Recent content by NorthwoodsGX

I am in a similar boat, albeit not as tall as you, but my fiancé is 5 foot, and got pissed when I took off the steps to undercoat because she thought they weren't going back on. Curious to hear what you end up installing, I don't rock crawl and haven't done any serious offroading but I am not a...

I am still too intimidated by the prospect of rock crawling, but I finally got off-road. Spent a weekend camping in the GX and exploring fire roads around NW Wisconsin, beautiful area.

You are living the dream. I settled for Nightfall Mica since I couldn't find anything in Nori!

Nice job, and love the lever action! I forgot about the gear hammock idea and need to gather some materials. Over the weekend, I put together a screen for the back door to keep bugs out. I finally have a trip on the calendar, so looking forward to testing it out.

That is correct, the top of the drawing is the back of the vehicle.

I am jealous of all the great scenery from the last few days. Life has been too busy for a fun getaway the last few weeks, but I did manage to wash and ceramic coat (Turtle Wax Hybrid Finish) the Lexus. I also climbed underneath and used a wire brush and needle scaler to remove any trace of...

That sounds like it would be a great time. A few years ago, I was gifted a track driving experience through one of those traveling supercar rental companies. I rode in Hellcat, driven by an experienced driver, for a few laps, then I drove a Huracan for another 3 laps. It was over so fast it made...

I test drove one before I bought my Boxster. It was a little ratty and the guy wanted more than I was willing to part with, but it was one of the only clown shoes I have seen for sale locally. If I ever have another chance I don't think I can pass it up. The Boxster is interesting to work on...

1st generation Boxsters (986) don't come with much of a pcar tax. I found one for about the price of a clean Miata and much less than a s2000 a few years ago. Parts and maintenance are probably more expensive when something goes wrong, but I do my own work and the Porsche uses a pretty stout...

I will consider removing seats down the road, but the convenience of throw everything in back and hit the road is really nice, vs removing seats for a weekend camping trip and then reinstalling them once I am back home. I will definitely try out your gear hammock though, that seems perfect for a...

If you have the space those folding trailers from Harbor Freight/ northern tool are cheap and worth it. I have had one for 10 years, and I will admit that I rarely used it when I owned my GMT400 Suburban (which has a flat 4x8 bed with the seats folded) but I used to tow it with a Ford Fiesta St...

The Lobo rack is intriguing, but I already hit my back on the roof when I climb in, so it might not be ideal. To start I might just string up a cargo net or something like that from the grab handles, that would at least offer some storage, but I have some time to figure it out (). What I really...

I will add my goal isn't to store the platform in the truck all the time. It folds relatively small (36x46x4in) so I can pull it out of the truck and keep it in my garage, so the drawer would just be another thing to store, but I might try and hunt down a good plastic tote to throw in the void.

I have an extra set of drawer slides in my garage that I considered mounting and making a drawer that will sit between the legs, and I might still do it, but the first trip is just to use it as an extra bed while visiting a friends cabin so I am not in a huge rush. I need to finish making some...

I plan to use my GX for some camping this summer, so I wanted to design the lowest-profile sleeping platform that I could build that will come out of the truck easily for storage. I figured I would share some pictures and dimensions to help out someone else trying in the future. These dimensions...