Paul the 6th camper van

[dizzyblonde]

I prefer the nice red car next to it. Just a blue van to me

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by Owenski

Sort of dave, its a f**k truck

nah its this

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

I prefer the nice red car next to it. Just a blue van to me

ar$e diz! Think you'll be shocked to find that the ferrari in the pic is actually a replica with body panels bolted on to one of these:


http://www.dnaautomotive.com/home.html


Owenski, sk and specialone... the van is now lowered so no worries about rocking, shaggin or otherwise lol and yeaaah boi £40 and a rivet gun sounds faboo man Thinking of cutting some decorative vinyls to liven the cupboards up a little bit but only on the ideas stage atm..

Well done mate lookin good, when you have finished you can build us one the way you wish you had done your's first time around

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

ar$e diz! Think you'll be shocked to find that the ferrari in the pic is actually a replica with body panels bolted on to one of these:


http://www.dnaautomotive.com/home.html


Owenski, sk and specialone... the van is now lowered so no worries about rocking, shaggin or otherwise lol and yeaaah boi £40 and a rivet gun sounds faboo man Thinking of cutting some decorative vinyls to liven the cupboards up a little bit but only on the ideas stage atm..

Quite common that, to the point that when I see fererererieriereiis I auto assume they're MR2's lol - sad I know

[dizzyblonde]

Prefer that too......still a blue van

[Paul the 6th]

Had the T4 in for it's MOT today... Fooook miii..

Failures:

• Offside rear brake pipe excessively corroded
• Offside front (from flexi to caliper) brake pipe excessively corroded
• nearside front brake pipe excessively corroded
• nearside front (from flexi to caliper) brake pipe excessively corroded
• nearside outer rear brake pads less than 1.5mm thick
• rear brakes release unevenly

And then the bloody advisories:

• Offside front brake hose slightly deteriorated
• Offside front track rod end ball joint has slight play
• offside front brake pipe slightly corroded
• offside outer rear brake pad wearing thin
• nail in nearside rear tyre (ffs)
• rear brake discs corroded & scored in particular offside
• handbrake cable is ed

Then the garage kindly quoted the following...

Repair instructions:

• Replace rear discs and pads - 1.5 hrs. £82.50
• Replace brake pipes for MOT and OSF flexi hose - 5 hrs, £275!!!
• Replace OSF track rod end - 1 hr, £55

and the parts required for the above jobs

• Pagid Rear Brake Discs x2 - £35.88
• Pagid Rear Brake Pad Set - £38.50
• Lemforder OSF Track Rod End - £35.89
• Brake Pipe & Unions - £35
• Pagid Brake Fluid (1 litre) - £6.50

Total Time: 7.5 hours @ £55/hour
Parts: £187.65
Labour: £412.50
Sprinkle on a bit of VAT for a bit of kick: £120.03

Mix it all together and pop in the pressure cooker (aka my head) for around 4 hours....

£720.18!!!!

....allow to cool. Serve with a kick in the nuts. There I was thinking about spending some money on nice bits for when the weather gets better!

[andrewsmith]

Fack me!!!

Remind me never to buy a T4
What tasty bits were you after?

[maviczap]

Not quite the same issues with my Bongo, but new alternator £120 just before Christmas.

Easy to do myself.

New centre section exhaust £89, doesn't help when mistakenly ordered the front section £29

Plus a feckin car parking fine £40 just before Christmas

[timwilky]

FFS get a pipe swage and a length of pipe and some unions, dead easy to do all the above.

I used to use Volks World at Preston, give them a bell to see what they will do your bits for.