lots of info. Will be picking up our Ineos Grenadier in August so will have most of the gear made prior. Only question - what silicon did you use to stick the Teflon down with?

You remind me of jock from 4wd action haha thanks for the ideas too am planing on making my own setup

Very nice how that worked out for you with the top drawer being clear of the top of the tailgate that's what we call them here in the states anyway I don't know what you guys call them but where it clears the top of the tailgate and you can still access your top drawer I would probably go one step farther though and add a a maybe one foot by one foot square trap door in the bottom of that drawer just in case you need to get to something important in the bottom drawer you wouldn't have to take but just a couple things out of the top drawer open your trap and you can reach right into the bottom drawer if there's necessities you know that you need from in there just a thought you never know..

Great video mate. I always made my own drawers because I could never afford the shop ones. Works out great anyway because you can make them exactly how you need them. I don’t know how I wasn’t already subscribed but I’ve fixed that now by SMASHING that red button.

New idea is to put the travel buddy on the left hand side and have it screwed to a slide out plate that is held down either side with French cleats. Then cut out a roughly 400x400 hole above the fridge so you can open the front half of fridge without having to open everything up. Great for grabbing a quick traveller

Suggest mounting the travel buddy on a right so tucks near the window. Little shelf (wing) the same height as the top.