What Have You Done To Your Van Today?

[Ads_Essex]

Looking good Adam. Are we going to have a step by step install thread to look forward to? Cali bed looking good too and you've got the tool kit case as well

To be fair mate, the kit is very straightforward. They supply quite detailed instructions with the kit, including how to make up a subfloor.

I’ve made it hard by installing it over a Cali floor and beneath a HiLo roof, so I’ve had to trim around 30mm off the bottom (it’s already trimmed something like 12mm for a rubber floor) and heat & bend the top.

As for the Cali, yes it came with the toolkit as well as a refurbed plastic trim, which was a bonus.
I trimmed the corner box section but didn’t know about adapting the seat base, so have lost something like 370mm travel. Not the end of the world as it still slides right forward and back in line with where most fixed beds sit.

 

[M1TCH]

Sold it

 

[WheelieBealie]

Fitted 2mm Silencoat to the roof, rear quarter panels and the tailgate, will do slider fixed door and tailgate, then make a start on the thermal insulation tomorrow :--D

 

[Phil_G]

Sykaflexing a 100w Biard panel my lads camper roof... hope it sets overnight as he's off to Coed-Llandegla tomorrow with his cycling pals!
I've left an oil-filled rad running inside to keep the roof warmish.



and a cheap Chinese controller with homebrew bluetooth monitoring added... until he can afford a Victron...



...and we have sunshine!

 

[WheelieBealie]

Fitted 2mm Silencoat to the roof, rear quarter panels and the tailgate, will do slider fixed door and tailgate, then make a start on the thermal insulation tomorrow :--D

Done the 'fixed' door, slider and tailgate, still have to do the arches but Oh my word, what a world of difference!!! It's made me realise how noisy the front end is! Once I've finished on the back I'll be getting some more SilentCoat for the front cab roof, doors and dashboard for sure.

***UPDATE*** Arches done, what a difference, we have a concrete surfaced dual carriageway near here it was like being in a decent car and you could hold a conversation with passengers in the 2nd row without a problem and I've not yet done the thermal insulation, carpeted the metalwork or the replacement ply lining!

 

[Olly T6]

@andythom188 you got a link to where you bought those? Fitted wheel spacers today and think I’m defo Gona need these lol

 

[andythom188]

@andythom188 you got a link to where you bought those? Fitted wheel spacers today and think I’m defo Gona need these lol

What you after m8 no link to what you refer too

 

[Olly T6]

Mud flaps? @andythom188

 

[andythom188]

Mud flaps? @andythom188

 

[Olly T6]

Thanks @andythom188 I will defo be getting some before winter kicks in, Did a couple of small jobs today some wind deflectors and some latch covers

 

[N58amx]

What wheels I like a lot!

Sorry for late reply!
Adt from rimstyle

 

[teamfly]

 

[teamfly]

Added the black wrap to the front wing.
Saw this somewhere on a pic of another van & really liked it
Not so sure now !

 

[Lord Mfwic]

Added the black wrap to the front wing.
Saw this somewhere on a pic of another van & really liked it
Not so sure now !

I like that and works really well on a white van.
Have you thought about taking it along the whole side? I think it would look good. It would split the van and bring in the black wheels.
Edit. May sound daft but you could try it with gorilla tape first, stand back ( probably across the road would be best) so you don't see the imperfections and see how it looks before you commit.

 

[Dan M]

Got a dent pulled out of the sliding door, looking good, just need to remove the paint left over from the other car door and hopefully it will look as good as new. Before pictures...

 

[N58amx]

Finally got round to fitting the footwell lights from @Pauly

Half hour job thanks to @Deaky s photos


Edit :yes i have the poormans gearbox

 

[teamfly]

I like that and works really well on a white van.
Have you thought about taking it along the whole side? I think it would look good. It would split the van and bring in the black wheels.
Edit. May sound daft but you could try it with gorilla tape first, stand back ( probably across the road would be best) so you don't see the imperfections and see how it looks before you commit.

really not sure about it yet. will give it a while & see

 

[craigblues]

X4 New flexi mudflaps fitted hopfully will keep the crap off the van.
They even cope when fully aired out
Appologies for the state of the van its filthy but not washing it till thursday, well thats what i keep telling myself

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Andy how did you find fitting them? I have some on shelf, I looked at fitting them but didn’t seem to fit right. Maybe I need to put more time into it. Hmmm.

 

[Pete C]

Not so much a modification, more a flexible addition. We use the van for general purpose carrying "stuff", which is not always clean. The bed limits what we can carry, but £20 of 3mm rubber sheeting from Ebay laid onto the bed means we don't have to worry so much about damaging or messing up the van interior when carrying untidy stuff.

Pete

 

[Alanmh]

Not so much a modification, more a flexible addition. We use the van for general purpose carrying "stuff", which is not always clean. The bed limits what we can carry, but £20 of 3mm rubber sheeting from Ebay laid onto the bed means we don't have to worry so much about damaging or messing up the van interior when carrying untidy stuff.
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Hi Pete - This looks really useful - can you post a link or what the stuff is called please?