VW T4 Van to Camper

[Craig-o]

Quite a few things being done to it quite quickly so figured I'd open up a project thread! Thread on Pugnet but thought I'd stick it on here too!

It's my brothers and it's a 1994 1.9D Transporter, 138k, insulated, lino'd and carpeted rear, recent full respray, and already has had a side window fitted!







And one with Oz and my dad in the back:



First thing he did was lose the shitty mudflaps on the back that were poorly painted. The fuel guage was also a bit dodgy so that was sorted with a bit of solder. Next up was changing the numberplates front and back as the old ones were a bit skanky:



REPRESENTING THE WELSHIES!!! (also changed the screws for new stainless steel ones as the old ones were rusty and fitted new screw caps)

And he also added the obligotary Lei (chosen by his missus):



He's on the lookout for wheels and was bidding on some 19 inch X5 wheels which were cheap until the seller pulled the plug on the listing with 24h to go (they were only on £62 with like a handful of bids so probably thought they weren't going to go for much!)

And he's also purchased a sofabed from Argos to go in the back (lightweight and more easily removable should he need to)....not sure which one he's going to get as he wanted a black one but his missus ordered it and she wanted the zebra effect one lol....we'll see which one she ordered when it arrives!

Next on the list was freshening up the plastics with some satin black paint. The rear handle was more grey than black so that had a quick coat of satin black along with the rear badge:



And he also painted the grills on the front satin black (the bonnet one is on the to do list):



I think it looks better as it breaks the colour up a bit as it was a bit too much with everything white.

Also the exhaust was a bit skanky so he got a cheap chrome tip from Halfords that was on sale which to be fair looks great!:



Next up was a new step protector:



And the headlining trimmed by his missus (not perfect as the pattern doesnt line up well) but looks funkier than the boring plain black he was planning