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I decided to run a new supply in directly from the battery for the CB and the fridge. After a lot of poking around and trim removal a figured a way to get a new cable from the battery through the bulkhead using the large factory loom gland. There is actually a good bit of space behind the...

It’s about 4 weeks until my trip to the Alps, which actually means two fee weekends (plus any time I get in the evenings) to get the last few jobs finished off, as I’m busy with an event for one of them, and have other non-Jeep related prep to do also. Now that the tyres are sorted the only two...

Its actually not too bad given the general inconvenience that goes with changing a flat anyway. You basically slide the main drawer out and undo four M6 bolts and a couple of screws to get the draw box out - I might change these to thumbwheels. As you know, on the WK you don't have the issue of...

Another quick update. My new tyres arrived last week so the Renegade is now sitting on Yokohama Geolander AT G015's, in the original factory size of 215/60 17. These have proved to be far more robust than the puncture-prone OEM Good Year 4Seasons on my brothers Trailhawk.

Small update, forgot to add the passenger footwell extinguisher mount. I had to fab up a new one as the one from the WK wouldn't fit. The long bolt was just to hold it whilst painting, it actually fits to the front seat mounts.

Thanks Whaler. The details of the work surface were on my WK build thread. The configuration word fine on the WK but on the BU I compromised it slightly by having the drawer above the fridge, but this just pulls out if I want to set up for access to the cooker fridge when set up for a cook out...

Some pics from a brief trip out last Sunday.

Thanks Morgan. The fridge is currently spliced into the rear power outlet. But I will probably run a stouter wire direct from the battery through a fuse and switch to avoid a voltage drop over the length of the factory loom.

With another Euro trip to the Alps planned in August and various issues needing to attention on the WK, I decided to down size to a Renegade Trailhawk a few weeks ago so I could spend more time travelling and less time working on the WK. Double the fuel economy was also attractive given that...

My newly acquired Renegade Trailhawk

I'll have to take some at the weekend when I catch up with him. I know he was making some alterations again, but it is basically a replacement parcel shelf constructed from 1" ali box section, with a shallow draw and fridge slide. I think he made a replacement wheel well cover too. I think he...

Thanks Morgan, I’m very impressed with the Renegade. My GC has been off the road pretty much since returning from this trip so we’ve done a couple of solo outings in it. It’s like a little mountain goat :) My brother has been on a parallel storage system evolution to mine in the GC too. His is a...

The Monday after the GP was intended as a leisurely run from Aubagne to Bardonecchia to meet up with my brother and family who had been there for few days already. The idea was to arrive mid afternoon after an early start then head into up further in to the mountains and and cook up an evening...

Sorry for the lack of updates, I'd forgotten that I'd left this thread hanging. All this prep was ahead of another Euro trip down to Switzerland via the Italian Alps after an initial stop off in the South of France to take in the French Grand Prix. That was all back in June and since then the...

Playing in the Renegade.

Back to some grotty jobs today; replaced the rear drop links.

I managed to get the M8 nuts welded in to the cross member yesterday evening, and a quick coat of paint to tidy it up.

Thanks Ryan. The build has sort of evolved with the use of the vehicle, rather than being designed from the start. Initially just needed a way to secure the trolley jack for rally servicing/chase car duties, then I wanted a two burner stove for a Pyrenees trip, which set the width of the drawer...

Today was spent replacing the cooler lines. I cut the old ones to remove them then spent a frustrating few hours wrestling the new ones into place. I tried from below first, but finally succeeded feeding them in from the top after removing the alternator and oil temp sender, and few other bits...