Revisiting an old thread here on storage ideas. Anyone ever look at mounting recessed storage boxes in the rear fender wells? I don't mean a box that mounts on top of the fender well. Lots of those available, but that takes up more internal room and eliminates that space from being an armrest for rear passengers. So I have been considering buying/making some boxes (say 16" long x 8" wide by 4" deep with a lip around the top) with hinged lids and then cutting openings in the rear fender wells to recess these boxes into the space. So they would be flush with the top of the fender well and stick 4" down into the wheel well opening. I have 35" tires and a 4" lift. My tires will never go up into the wheel wells far enough to risk hitting the bottom of such boxes. And in fact, at only 4" deep, you would never really see them hanging down into the wheel well opening unless you were crouched down looking up in there. Painted black like the rest of the wheel well interior and probably wouldn't be noticeable hardly at all. These would be used to hold gloves, small hand tools, first aid kit, etc. My center console and glovebox are stuffed and I would love some additional storage space inside. I have other items in the back behind the rear seat (winch accessory bag, etc) and really don't want one of the storage boxes that sits back there in that space.
I have also looked into the Tuffy 130-01 storage drawer that mounts under the rear seat. This is pricey ($600 or so) and raises the rear seat higher, but also looks like a good option (except it's pricey). And you have to buy the mounting kit specific to your Jeep model for even more money.
