What Have You Done To Your Van Today?

[BoroBoy]

Fixed my instrument panel speaker, so hopefully now I won't forget I have left my lights on and drain my battery!!
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Was worried I would break the dials but was actually pretty straightforward and have some lovely warning sounds now

Don't keep us hanging.
Post a " How You Did It" , in case other people are interested in trying the same little project.

 

[KalinT6]

It wasn't the most pleasant job, but it was worth it. The chassis was cleaned, then primed twice with Inter plus 256 epoxy , followed by Intherthane 990 topcoat.

 

[Toffermora]

Don't keep us hanging.
Post a " How You Did It" , in case other people are interested in trying the same little project.

Will see what I can do

 

[Toffermora]

Don't keep us hanging.
Post a " How You Did It" , in case other people are interested in trying the same little project.

There you go:

How to: Replacing warning/indicator sounder/ buzzer

 

[Sackmycook]

Fitted 'Sounds like a Golf' seals from THQ.
Perfect !

 

[d8smt]

How have you attached the t-tracks to the roof? Are they bolted through from the inside? Interested in this for if/when my panel dies. Did you seal the holes with something when you attached the tracks? Got any pics from inside the poptop?

it was already on the poptop when U bought it, but it looks quite well done so I suspect it was done by the installer (CMC n Kent). I also saw another can on holiday in Amsterdam that had a similar setup, also Reimo. They're pretty solid and I've had rof bars and a 40kg roof box on it as well. Not sure how they are sealed. You can see how they are attached inside if you enlarge the attached photo, both inside and outside there are allen bolt heads..
I'll get more photos tomorrow when this wind dies down and post them.

 

[StratosFearXX]

it was already on the poptop when U bought it, but it looks quite well done so I suspect it was done by the installer (CMC n Kent). I also saw another can on holiday in Amsterdam that had a similar setup, also Reimo. They're pretty solid and I've had rof bars and a 40kg roof box on it as well. Not sure how they are sealed. You can see how they are attached inside if you enlarge the attached photo, both inside and outside there are allen bolt heads..
I'll get more photos tomorrow when this wind dies down and post them.

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What are those black and orange things?

 

[Drive Wayne]

Faulty 100W Solar Panel removed. Just gotta disconnect cable and clean up pop top roof.View attachment 295840

What are you going to do for a replacement @BoroBoy ? Portable, rigid?

 

[Drive Wayne]

Fitted 2 x 150W panels to my roof and switched the cheap PWM to an MPPT.
The two panels are Firefly Energy 150W black panels from Amazon, £81 each, 104 x 75cm. I took one of on my recent holiday tour round Northern Europe to test it, and it seemed OK.

Fitted them to the T-tracks on my Reimo poptop, total weight 17kg, height increase of 6cm total. It was the easier way to put a removable panel on into the existing T-tracks. Perfect for for the width of the Reimo between the two raised profiles of the poptop roof.
Also added a couple of Craigsolar solar panel brackets at front and back with VHB tape and a rubber sealant between them and the roof, perfect fit, just for airflow and to hide cables. The whole solution is pretty solid on there but easily removable. Decided not to drill the roof at this stage but have organised it so the panels can be connected to the MPPT via a 12AWG XT60 cable through the tailgate without the need for holes.
Total cost, including the £60 Renogy MPPT and extra cables, was under £300. This feeds into the back of my Clayton LPS1 and seems to do a pretty good job of charging but will test tomorrow in earnest.
Also managed to sell my 200W Dokio portable panel on FB marketplace for £135 (£20 profit!) today so overall pretty pleased with it all so far.

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Great job @d8smt . No flexi panel anxiety, love a rigid eh?! Same brackets on my panel, but I did bolt them through. Good result on that Dokio too.

 

[d8smt]

Those black/orange things are Froli bed springs. See my earliest post last year on them. I've just got a 2.5mm IKEA foam mattress topper (£25) on top and it's really comfortable and doesn't give you a bad back

 

[BoroBoy]

What are you going to do for a replacement @BoroBoy ? Portable, rigid?

Rigid. All stuff ordered. Will get it done after my pop top has had a spruce by my detailer.

 

[T6ChrisO]

Nothing exciting, booked it in for an error code (and warning light) to be looked into tomorrow

 

[Madpasty]

Went for a consultation about having a cat back quad exhaust built and fitted

 

[Sackmycook]

Fitted my E3 Oem LED clusters with additional wires for twin fogs and twin reverse.
Big thanks to @Pauly and various members regarding the re-pining values

 

[d8smt]

OK, quick testing update on these 150W solar panels I posted yesterday in case anyone is interested.

In 25 degrees sun today, 2 panels (2x150W) managed to pull a max of 277W into the battery atop the Reimo roof when it was raised (about 20 degrees angle). This translated into just over 20.3A into the Clayton through the Renogy 40A MPPT. Tempetaure outside was 26C, sunny but partial cloud.

So a couple of takeaways from this:
1. The Reimo poptop easily supports 2 panels, about 18kg weight including connectors.

2. Although the Clayton LPS2 shows a restriction of 15A in the solar input specification, my Clayton Mk1 took the whole 20.2A into the battery from the panel/MPPT. I didn't manage to get a pic of this but got one showing 18A+ input, so easily above the 15A.

Even partially shaded the two panels were pulling 8-10A.

Overall quite pleased with these for the price (£80 each), happy to share details of anyone needs.

And finally ..... quiz of the week..... took me a while to clock this myself but look at the cable I bought from Amazon to fuse the solar input to 20A . They had only 1 job .....

 

[twotone2]

Hillside Birchover, decided to replace the current insulation on the tailgate (cheap fleece) with 2mm Silent coat sound proofing, then over with 4mm Dodo thermo liner, first time I have attempted a project like this, any advise or tips - let me know, the plan is to do the sliding door next and any other panels I can get access to.

 

[bobnudd]

Where did you get the cover from?

Veedubtransporters do a unbadged version £50. Or badged £60. Personally I’d get plain and buy a £2 tdi badge for it

 

[vwjack]

Fitted the wind deflectors courtesy of @cgtmiles
Thanks again mate

 

[drinfinity]

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Hillside Birchover, decided to replace the current insulation on the tailgate (cheap fleece) with 2mm Silent coat sound proofing, then over with 4mm Dodo thermo liner, first time I have attempted a project like this, any advise or tips - let me know, the plan is to do the sliding door next and any other panels I can get access to.

Put some spotlights in while you have the cover off. Then you can light the space at the back with the tailgate open.

 

[dcpen43]

a few d-rings screwed into the back wall of the wardrobe and some bungee cord and my wardrobe is far more organised