What Have You Done To Your Van Today?
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The tailgate has a light on the left, which annoyingly you can't turn off. After fitting a small switch from Halfords now means I can.
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I have a pair of these. I am wondering where to put them in my shuttle.
My plan was to carpet the cover and put it on the sliding door , but found out it’s too wide for the doors , it will catch when door slides open
Hence plan B
I have a Shuttle and didn't want to have it on the doors. Most of the time we only have the rear seats in, for family trips, but it lives at the side of the house with all the 9 seats in, so these cup holders would be in the way on the doors.
But your option is a nice one. I may make a carpet lined box like arm rest to sit on the rear middle seat between my children. These will sit nicely at the front for cups etc.
But your option is a nice one. I may make a carpet lined box like arm rest to sit on the rear middle seat between my children. These will sit nicely at the front for cups etc.
Your van looks ace. Did you change the upper grill strips yourself? If so, easy to do? Thanks
I'd love to see some more photos of this and maybe a bit of a guide if you can be bothered, I've been mulling over something very similar but was unsure of the overall depth and how to attach the frame.
Just finished my super simple water setup.
It uses the Whale V hand pump fed straight from the fresh water tank.
It uses the Whale V hand pump fed straight from the fresh water tank.
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Making the van smell of pork with a bit of off grid catering.
Cookin' to feed 17 for tonight. (Pork rolls.)
Slow cooked pork in the camper:
and crackling in the caravan oven.
Before anyone else comments.... I agree that the fly blind is ineffective with the doors and tailgate open!
Cookin' to feed 17 for tonight. (Pork rolls.)
Slow cooked pork in the camper:
and crackling in the caravan oven.
Before anyone else comments.... I agree that the fly blind is ineffective with the doors and tailgate open!
I presume it can be turned off in VCDS or carista etc.
Fitted Vanshade's Tailgate pod. Noticed that if you follow their installation video from YouTube and press the lower section of the pod against the inside curve of the tailgate, the blind doesn't come down straight and leaves a gap at each side (photo with the red arrow). To counter this, I made a curve shaped infil piece to keep the lower section of the pod straight. Spoke to vanshades and they say the video is old and they leave a finger width gap in the middle of the lower section of the pod.
Loving this set up. Have you posted a write up on it at all?
Popped in a new 95Ah battery, coded and charged. Left it without a heat jacket at least for time being.
Also tried to ”loan” battery dirt cover from my old 2004 T5 but seems that would not fit even with some cutting as the cover recess sits on the engine bay front lip
Also tried to ”loan” battery dirt cover from my old 2004 T5 but seems that would not fit even with some cutting as the cover recess sits on the engine bay front lip
Thanks. No this was one of the conversion options when we were specifying our van. The grill strips and section of the mirror are basically painted with gloss black paint. It’s a nice look I think.
Thanks - I haven't posted anything about that setup. It's very basic though!
It's done as per the setup in the diagram below, but I replaced the tap and the foot pump in the diagram with the all-in-one Whale V hand-operated pump-tap:
- Freshwater tank → hosepipe → pump-tap
- Sink → hosepipe → greywater tank
Conventional footpump setup:
Compared to my slightly simpler tap-pump setup from post #9,987:
