I couldn’t resist – so ordered one basic element (as I don’t need much carried on the roof), one MOLLE side rack, and one universal cannister rack from the good folk in Switzerland. In a short time they arrived. Beutifully packed but lacking instructions. Not a problem if your were brought up on Meccano!

Take the roof grab bars off, add the barckets (for both the roofrack and the side racks) and you’re off to good start.

Then everything screws together with nice stainless button head bolts…

Here I’ve installed the basic element as far back as it goes (for ease of access from the ladder). This is the Universal Carrier side unit. Which isn’t quite universal, as I had to make up the brackets to fit the ROTOPAX holders / handles. Nonetheless, it’s pretty flexible with what you can install.

The Black Sheep system does provide you with a lot more L-track to play with. The basic unit has L-track round the entire perimeter. So I used that for lights and the UHF antenna mount (just some steel bracket with a folding base mount). Plenty of mounting space left for cargo tie downs. The VHF antenna stayed on the roof grab bar (for now).

Both the MOLLE panel and the universal carrier are well designed, and with attachements to both the roof grab bar and the vehicles l-track cargo mounts seem very robust. Nothing mounted on the MOLLE yet, but I will try and mount my MaxTrax.

I’ll report back on how things go when we go and get dirty very shortly. By the way, ignore the door panels – they’re an experiment on having somewhere to put event stickers as well as protecting the doors off road!

Hey folks – this is the final solution for my internal bike rack. It worked out a treat.
The only downside is that my Road Bike needs the seat removed. My wife’s bike was fine and my Mountain Bike has a dropper seat post so no issue for that.
Another thing to note is that due to the stem on my bike being pretty long, I had to span the middle pillar of the rear door. So the hoods fit nicely into each of the window recesses (basically that spot for my bike (sliver one) is the only place it would work and still allow me to shut the doors – but who cares, it works!!).
Finally, for the MtB I had to swap out the other fork adapter and spin the mount 180. That bike is longer and I needed the extra space that is not taken up by the drop bars of the road bikes.
It is 100% solid and those bikes are going nowhere!
This is what you need…
1 – Loaded Bikes Rail (Short 1138mm length – I also needed to drill x2 6mm holes in this – see pics for where to do that)
2 – Loaded Bikes Fork Mounts (x2)
3 – M6 T-Track Adapter (you need to order M6 washers and nuts separately)
4 – Loctite Red Thread locker

The ususal “go to” solution for this is the venerable 20L Jerry can. The Grenadier has limmited ways to safely carry a Jerry Can or two – with the obvious one being on the roofrack – either securely tied down or in a specifically designed roof rack holder, such as these from Rino-rack and Front Runner:

The biggest issue with this solution is access – as one needs to lug over 20kg of full Jerry can onto your roof-rack, and then also get it down at a later stage. There are other roofrack alternatives, with mounts for Rotopax or similar smaller fuel containers readily available.

Black Sheep have some alternatives to the roof rack. One is a mount on the spare wheel for the 8.5L rounded fuel can from Overland Fuel. This stainless steel bracket uses the Overland lockable mount, and can be adjusted to different offsets of the rim, and is suitable for 17 and 18 inch rims. It does look like it would be a pain when it came time to use the spaire wheel, as it apears to mount directly to the spare wheel itself.

The other option from Black Sheep is a side mounted load carrier, mounting over the rear side window. The load carriers are mounted on the original railing and on the lower, external equipment rails (l-track) of the vehicle without drilling. The load carriers consist of two vertical and two horizontal supports with multiple mounting holes. These can be used to mount various accessories such as recovery boards or, as in this case, fuel (or water) cans. The picture shows mounts and 9L cans from Overland Fuel, although I’d guess that similar offerings from Rotopax and other manufacturers will fit just as nicely.

Expedition HQ Australia have released XSPEC, a range of accessories to suit the Grenadier. These utilise a mounting platform over the rear window, attaching to the roof rail and the l-track. The range includes a self feeding fuel tank and a more traditional Jerry can holder.

Gull-wing windows were an option on the Ineos Grenadier initially… but unfortunately were deleted somewhere in the development process.

Fortunately aftermarket suppliers are guaranteed to fill the void. Other vehicles have gull-wing aftermarket solutions from manufacturers such as Emuwing and Front Runner.

Black Sheep have created an external MOLLE panel, available through TrackParts. It fits to the L-track, so you will have to have that specified on your vehicle.

“The side load carriers are mounted without drilling on the original railing and on the lower, external utensil rails of the vehicle.

In the “MOLLE” version, a grid provides effective protection for the rear window and at the same time serves as a base for holding various utensils. The “MOLLE system” from the USA offers the specification for the subdivision of the grid and thus enables the use of many accessories already available on the market, such as luggage bags and tool holders, which are based on this system.”

Specs:

• weight 3kg
• length 700mm
• width 550mm

Pictured with some recovery tracks – but you are only limmited by you imagination. And your local road rules. And the maximum load capacity.

The Grenadier comes with L-track as an option in the rear cargo area (“Interior Utility Rails”) and externally on the sides of the vehicle (“Exterior Utility Belt”) running along each door and rear flank.

So, what can attach to the L-track? There’s many different fasteners of all sorts of quality and load ratings. And cost. Suppliers range from AliExpress to Truck (Lorry) supplies to the aircraft industry.

Some examples:

So you can attach pretty much anything. Hook, strap bolt or screw it on.

The rear cargo area already has a few options. Cargo staps are going to be popular, as will the official cargo net and “cargo management system” from Ineos.

Off road the exterior mount could hold a shovel, recovery gear, or fuel fuel cans. Limmited only by the maximum load – which I can’t seem to locate currently.

How about a table for camping. Or combined with the roof grab rails there are oportunities for mounting MOLLE panels over the side rear windows. Here’s one prototype from Black Sheep:

And If you want to cover up your L-track there’s a few options in fill strips:

The problem is, what if you want a proper roof rack (apologies to roof bar owners) to stap your “stuff” onto, but also want those enticing Safari Windows? If you have a full length roof rack you can’t pop your Safari Windows up… and certainly can’t stand up through them when on safari. As one does.

The obvious solution is a 3/4 Roof Rack. I’m sure there are going to be a lot of options coming onto the market, but one of the first I’ve seen is from Front Runner. Looks great. Not sure about local suppliers at this stage. There’s also some information that Front Runner has designed a full length roofrack that will clear the safari windows – making it easy to mount a light bar if required.