KJ sleeping area

501 · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 8:32 pm

Decided to make and area for me to sleep in the KJ since I do a lot of camping without the family. I didn't want to remove my back seat though so this is what I came up with.

Stored in the back for travel with back seats up.

Looking in through the back of the jeep.

Looking in through the door.

Looking back from the front seats.

I plan on making some legs for my shelf so it will be about 8" higher, giving me a little more clearance for my feet.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 8:35 pm

dude thats nice!!

i've got a bed roll from an old Army Arty fella that has a pretty heavy foam padding in the sleeping side of it

it's got a nice very heavy (and worn and faded) seabag style carrier and a flannel/cotton lining

super comfortable! kicks the crap out of the polypro junk we had in the Corps

looks like it would go perfect on your bedding platform

501 · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 8:39 pm

Thanks! I hope to get over to a surplus store soon to see what kinds of supplies I can find to help make it more comfortable. Right now the only mattress I have is one off an old camping cot.

I have a 12v battery pack from my Eureka tent with lights, a fan and a 12v heater so I should be set there, I also plan on making screens to go over my rear door windows so I can let air in without the bother of bugs. I'll post them when I am done with those.

HoosierJeeper · **Joined:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:23 am **Posts:** 1218

Cool!!!!!

The screens will be great up there.....especially with summer coming up....darn I miss Indiana... :cry:

riptricket · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 9:08 pm

I tried to make those screens on all the back windows and glass gate,
and when I did, it was right before summer. DO NOT USE VELCRO AS IT WILL NOT STAND THE HEAT OF SUMMER!

Just my advice!

501 · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 9:30 pm

Thanks for the advice Rip! I plan on making them like bags so they can slip over the door and have a magnetic strip along the outside bottom to seal against the jeep. Then I can just shut the door and roll down the window as much as I need.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 10:03 pm

don't they make some sort of 'button' fastener that bolts on, could attach it somewhere on the molding

but i think you've got the idea with the magnetic deal

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 10:13 pm

Looks real good , it will work for sure, TV / coffee maker, cooler, up on the shelf and you're good to go :wink:

501 · **Posted:** Sat May 30, 2009 10:34 pm

tommudd wrote:

Looks real good , it will work for sure, TV / coffee maker, cooler, up on the shelf and you're good to go :wink:

I plan on bringing my Jeep AM/FM/weatherband/TV/Lantern unit with me and my DVD player. That should keep me entertained if it rains!

I also need to either tint my windows darker or make some sort of shades for the windows.

I'll be testing it all out on the weekend of June 27th. Going to go do some hiking/camping in the Peoria, IL area, so I'll give it a test run.

HoosierJeeper · **Joined:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:23 am **Posts:** 1218

tommudd wrote:

Looks real good , it will work for sure, TV / coffee maker, cooler, up on the shelf and you're good to go :wink:

It's a house plus 4wd.... :lol:

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 12:38 am

I put my laptop on my shelf, drop in a movie and lay back, works great :wink:

501 · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 1:49 am

tommudd wrote:

I put my laptop on my shelf, drop in a movie and lay back, works great :wink:

Ohh!, I like the laptop idea!!

4wd RV

MtnLuvr · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 9:20 am

Nicely done 501. From some of my experience sleeping in rental 4x4's and a friend's truck, you'll definitely want the ventiliation and your idea of slip over bug screen sounds good.

I take it you're showing the mattress diagonally due to your height versus the overall length available. If that becomes too much of a pain, you could look into seeing if you could swap in the front passenger seat from a KK, or change to a KK, where the front passenger seat folds flat.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 9:36 am

On the Kjs you can slide the passengers seat all the way up, fold it forward as far as it will go and gain about 4 or 5 inches. Thats the way I did mine and with the fold down little shelf gained enough to have enough room, of course I am not nearly as tall as 501 :wink:

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 10:39 am

I hope you plan on carpeting that thing. I smell splinters coming your way. :lol:

501 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:18 am

MtnLuvr wrote:

Nicely done 501. From some of my experience sleeping in rental 4x4's and a friend's truck, you'll definitely want the ventiliation and your idea of slip over bug screen sounds good.

I take it you're showing the mattress diagonally due to your height versus the overall length available. If that becomes too much of a pain, you could look into seeing if you could swap in the front passenger seat from a KK, or change to a KK, where the front passenger seat folds flat.

Thanks, and Yea, I'm 6' tall so I have to sleep diagonally.
I hope to find some foam of some sort that will cover most if not all of the platform.

Tokyojoe wrote:

I hope you plan on carpeting that thing. I smell splinters coming your way. :lol:

If I can't find foam to roll out over it I will have to carpet it. I do plan on painting it all black for the time being.

I get to test it out next weekend, going to some camping and hiking in a State Park that is only 10 miles from home. So if I need to make some changes I won't be too far from home.

Boiler · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:26 am

Definitely need the screens. I slept in my car one night instead of falling asleep at the wheel at 4 am...

Obviously I was so dead to the world that I didn't wake up until it was about 10 am. Sitting directly in the sun, the car was probably 125 degrees and I was drenched with sweat from head to toe.

Not fun. I'm lucky I didn't go to sleep at 6 am and wake up at noon. I'd have probably woken up dead...

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:46 pm

Looks great, I'm putting in screens as well.

501 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:11 pm

Boiler wrote:

Definitely need the screens. I slept in my car one night instead of falling asleep at the wheel at 4 am...

Obviously I was so dead to the world that I didn't wake up until it was about 10 am. Sitting directly in the sun, the car was probably 125 degrees and I was drenched with sweat from head to toe.

Not fun. I'm lucky I didn't go to sleep at 6 am and wake up at noon. I'd have probably woken up dead...

That's what I was thinking, plus I'm a smoker so I know I will have it down part of the time. With the window guards I can even have them down in the rain and get some air without getting wet. I hope to use this a lot instead of hauling out the tent all the time.

I always liked that saying "I'd hate to wake up dead"!

icefisher45 wrote:

Looks great, I'm putting in screens as well.

How'd you build your sleeping area? Is your rear seats in when your sleeping area is laid out or do you remove it like Tom does?

jeepmedic · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:39 pm

nice work !

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