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Implementing a water pack in your Liberty

Postby smythie » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:22 pm

Having a drinking straw handy has been something I got used to on the bikes when on a trip longer than an hour. It was a life saver in particular on a couple of trips and today in the car it was a lot easier than handling water bottles when driving, no issues of a bottle being in the way behind the shifter, nor of bottles flying around on the passenger seat or in footwells.

I thought I'd share with you all how I set it up in the car. Hope it is helpful for someone out there

I have used Hydrapaks in the past however there are other brands such as the more well known Camelback.

This is the straw in position
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As you can see, I have the straw mounted on the seat belt. Usually on the packs you have a locating strap wrapped around part of the shoulder strap to locate the drinking straw for either easy access or so that you can get to it with your mouth

As I had a second old pack lying around I chose to pinch its locating strap so that I could fit around the seat belt.

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I joined them together as follows

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Then completed the link

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Of course the link goes around the seat belt. :wink:

Mounting the backpack was pretty simple. Pull the headrest off and thread the shoulder straps around the headrest posts

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Then stuff it into the netting behind the seat. You can set the headrest a bit lower if you want too :D

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Note, I installed the backpack backwards in case I wanted to refil it
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Postby Spec B Wgn » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:26 pm

doesnt the beer go flat ??
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Postby smythie » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:32 pm

Beer? I wouldn't know. I'm more of a spirits person :lol:
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Postby Spec B Wgn » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:33 pm

smythie wrote:Beer? I wouldn't know. I'm more of a spirits person :lol:


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Postby BUDDAH » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:36 pm

You doing the Penrith to Parramatta rally lol
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Postby Arith » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:50 pm

Wow, Tony, you're certainly a dedicated road trip guy! :D

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Postby Arith » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:53 pm

BUDDAH wrote:I think this may be my last post here has been good reading all the post ect and have gained a heap of info thanks once again

Oh man! :cry: Sorry to see ya go, Buddah! It's been a blast! Good luck with the future!

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Postby Ric » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:43 pm

Is there another bottle under the seat, with a tube coming up between your legs?
(Then you'd never have to stop! ;))
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Postby smythie » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:44 am

hehe, that'd be a good modification Ric
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Postby libsti » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:45 am

hey ric,should this be moved to the post your mods section?

mod number two for tony,not bad for a guy who said he wanted to keep his car stock. :wink:
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Postby AndySTi » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:19 am

stock ay..hehehe :lol:
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Postby smythie » Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:07 am

Honest! :lol:

It's not that I want to not modify the car, it's that for the moment I don't see the need for lowering/zorst/wheels/brakes/bling at this point. The stock running gear is doing fairly well for the moment. That may change in future though....

I am happy with it stock (relatively) at the moment and I think that is what may be throwing people/giving them ammo :D
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Postby Ric » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:47 am

smythie wrote:Honest! :lol:

It's not that I want to not modify the car, it's that for the moment I don't see the need for lowering/zorst/wheels/brakes/bling at this point. The stock running gear is doing fairly well for the moment. That may change in future though....

I am happy with it stock (relatively) at the moment and I think that is what may be throwing people/giving them ammo :D

Yep, same here. That's why you paid extra for a Spec-B. Subaru have already put on sensible "good bits", without going the full STi route.
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Postby tangcla » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:52 am

hmm, I should do this for my Melb-Syd roadtrip... hah :P
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Postby Mano™ » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:59 am

Well just an idea an thought.. lol why don't you buy the sti water spray bottle.. an connect that up with a line for drink.. fit a hell of a lot more in bahahha :lol:
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