Lenny's Modding the new Mini Gin Palace 2
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MichaelT
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I've not done much night driving with mine but have found the lights perfectly adequate notwithstanding the general comments that A Class headlights are rubbish. Must be all the carrots I eat.
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Lenny HB
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Removed the panel & moved the switches ready for the air.
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Are you fitting the air suspension yourself?
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Lenny HB
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No having VB semi air.
They have started selling the Dunlop kit again, they withdrew it a few years ago due to so many problems with DIY fitting.
It's quite a big job on an Al-Ko chassis you really need a lift to do it.
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Ah OK, I wondered when you were removing the switch panel etc .. thought you were doing it diy.
When's it getting done?
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6th Jan, being Lenny I got a deal.
When they saw the switches they were talking about putting a panel with the gauges on the side of the seat base or in passenger footwell, not very useable there.
Then MichaelT sent me a pic of where SAP moved his switches (charged him £75).
VB have a remote control for the Fiat chassis but not for the Al-Ko, I was trying to hang on for it but now they are saying end of March so that probably means Aug/Sept.
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Aye this van has cool rear air , different from the previous vans I've had , I've no guages as such and a switch to go up and one to go down. The only guage is a wee light panel like a water or battery level type thing..6th Jan, being Lenny I got a deal.
When they saw the switches they were talking about putting a panel with the gauges on the side of the seat base or in passenger footwell, not very useable there.
Then MichaelT sent me a pic of where SAP moved his switches (charged him £75).
VB have a remote control for the Fiat chassis but not for the Al-Ko, I was trying to hang on for it but now they are saying end of March so that probably means Aug/Sept.
Means I can raise or lower it to go up ramps etc. I think it's goldshmidt
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I had no choice as I was already there but assumed about an hour so not too bad.6th Jan, being Lenny I got a deal.
When they saw the switches they were talking about putting a panel with the gauges on the side of the seat base or in passenger footwell, not very useable there.
Then MichaelT sent me a pic of where SAP moved his switches (charged him £75).
VB have a remote control for the Fiat chassis but not for the Al-Ko, I was trying to hang on for it but now they are saying end of March so that probably means Aug/Sept.
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Lenny HB
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Took me about an hour, only had to extend 3 wires, longest bit was cutting the hole for the switches.
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6th Jan, being Lenny I got a deal.
When they saw the switches they were talking about putting a panel with the gauges on the side of the seat base or in passenger footwell, not very useable there.
Then MichaelT sent me a pic of where SAP moved his switches (charged him £75).
VB have a remote control for the Fiat chassis but not for the Al-Ko, I was trying to hang on for it but now they are saying end of March so that probably means Aug/Sept.
Ahhhhhh I get you now, you've moved switches from the panel to below the screen to let the guages go in that panel.
I missed that the first time I read it
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Lenny HB
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Where's it being done?6th Jan, being Lenny I got a deal.
When they saw the switches they were talking about putting a panel with the gauges on the side of the seat base or in passenger footwell, not very useable there.
Then MichaelT sent me a pic of where SAP moved his switches (charged him £75).
VB have a remote control for the Fiat chassis but not for the Al-Ko, I was trying to hang on for it but now they are saying end of March so that probably means Aug/Sept.
I'm in SAP on the 6th Jan
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The dog doesn't like the hissing from mine!
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Mine just has these
One button for up , one button for down
And then this wee guage.
The only downside I guess is you'd not know if one had less air than the other.
Our Iveco is similar for the rear - three buttons Up Down level. I Assume the system balances the side to side settings using the sensors. Never noticed a list!
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Lenny HB
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Your is remote control, the VB on the Al-Ko is a bit Heath Robinson.
Yeah you wont notice a list until water starts pouring into the bilges then its game over !
Sorry wrong forum
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Aye it always seems to be level at the back. I probably run with it too high most of the time to be honest
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Don’t Carthago make a right Horlicks of the camera on RHD
it’s so well integrated on LHD, I guess the lack of door messes that up but it shouldn’t really
Ah that’s true but SAP in Doncaster used the near side position to fit the remote for the jacks in the space where the camera would have been. Perfect fit!! Every cloud and all that.Don’t Carthago make a right Horlicks of the camera on RHD
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Lenny HB
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I don't understand why they fit that stupid the head unit has 4 video inputsDon’t Carthago make a right Horlicks of the camera on RHD
It's wireless touchscreen remote now, just a holder for charging it.
Indeed it is. They did a a very good job.
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Don't know why they don't wire it to the head unit.Don’t Carthago make a right Horlicks of the camera on RHD
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Lenny HB
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Don't even wire the TV sound to the head unit take it straight to the amp and as it comes from the headphone output so you have no equilisation control at all.
Bloody rediculas when you have spent £2400 on the infotainment system and another £2000 on the media pack.
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Our tv is wired to head unit, we have to select AUX to get sound.
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Lenny HB
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You have not got the Fiat infotainment system.
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Lenny HB
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It's very good at flattening your starter battery.No i wasn't that stupid
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