Tam & co the great winter escape

[monzer]

Get rid. Too bulky looking

 

[Manic]

I would remove it especially if you intend refitting a ladder. Re use the light bar on front.

Put a strip of this across to hide light bar holes.

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

So opinions please . The rear light bar ...do i keep or remove it .

Depends how much reversing you do in dark dingy places! Agreed it's not attractive.

 

[pagey]

reflecting tape a good idea and its useful

 

[Dutch 68]

Outside back panel with all the bolts removed. View attachment 606470


So opinions please . The rear light bar ...do i keep or remove it .

Its huge and very bright but im not sure if its an attractive addition.

Practical so always good if it works!

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[Dutch 68]

Depends how much reversing you do in dark dingy places! Agreed it's not attractive.

Yip reversing in the dark is way easier if you can see where you reverse into

 

[Minxy]

The rear light bar ...do i keep or remove it .

Its huge and very bright but im not sure if its an attractive addition

It depends ... how is your Scottish version of the 'Full Monty' coming on?

 

[daveinspain]

Definitely not attractive, spoils the look of the back.

 

[Langtoftlad]

Not attractive... but can you see it when enroute?
Also, will it 'stand out' so much by the time you've fitted your scooter rack?
(Which, to be fair, is unlikely to be a thing of aerodynamic beauty).

Maybe put its removal at the bottom of the todo list? I'm sure there's more pressing matters.

 

[Northernraider]

Not attractive... but can you see it when enroute?
Also, will it 'stand out' so much by the time you've fitted your scooter rack?
(Which, to be fair, is unlikely to be a thing of aerodynamic beauty).

Maybe put its removal at the bottom of the todo list? I'm sure there's more pressing matters.

Yeah its just we have access to the wiring off it at present and as dave is sorting out the wiring for me it would make sense.

Its certainly handy but like everything the guy has done its excessive.

Its not needed on the front as the headlights despite being cloudy are very good

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[Dutch 68]

Yeah its just we have access to the wiring off it at present and as dave is sorting out the wiring for me it would make sense.

Its certainly handy but like everything the guy has done its excessive.

Its not needed on the front as the headlights despite being cloudy are very good

I have extensive experience with reversing artic lorries into small farmyards to collect milk in the darkest of night and you can never have enough lights

 

[gus-lopez]

What Dutch said.^^^^ Also it's handy when you get the dhead behind with full beam on. It frightens them.

The rear light bar ...do i keep or remove it .

 

[Rogerwyn]

Get rid of light bar

 

[Reallyretired]

Keep the floor at the lower level. Gives you two dog flaps.

 

[Feltwell]

Yes, a smaller high level brake light would look a lot better.

Plus I personally would definitely not refit the ladder. My van has one, I always worried about little scrotes going up there when parked up - and the skylights really wouldn't take much to wrench them open, definitely easier than the side windows. I don't go on the roof anyway, I'm too damn heavy! I made up an anodised aluminium cover plate to discourage anyone going up the ladder , as I can't remove it without leaving major holes in the roof and back panel - but if someone was determined they'd still get up there. I wish I didn't have the ladder.

Even more so if you've got dogs - a good way to keep my van cool but still secure is to have 2 of the skylights open and an extractor fan fitted to one of them running, but with doors & windows shut and alarm set. It is rather negated by easy access to the roof.

I've had an active use once for it in 9 years - one of the skylights stuck shut on it's seal after the winter, I sent one of the kids up there to give it a gentle pull from above!

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[jannyman]

Outside back panel with all the bolts removed. View attachment 606470


So opinions please . The rear light bar ...do i keep or remove it .

Its huge and very bright but im not sure if its an attractive addition.

Aesthetics 0 Practicalities1 - at half time.
What was the final score Tam?

 

[jannyman]

Not going to say a lot as I'll leave it to Tam. But my god.

Aye - you should hae listened to Lenny HB!

 

[mitzimad]

i would leave it on especially with the scooter rack to load on a dark Rainy night

 

[mitzimad]

good for burning of any unwanted hitch hikers as well

 

[Northernraider]

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[Reallyretired]

Looking good

 

[Jamesh]

What flooring? Ply?

Then the u shaped lounge in on top?

Just remember it's got to take the load if old mo joke books!

 

[Wissel]

What flooring? Ply?

Then the u shaped lounge in on top?

Just remember it's got to take the load if old mo joke books!

Yep, 18mm structural (like the frame) set 3mm below the rest of the floor so a matching laminate can be applied above.

Frame being varnished now so it matches the existing board.

 

[Northernraider]

Ive still not decided on the light bar. Its functional but not pretty. I have decided though im not refitting the ladder im going to buy a telescopic one instead.

 

[Northernraider]

Oh wow ...im not going home lol im gonna have david and clara adopt me ....theyve just brought me my dinner.

Check this out......

And the dogs also have steak dinners. They won't want to come home either ,

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[CazPaul]

Wow lovely grub text me his address

 

[alex n]

You'll get a piece at anybody's door

 

[Northernraider]

I literally cannot move now ...im stuffed but that was amazingly good.

Jade and Milo savoured every bite of theirs ...ela did her usual hoover it down in an instant . Ela and milo are now spooning and jade's managed to find her way up on to the drop down bed .

 

[Feltwell]

Re. the light bar - the single reversing light on my van was worse than useless - so I put a couple of small 3 watt LED fisheye lamps in the bottom corners of the rear bumper panel, pointing down at the ground and out at 45 degrees to the side. Surprisingly effective for such tiny lamps when reversing in the pitch black, they illuminate what is beside the back corners of the van nicely, they're very unobtrusive and easy to power off the existing reversing light feed.

I agree that the light bar is low priority but if it bugs you get rid now whilst you can get at the wiring would be my vote!

 

[Dutch 68]

Here...

Northernraider , Wissel , what do you think of this one please, worth investigating?

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