What Have You Done To Your Van Today?

Calps82 said:
I’m thinking of one of these tables, what screws did you use to secure the plate to the trim? Not sure if it’s metal directly behind or if you need to use nuts, bolts with washers to make it secure...
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I wondered about riveting mine on, but I'm guessing the plate is too thick?
 
Eton 'Plug 'n' Play speaker upgrade fitted - as a first stage improvement to sound quality, these are excellent. I went through 3 rivet guns fitting them, but well worth £300. To get such an improvement for that spend on a T6 is beyond nice (+£20 on sticky sound proofing foamy goodness). The slices to my hands from fitting are already forgotten.
 
Ayjay said:
I'm not sure if this has been done to or bought for the van but we were undecided on whether or not to go up to Malvern for the Motorhome and Campervan show but when I saw that SVTech (Welcome) would be there that swung it for us as the weight being carried by a fully loaded T28 camper conversion has been on my mind a bit lately. After a chat with the SV Tech guy on the stand (a very nice chap named Richard) who advised that we could add 200Kg to the limit without any further modifications as we already have T32 rated wheels and tyres, I went back to the van and took a few evidential photographs (current weight plate (or whatever it's called), VIN plate, wheels and tyres), filled out a form with full details of the van and handed over some cash on the promise that I would have a new weight plate and certificate in the mail next week. That would then be sent to DVLA who would issue a revised V5 reflecting what was effectively a T30 weight capacity (the van would, of course remain as a T28 in name). That said, I reckon we will be into next summer before DVLA get around to doing anything!

As to the show in general, it was alright to wander around for an hour or so and while we didn't buy anything else, there were a lot of VW campers and motorhomes on display and it's always nice to see a bit of camper porn. I was also tempted by an Minster Polar insulated windscreen screen cover but after a close look came to the conclusion that it was a pretty insubstantial thing for the money being asked (but I know others speak highly of them). There weren't a lot of people there yesterday but I suspect today and tomorrow might be a different story if the weather is decent (or, at least, not chucking it down).
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Hi Ajay,

If you don't mind me asking, how much did this capacity upgrade cost you, have been thinking of getting this done for my T28

Cheers

Si
 
Bigsidavies said:
Is that a genuine tailgate release or an alternative?
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The genuine original. The 6mm ply lining was too thick. I trimmed the plastic on the 'C' clip at the top, but the spring clips wouldn't quite engage and I didn't want to break it. The allen key was a temporary hold, but it actually works fine.
 
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