Extra Under Bench Drawer

[Graham Winders]

So I’ve been wanting to add the small additional under bench drawer to my Coast but I’m not willing to pay the extortionate prices for the parts. After a bit of thinking and rethinking I decided to make my own.
I made the drawer from some 12mm exterior ply, I repurposed the original blanking cover and purchased some heavy duty push to open drawer runners ( so I didn’t need to purchase a new front panel with the lever and lock.)
I also made a small section at the rear of the drawer to fit the tyre compressor which was originally strapped to the rear side corner of the bench.
The project cost me £20 in total for the runners as I already had the plywood in my garage.
Hope you like it.

 

[pchmlk]

Very good!

 

[larrylamb]

Nice job.

 

[KGCali]

Well done, a few of us did this last year with this useful post listing parts and dimensions here ...

Cali Small Bench Drawer - not £550 …!

Thats annoying..! You'll need a right angle chuck/drill to get in there I guess. Worth checking some of the other threads on here re: fitting the drawer to T5s. There may be an answer... Yes I think its either the right angle drill, or lift the bench out job. I have found this post, which...

vwcaliforniaclub.com

 

[Benham]

Great job. Well done.

 

[Graham Winders]

Well done, a few of us did this last year with this useful post listing parts and dimensions here ...

Cali Small Bench Drawer - not £550 …!

Thats annoying..! You'll need a right angle chuck/drill to get in there I guess. Worth checking some of the other threads on here re: fitting the drawer to T5s. There may be an answer... Yes I think its either the right angle drill, or lift the bench out job. I have found this post, which...

vwcaliforniaclub.com

Feel stupid that I didn’t see this before designing mine. It would have made my life a bit easier had I seen it, all I could see was threads about the genuine VW retrofit. Oh well least mine got a little mod for the tyre compressor.