The Rear Door Setup

Nov 24

I had already installed the insulation on the rear door prior to installing everything. You can read about that process in my other post.

GP Factor Tables & Paper Towel Holder

Prior to receiving the Canopy Camper, I started making smaller purchases for components that I knew I would want to add. HudsonZRoamer put up his GP Factor Dropdown tables up for sale, and I jumped on them. He had already added a paper towel holder to the bottom of one of the tables, which was a nice touch. Mounting them was fairly simple, and I used 1/8-inch aluminum rivets to secure them to the door. I did have to drill out the holes for the rivets, and also had to modify the tables to fit around the tire carrier bracket. This is not a problem with the newer tables - these were the first generation.

I added some 1/8 inch neoprene to the inside rails of the paper towel holder to provide just enough friction to keep the paper towels from unraveling in the wind and to enable the classic paper towel rip.

GP Factor MOLLE panels

The GP Factor MOLLE Panels are secured to the rear door using rivnuts and 1/4-20 standard button head, stainless screws as opposed to rivets. This is so that the panels can be easily removed to add or remove items from the MOLLE. Make sure that you have a rivnut tool for 1/4-20 hardware to mount these. The installation is pretty straightforward and the most difficult part is actually aligning the rear panels so that they are flush and level.

Element Fire Extinguisher

We already carry a classic fire extinguisher in the cab of the truck, beneath the driver’s seat for easy access. But, with the camper, just this one extinguisher wouldn’t suffice, especially with the Dickinson stove installed. We chose the Element Fire Extinguisher because of its small footprint, ease of access, and simple installation. To mount this, we didn’t drill additional holes in the MOLLE panels. Instead, I used nylock nuts and larger washers to provide the right amount of surface area to the panels.

Blue Ridge Overland Gear Pouches

I love Blue Ridge Overland Gear products. They’re come in a lot of different sizes and their modular design allows endless customization and configuration options. On the left rear MOLLE panel on the door, we secured six different pouches using MOLLE and velcro. The two large MOLLE pouches hold ear and eye protection and fire-building tools.

Velcro-ed to the front of each of those is a pouch to hold a ton of disposable contacts and other quick-access items. Next to those pouches, I attached two additional pouches - one for toothbrushes and toothpaste, and one for shower pouches and wet wipes. I ended up cutting some corrugated black plastic board to add some rigidity to the pouches and maximize the internal space. This also prevented the pouches from sagging too much.

Lastly, we added a carabiner to which we attached all of our headlamps for navigating around camp in the dark. These were the items that we used most when we got to camp, and we knew they would need to be easily accessible from the door.

Demerbox DB1 and Outer Limit Supply Quick Mount

If you ask Jason, camp music vibes are the most important aspects of having a great time in the woods. We always brought our JBL Flip 2, but the quick-detach setup of the Pelican-based Demerbox provided the right level of organization, quality, and sound quality that we needed.

Parts List:

Tools List:

Rivnut Tool with 1/4-20 attachment
1/8-inch aluminum rivets
Rivet gun

Eric Iwashita