This is my way of sleeping better at night and having a smarter defender in one:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/land-rover-defender-smart-cubby-box-carbon-leather
Door sensors sense if the door is opened or, let’s face it, someone tries to steal them, and the cubby box magnet wireless charging as well as usb-c. Have put this on Indiegogo as the first of a few products we want to crowdfund and bring to market, but this is essentially the hub, with an IP67 waterproof tracker that is already Insurance approved, we have a loom so it plugs straight into the cubby box area diagnostics port on 1990-2007, and to either the fuse box or under steering diagnostics port for pre 1990 (if you want to adapt a cubby to pre Defender) and to post 2007 to 2016 ones.
I did this recorded video just for Landy Zone as you were the first to help me out when I finally got my defender and noticed a noise after driving it from Bolton to London in one, and then planning on driving another few thousand miles around Europe, which I have done a few times now and added 30,000 miles…
The carbon version has a few benefits, before the « why carbon » brigade roll in: it is a LOT thinner than hardboard (yes cubby boxes are mostly made of hardboard) so a lot more space and will be much more secure with a lock on it, its waterproof and does not rust, as well as being light enough to just take out, yet strong enough to be used as a seat or standing platform if you have a sunroof. It also looks amazing just in the carbon section used; with the campaign we will get it moulded in carbon with different weave and ply options and it looks amazing, yet is hard as nails and will outlast most things in the Defender if left in a field…
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/land-rover-defender-smart-cubby-box-carbon-leather
Door sensors sense if the door is opened or, let’s face it, someone tries to steal them, and the cubby box magnet wireless charging as well as usb-c. Have put this on Indiegogo as the first of a few products we want to crowdfund and bring to market, but this is essentially the hub, with an IP67 waterproof tracker that is already Insurance approved, we have a loom so it plugs straight into the cubby box area diagnostics port on 1990-2007, and to either the fuse box or under steering diagnostics port for pre 1990 (if you want to adapt a cubby to pre Defender) and to post 2007 to 2016 ones.
I did this recorded video just for Landy Zone as you were the first to help me out when I finally got my defender and noticed a noise after driving it from Bolton to London in one, and then planning on driving another few thousand miles around Europe, which I have done a few times now and added 30,000 miles…
The carbon version has a few benefits, before the « why carbon » brigade roll in: it is a LOT thinner than hardboard (yes cubby boxes are mostly made of hardboard) so a lot more space and will be much more secure with a lock on it, its waterproof and does not rust, as well as being light enough to just take out, yet strong enough to be used as a seat or standing platform if you have a sunroof. It also looks amazing just in the carbon section used; with the campaign we will get it moulded in carbon with different weave and ply options and it looks amazing, yet is hard as nails and will outlast most things in the Defender if left in a field…