What Have You Bought Today?

[Another planet]

Not a successful day for me and my van. Bought Van Style side bars which were too challenging to fit. Gonna have to get some specialist help. Also bought some Customveedubs shorty mud flaps but realised as I want to put wheel arch mouldings on - the mud flaps won't work.

Gloss Black 60mm Straight Cut Side Bars - VW T5 T6 - Vanstyle

www.vanstyle.co.uk

VW T6 T6.1 Mudflaps - Easy Install & OEM Fit | VW Transporter Parts UK

Premium VW Transporter mudflaps designed to protect against road spray, dirt and stone chips while adding stylish custom van styling.

www.customveedubs.com

 

[tommy_t6.1]

Will do. Probably won’t get round to fitting them until Sunday, but they look good out the packaging. Hopefully the fit is good.

Looking forward to the review pal!

 

[shropschris]

No ordered from battery group.co.uk
Price was £699-£105-5%discount code = £565.24
Not sure when I'll get it though - apparently coming direct from Bluetti.

Were did you find the code dude ?

 

[davecdjt]

That price is for an aftermarket tray without sound deadening, bit more than that for genuine. It helps protects the underside of the engine and reduces the sound. Its not a crucial purchase but worth getting one if want to look after your motor

Is it not possible to get an aftermarket one and add your own sound deadening? A lot of folks are going to have some lying around from their conversion? That has to save a few quid when the business isn't paying the bills?

 

[YellowHound]

Were did you find the code dude ?

They sent it to me.
IIRC it is 'mar5' - but note my comments on my battery group thread, which I believe you've seen.

 

[KT6B]

Is it not possible to get an aftermarket one and add your own sound deadening? A lot of folks are going to have some lying around from their conversion? That has to save a few quid when the business isn't paying the bills?

You could do

 

[shropschris]

They sent it to me.
IIRC it is 'mar5' - but note my comments on my battery group thread, which I believe you've seen.

Ace thanks

 

[Dogs Dung]

......everyone one OK?

@Sackmycook was early Jan but just settled last week, hit black ice one morning , was just myself, no injury other than sorrow

 

[KT6B]

Not a successful day for me and my van. Bought Van Style side bars which were too challenging to fit. Gonna have to get some specialist help. Also bought some Customveedubs shorty mud flaps but realised as I want to put wheel arch mouldings on - the mud flaps won't work.

Gloss Black 60mm Straight Cut Side Bars - VW T5 T6 - Vanstyle

www.vanstyle.co.uk

VW T6 T6.1 Mudflaps - Easy Install & OEM Fit | VW Transporter Parts UK

Premium VW Transporter mudflaps designed to protect against road spray, dirt and stone chips while adding stylish custom van styling.

www.customveedubs.com

Frustrating when it doesn’t go to plan which is 90% of the time for me anyway the oe mudflaps might work with the arch mouldings as they sit further back? they get a lot of stick but I think they’re ok.

 

[T6ChrisO]

After a few days of deliberation I pulled the trigger on the Bluetti EB70 with its current sale price. Will keep my laptop powered for some time (amongst other stuff of course)

 

[MK2Golf24v]

Is it not possible to get an aftermarket one and add your own sound deadening? A lot of folks are going to have some lying around from their conversion? That has to save a few quid when the business isn't paying the bills?

Like this……

 

[Linoleum Bonypart]

Not a successful day for me and my van. Bought Van Style side bars which were too challenging to fit. Gonna have to get some specialist help. Also bought some Customveedubs shorty mud flaps but realised as I want to put wheel arch mouldings on - the mud flaps won't work.

Gloss Black 60mm Straight Cut Side Bars - VW T5 T6 - Vanstyle

www.vanstyle.co.uk

VW T6 T6.1 Mudflaps - Easy Install & OEM Fit | VW Transporter Parts UK

Premium VW Transporter mudflaps designed to protect against road spray, dirt and stone chips while adding stylish custom van styling.

www.customveedubs.com

I’ve just fitted them …. Found a tip on YouTube … use some stiff wire to thread some fishing line through the two holes tie it onto the end of the bolt and pull it through …. This is the only way to get the front supports sorted

 

[WinFreak]

Not a successful day for me and my van. Bought Van Style side bars which were too challenging to fit. Gonna have to get some specialist help. Also bought some Customveedubs shorty mud flaps but realised as I want to put wheel arch mouldings on - the mud flaps won't work.

Gloss Black 60mm Straight Cut Side Bars - VW T5 T6 - Vanstyle

www.vanstyle.co.uk

VW T6 T6.1 Mudflaps - Easy Install & OEM Fit | VW Transporter Parts UK

Premium VW Transporter mudflaps designed to protect against road spray, dirt and stone chips while adding stylish custom van styling.

www.customveedubs.com

I looked at the Vanstyle side bars, but not the straight ones. What was the problem with fitting?

 

[Linoleum Bonypart]

It’s very fiddly to get the bracket secured underneath the tip above is a godsend which it doesn’t tell you in the instructions

 

[YellowHound]

After a few days of deliberation I pulled the trigger on the Bluetti EB70 with its current sale price. Will keep my laptop powered for some time (amongst other stuff of course)
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Let me know when you expect it - surprisingly battery group can't tell me when I'm getting mine!

 

[T6ChrisO]

Let me know when you expect it - surprisingly battery group can't tell me when I'm getting mine!

Bluetti website (banner at the top of the page) says 2-5 days but when you view their shipping policy it says......

'We need 1 to 3 working days to process the order, and usually 4-7 days later you will receive your products. The shipping may be delayed for some objective or uncontrolled reasons. We will notice our customer ahead for delays.'

 

[shropschris]

After a few days of deliberation I pulled the trigger on the Bluetti EB70 with its current sale price. Will keep my laptop powered for some time (amongst other stuff of course)
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I was toying with fitting a new lithium leisure battery , £499 or the Bluetti that you can you can keep when you sell the van. The EB70 looks the way forward

 

[Another planet]

I looked at the Vanstyle side bars, but not the straight ones. What was the problem with fitting?

It wasn't straight forward. The under tray has to be cut and it is going to tight alongside heater. Just trickier than I thought it would be and I will need to pay for help

 

[Another planet]

I’ve just fitted them …. Found a tip on YouTube … use some stiff wire to thread some fishing line through the two holes tie it onto the end of the bolt and pull it through …. This is the only way to get the front supports sorted

Thank you very much. Will give it another go. The side bars look awesome but the van wasn't on a ramp which made it harder and the positioning of my heater makes it harder to access the bung. Also the pictures on the instructions bear no resemblance to the underside of my van

 

[Linoleum Bonypart]

I just used a small junior hacksaw with the bracket in position …cut the plastic either side of the bracket