What Have You Done To Your Van Today?

[Rich_89]

Finally added the lower dash after changing it's colour, although it's kind of hard to tell from the picture.

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I like your seats! Are they trimmed or just covers?

 

[CarpyT6]

ebay... VW T6 GTI Tartan Gear Gaiter, Blue Red,Orange,Grey Yellow | eBay

wanted to try it out and see if i liked it. i think i do. can never have enough tartan.

Cheers will check it out

 

[CarpyT6]

I like your seats! Are they trimmed or just covers?

Thanks! They've been re-trimmed

 

[AshleyM]

Started the long road to conversion...

Bulkhead out.
Extra door seals and dash seal in.

This could take me a while...

 

[Leehoops]

Hi @BenR - they came from Mr Bezos! Shorty mud flaps

Be aware of the front flaps as they either touch the door or are very close , I have the same ones on my work van and both doors are now rusting as they have rubbed the paint off , you may be able to shave some plastic off so this doesn't happen I wouldn't want the same to happen to yours

 

[Andysmee]

Cut the three middle posts off an old full width rear threshold to use the polystyrene from the stock narrow one to bridge to the raised floor.


Randomly found I had inherited four blanking plugs with the caravelle stuff, but still need two more. Prioritised the side that we open more!

 

[ThreeBridgeT6]

Be aware of the front flaps as they either touch the door or are very close , I have the same ones on my work van and both doors are now rusting as they have rubbed the paint off , you may be able to shave some plastic off so this doesn't happen I wouldn't want the same to happen to yours

Good point @Leehoops - I should have said to @BenR that I'd read this somewhere else on here (may even have been you @Leehoops). I trimmed mine back to make sure they don't rub on the bottom edge of the doors. Also gave them a squirt of ACF 50 to try to keep the rust monster at bay.

 

[Donk]

Took it for its’ first MOT today. Passed with no probs .

 

[Sharpe]

Took it for its’ first MOT today. Passed with no probs .

Same here, can’t believe it’s nearly 3 years old

 

[Dickieboy3]

Took it for its’ first MOT today. Passed with no probs .

Great feeling that.

 

[Donk]

Great feeling that.

Might treat it to a remap ....

 

[Dickieboy3]

Might treat it to a remap ....

Braver than me leaving it at 102...

 

[Donk]

Braver than me leaving it at 102...

Well, I did my previous van that was a 102 and Pendle mapped it and it transformed it into such a nicer flexible drive. So hoping a Pendle on this 150 DSG will do the same.

 

[Jonah1972]

New carpets - full Kombi set from Harrison’s trim supplies. My van has the rear heater/cooler trim so the load bay carpet sits slightly proud in the corner but will sort it out when I sound proof and insulate.

 

[T6ARF]

Agreed - some of the quotes on here are ridiculous for what is actually a fairly simple job to do. Very good access once the air cleaner box has been removed. If you turned up at a VW dealer with your T6 on the back of a flatbed after the valves and pistons had been smacking seven shades of $~@$ out of each other two weeks after you fitted a belt you had bought over the counter from them, I'd be very surprised if their immediate reaction was to order in a new long engine and fit it f.o.c. Belt failure is usually secondary to something else such as a seized water pump or debris thrown up from the road which has taken out the aux belt and then the timing belt. The tensioner design on these makes it difficult not to tension them up correctly so anyone who has done timing belts on other vehicles will probably find these a joy to work on.

If anyone is twitchy about timing belt failures, have a look under your engine to see if it came with a full under tray (I believe many vans came without these). If you can see your sump you might want to have a look to get hold of a T5 / T6 under tray. It could be the best £50 quid you spend on your van (although if it does it's job properly, you'll never actually know!). Look up 7E0805685A

As recommended by @Mooncat, I’ve fitted the engine under tray that VW omitted in an obvious cost cutting exercise.

Hopefully this will help to protect the exposed components from debris and weather. Great little upgrade that didn’t take long and wasn’t too difficult.... only problem was access and getting my head under my lowered van!



Also this YouTube video by our very own @Dellmassive came in very handy....

 

[GeekGrimmy]

Taken off the front badge to spray it a metallic bronze using Fulldip liquid vinyl which will hopefully be roughly the same as the Fuel Zephyr's in matte bronze.

fulldip spray

Still trying to figure out how the chrome strips to either side of the badge come off - A bit undecided if doing them all bronze will be too much but you have to undercoat them in the same matte black to begin with so we'll see what the black and bronze combo looks like first.

 

[Andysmee]

Finally got the side skirts back on today, pics once the masking tape supporting the 3M tape comes off. Also massively failed to vinyl wrap the skid pans, so they will be as they were

 

[RunDSG]

Five minute job today. Swapped out my cracked backing plate behind the front badge.
Surprised how much shinier the replacement was!

…massive £4 repair, OEM from TPS.

 

[Andysmee]

Dropped off the caravelle roof liner only to find a decent passenger double for sale, so swapped the cover onto our front seat. ...guide to follow

And then other seat for sale with factory folding bracket available too

 

[AussieMick]

Finished adding the led light bar.
Has a mixture of spot and flood LEDs so good penetrating light.
Now driving in the bush at night is doable.
H4 headlights on high beam were hopeless.
Hopefully I can spot wildlife by the roadside and take avoiding action.
Driving lights and light bars are quite common in Australia on vans,
Heading off soon on a fairly lengthy trip to Cairns in North Queensland so will post pictures and daily blog if anyone is interested.