What Have You Done To Your Van Today?
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Talking about fiamma awnings...
Hard to see but I've filled the gap between the awning and the van to stop rain and drips.
A nice roll of rubber from the big rainforest, and some VHB tape and boom its on. Will it stay on?? Seems to so far. It certainly works anyway.
Less than £20... A lot cheaper than the proper fiamma rain guard at £90ish IF you can get one.
Note must clean the green off the roof.
Also, if you notice the pads on the poptop.... these will hopefully be used very soon
Hard to see but I've filled the gap between the awning and the van to stop rain and drips.
A nice roll of rubber from the big rainforest, and some VHB tape and boom its on. Will it stay on?? Seems to so far. It certainly works anyway.
Less than £20... A lot cheaper than the proper fiamma rain guard at £90ish IF you can get one.
Note must clean the green off the roof.
Also, if you notice the pads on the poptop.... these will hopefully be used very soon
Great work there, how was you able to obtain the missing parts?View attachment 328622
Finally managed to fit my Genuine 6.1 Sportline bumper after spending last month trying to piece together all the trims, grills, undertrays which VW would not sell me.
I see there are a few bumper covers but like you say, missing the grills, lower valance etc.
The towhook cover, fog light covers and both side grill you can buy from Thq from their Gt T bumper separately.
The side grills are same shape but fixings are completely different so I cut their fixings and tiger sealed the grills on after paint.
The undertray pieces they wouldn’t sell separately so I made a template in cardboard then used old undertray to make my own. They also hold the fog lights in place so I used some L brackets to fit those.
Thank you, I went a different route in the end.
Front canards, thruxton lower spoiler painted in van colour and got the bodyshop to paint the chrome strip on top grill cherry red lh3t. Will post a pic up later of it.
Duffill500
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made a cover from scratch using an old bit of ply lining and left over carpet and glue , pleased with the result and cost nothing, before and after’s
Out of interest where is that threshold from? Exactly what I’m thinking of but haven’t seen one in the diy stores
I stumbled across it here in Germany, there was a selection of plastic bases that have to be screwed to the underside of the wood and then you choose the trim on the top. Luckily there was a base for 12mm wood. If I find the brand name I'll let you know
Fitted the eibach 30mm springs. Front and rear shocks were still in perfect working order as well.
Renewed the front bearings like for like with oem ones, not that they also required changing but for the cost was an easy decision. I gave the hub and front/rear wishbones a couple of coats of 'Brunox Epoxy' rust converter. Front shocks I gave a couple of coats of matt black galv spray.
Very happy with the drive on these and quite a nice affordable modification I must say.
Front brakes to be painted next.
Renewed the front bearings like for like with oem ones, not that they also required changing but for the cost was an easy decision. I gave the hub and front/rear wishbones a couple of coats of 'Brunox Epoxy' rust converter. Front shocks I gave a couple of coats of matt black galv spray.
Very happy with the drive on these and quite a nice affordable modification I must say.
Front brakes to be painted next.
How much do you charge?Pre Road Trip wash and wax, even did the roof!
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Looks a much more "normal" height now.
Well strictly speaking not me but The Ply Guys!
Just back from a quick 3 day 500 mile round trip to lovely Scotland to have the Argyll bed system fitted.
The Ply guys are fantastic. Super friendly and I just love their stuff. One of the few with genuine "out of the box" thinking.
Now I can crack on with the rest of the build!
I had it custom made extra high to clear the kitchen pod and power pack unit ( when fitted ) and also for extra storage ( folding bike etc )
One of the benefits of a high roof.....
Super heavyweight runners, you can actually stand on the drawer.
Useful storage space in the wheel arch recesses. I will be customising the are under the bed with more storage.
The "foot" section pulls out to form the full bed length and also a handy table / worksurface
The 2 x foot cushions will also be used on a lower bench when the section is pushed in and not in "bed mode"
Now to crack on finishing the roof section and then a load of Hexa ply joinery!
Just back from a quick 3 day 500 mile round trip to lovely Scotland to have the Argyll bed system fitted.
The Ply guys are fantastic. Super friendly and I just love their stuff. One of the few with genuine "out of the box" thinking.
Now I can crack on with the rest of the build!
I had it custom made extra high to clear the kitchen pod and power pack unit ( when fitted ) and also for extra storage ( folding bike etc )
One of the benefits of a high roof.....
Super heavyweight runners, you can actually stand on the drawer.
Useful storage space in the wheel arch recesses. I will be customising the are under the bed with more storage.
The "foot" section pulls out to form the full bed length and also a handy table / worksurface
The 2 x foot cushions will also be used on a lower bench when the section is pushed in and not in "bed mode"
Now to crack on finishing the roof section and then a load of Hexa ply joinery!
Got to love the benefits of a hightop ! Great conversion
