Long Range Truck (stage One)

[CX16]

Stage One of our long range truck is complete, just returned from CoastVW (great team) having fitted the following;
Seikel lift kit all round
Front engine/gearbox bash plate
Diff bash plate
Rock sliders
Enlarged spare wheel carrier
17x7 h/d steel wheels
BF Goodrich 225/35/17 A/Ts
Wheelarch protectors
Rallyart mudflaps
Drives well, not that noisy, good job all round, Mrs loves it, phew !

 

[Ed Webb]

Love it! What are your plans for it?

 

[Dieseldonkey]

Looks great. Are they the Seikel rock sliders? Also, was there any issue getting the wheel arch protectors to fit the rear arches with it being a LWB.

 

[ei-aprilia]

That looks tremendous! I'd love to get my van jacked up too, the higher the better!

 

[Tourershine]

Loving that wheel and tyre combo. That's what I'm doing for winter, but having the 17s banded.
Surely they cannot be 35 profiles.


Looks awesome @CX16

 

[CX16]

Hi All
Plans are,
Stage 2 in two weeks having the roof fitted/rear window on near side fitted (fake window on offside to match) roof bars with 3 crossbars, large rigid PV cell between crossbars, single 30” LED light unit underneath (3rd)front cross bar.
Stage 3; Have front passenger seat base modified to fit double seat base but keep single seat (more storage), fit diesel heater under floor beneath passenger seat.
Stage 4; Have been mocking up various interior options to get maximum storage/larger bed/flushing loo/coffee maker/electrical installation/water tanks/waste tanks/hob and sink/fridge/gas tank, etc, etc.
Correction: Tyres are 225/65/17 KO2’s
Yes, there was an issue about fitting the rear wheelarch protectors ( but only on the offside ?) to be resolved by careful glueing along the whole length of the protector (they will all be treated like this along the joint to prevent any water ingress)
Destination One; Spain and Europe.
Destination Two; Mongolia (next year)
a two year plan in the making. . .

 

[CX16]

P.S. Yes they are Seikel rock sliders, they fit quite a long way inboard and are low profile so that you don’t waste the space you have gained by lifting the vehicle, you could quite easily overlook them if you didn’t know they were there .

 

[Tourershine]

Out of interest, what years the T6, and have you owned it from new?

Edit:
I can just make out the year.

 

[CX16]

Hi
It’s a 2016 and I bought it pre-owned with 10,000 on the clock. I started looking for an older/cheaper van but 4x4’s seem to be very rare in the UK and this one turned up after a six month search for a suitable van. As we intended to invest quite a bit of money in the preparation of this vehicle we blew the intended budget and bought this one. We got everything we wanted (cruise/air con/manual/LWB/4 motion) except the colour, would have preferred a much lighter colour for use in hot countries. Very pleased with the lift which doesn’t appear to have affected the handling or performance, and the tyres aren’t that noisy, very happy (but poor) !

 

[edson_bsx]

Looks amazing. Any chance you'd mind giving an indiciation of price for the Seikel component and fitting costs? Had a look online but not finding too much info.