What Have You Done To Your Van Today?

[dhardyuk]

Vans gone in for the MoT so here is a little roundup of Saturday to now:

Front Magcode and DEFA EHU.



Fitted a cable from Aliexpress to make the stop start button remember what it was set to last time …..


….. and fitted this USB port (needs adjusting to link the backlight to one of the other switches and not be permenantly on)


Finally I’ve made squishy TPU replacements for the foam bungs that go in the doors around the mirror cables …….








I haven’t needed to pull one out yet, right one (marked T6 A) has the wedge piece a little smaller than the left one which was a bit of a struggle to push in …..

Posting from the phone, I’ll pop the STLs and link for the Tinkercad model (in case anyone else wants a crack at 3D printing some) when I get back to a desk

EtA - 3D design VW T6 7E0941913 Clone - Tinkercad - if you want to have a go yourself. STLs are attached, rename from .txt to .stl to use them

 

[Pabloblue]

Finally installed the leisure battery with victron b2b and mttp boxes.
This powers the fridge, diesel heater and lights. Leaving the Allpowers as an optional AC supply.

 

[jedkk]

Nice new clean (deep) step to compliment the new flooring

 

[bmc054]

Put a switch in the sliding door step for the annoying light in my old step before I change it, sent a feed to a light in the safe so I can find my goodies in the dark

 

[Badjamin]

Yesterday and today, stuck my flooring down (and my trainer) installed new deeper sidestep, bolted rib bed in, screwed in my units and threw absolutely all my camping stuff into all the cupboards and recesses as well as water and food and the rear wheels don't look too bad as far as ride height goes. Possibly thinkin of winding them up a little at some point. So apart from electrics, fridge and poptop still to do I've mive along quite nicely this month. Nice

Oh and curtains from shorevans came out ofnthe box and went back in and now in the post for a refund

 

[R8N XX]

After fitting the coil overs and rear springs with adjusters. I decided to fit wheel spacers. Went 25mm front. And 30mm rear. Bought them from wheelpartsdirect. A great company and better price. Looks much better imho.

 

[JumpShip]

After fitting the coil overs and rear springs with adjusters. I decided to fit wheel spacers. Went 25mm front. And 30mm rear. Bought them from wheelpartsdirect. A great company and better price. Looks much better imho

They look nice quality and very reasonable .
Did you buy bolt-on-bolts ?

 

[R8N XX]

They look nice quality and very reasonable .
Did you buy bolt-on-bolts ?

Yep bought bolts to fit the wheels. All in all a great price. Very helpful too. And much easier on the pocket than other makers out there by a long margin.

 

[R8N XX]

Had a new screen fitted today. That brings so far this month.
New screen
2 new tyres
Wheel spacers front and rear.
Coil overs on the front
Springs shocks and adjusters on the rear.
Gear knob.
All in all a sorted van with empty pockets.

 

[Ninj43]

Few bits ticked off the list today before the maiden voyage in the van after the poptop/make over was done!

Firstly was the Ovano table. Great bit of kit, but one thing that bugged me was that it always seemed to tilt to one side and never seemed to tighten up properly. So I cut 200mm off it and it's so much better! Fits the space better and generally looks like it belongs now!
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What kitchen unit is that @tommy_t6.1 ? nice and compact

 

[spooks007]

50K Schedule service done so good for another 12 months

 

[tommy_t6.1]

What kitchen unit is that @tommy_t6.1 ? nice and compact

It was custom built to my spec. It's just slightly wider than the fridge, with a lift up lid on top I stead of a drop down front or drawer. Reason for that is it gives way more access to all the storage!

 

[Toenheel]

Front mat arrived to match my rear from Fat bobs emporium.

 

[Kind of Blue]

Had a new screen fitted today. That brings so far this month.
New screen
2 new tyres
Wheel spacers front and rear.
Coil overs on the front
Springs shocks and adjusters on the rear.
Gear knob.
All in all a sorted van with empty pockets.

All dressed up but no where to go, no money hey!

 

[R8N XX]

All dressed up but no where to go, no money hey!

Well I have a full tank of fuel. So as long as it’s a cheap date I’m all in.

 

[Kind of Blue]

I am happy that it is all sorted!

 

[dcpen43]

No idea why i have bought a bat for the Van but I have .. Need a name competition starting inevitably with Batty McBat face

 

[JumpShip]

He looks like a 'Reg' to me

 

[Bav]

No idea why i have bought a bat for the Van but I have .. Need a name competition starting inevitably with Batty McBat face

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Stard?

 

[Matt-T68]

A busy afternoon and still got more to do but

Finally got around to start fitting these. Passenger side tomorrow.