Jealous
What Have You Done To Your Van Today?
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That Post was quick, you only left here a hour ago or so ?
This kit has proved to be the bench mark coil over kit for transporters . Brilliant results even at 70 to 80 mm drops
This kit has proved to be the bench mark coil over kit for transporters . Brilliant results even at 70 to 80 mm drops
Now that it's a tropical 10 degrees in the West Mids, I decided to fit my Travellin Lite LED front fog lamp bulbs. Thanks to @Rioja John for the tips on fitting, much better colour match for the THQ head lights. Very happy!
Just screaming for an LV skirt or splitter now Wayne.
There’s one of each for sale on here.
I have a vicious drive! Ripped my original one off!
Just need to reverse in and learn how to drive first then
Ha! I do reverse in, the drive slopes in towards the house, at this time of year rain would get under the solar panel, potentially freeze and damage the panel, I already have panel anxiety having had one die on me, and the new one is showing signs of delamination after 10 months!Just need to reverse in and learn how to drive first then
Great.
All the best Steve
Looks so good! I’m going to go for the same kit, I had Steve’s ST X last time but going to do H&R this time round for a bit lower height.
Build two ramps to make it level?
Then you solve the splitter issue, the panel issue and have somewhere to work under one end of the van.
If I were allowed to tarmac or block pave the drive that would solve my problem, but I have a wife! It will be 2 tons of gravel that somehow magically disappears every couple of years, where on earth (answered my own question) does it go? The fact the rear of the van is downhill is good, water can't settle under the panel (the rear of the panel has air gaps) and then freeze. I need to keep a gentle gradient to get my 2 wheel commute out of the garage, then gravity helps me reverse it back in after work! Sadly, the good lady doesn't want block paving, crete print or tarmac! I'm sure she takes a perverse pleasure in watching me picking weeds out of the gravel on an oh too regular basis in the growing season! She earns more than me now, so she wears the trousers!
When I had a splitter I had perpetual grief, we live in an area of sleeping policemen and single lane traffic calming measures, I really don't miss it!
On a positive note, when Grandad YamYam (very black country step father in law) popped off a couple of years ago, I inherited his heavy duty vehicle ramps (potentially built for a chieftain tank) which enables me to access the underside of my van at my pleasure. He also left me his retirement Rolex (cheapest model available at the time), which i don't wear since the advent of mobile phones!
My apologies, the Rioja, and i dont mean John, has kicked in... end of chat!
Let's have the tips then. About to fit mine at the weekend and I don't have lady hands!! Those holes look awfully small to me!!
You're lucky you have cat flaps! Startlines don't have them! I turned my wheel to full lock and peeled back the arch liner, having removed 4 torx screws and a push clip, the liner tucked behind the tyre to make access easier. With cat flaps it could be easier? 2 clips to remove the connection from the bulb first, then a small clockwise turn to release the bulb, change the bulb, bulb back in, noting where the 'prongs' of the bulb go, reattach the connection, close the cat flap. Jobsagoodun! I reckon I could happily do it for you, but the cat flap will make things considribbly easier, I would think..? I'm sure you could probably do it the Startline way which potentially does give you more access. Torx bit required!
Looks good. What size tyres are you running?
265 40 20 Winters
sorry I missed your post here is a link to the ones I purchased on eBay and adapted with a dermal to fit
pods on eBay
unfortunately I didn't take many pictures of the build
