Swedish microcamper

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Golfchick
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Re: Swedish microcamper

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I'm glad you updated this, I hadn't thought of using shock cord for my table top storage and was racking my brains on how to store it on one of the false window panels, i think this may be the best method! How did you join the two ends of the shock chord?
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Re: Swedish microcamper

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Golfchick wrote: Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:26 pm How did you join the two ends of the shock chord?
Nothing fancy at all: square knot, trimmed the ends a bit and secured them with electrical tape.
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This place is great to see how others have done things and all the ingenuity going into the builds btw :D
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Re: Swedish microcamper

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More has been done than I remembered since the last update almost a year ago... Oopsie again... :oops:

More stowage compartments! One can never have enough. :lol:
Stowage in the dash replaced for the one with a lid.
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Installed under seat stowage on both seats.
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Cleaned out the van thoroughly and installed silent coat under the carpets. (no pictures)

The centre console and seat trim and other trim bits are painted black...
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Gave the seats a good cleaning too, with a carpet/textile washer. Not all that necessary as they were clean to begin with, but always good for ease of mind as there was 10+ years of old wind and what not there... :lol:

And replaced the hand break cover for a leather one, from a 2016 Caddy iirc.
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Should be pretty up to date now with all that's done. All in all an even nicer and comfier van to drive now. :D

Next job is to extend the bed platform to be full width.
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Re: Swedish microcamper

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Just done my handbrake feels strange at first dont it. When you have been so use to your plastic one. Looking good well done.


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Re: Swedish microcamper

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Where did you buy the carpet material and which paint did you use for the plastics up front?
Biltema?

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Re: Swedish microcamper

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Nioelva wrote: Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:51 am Where did you buy the carpet material and which paint did you use for the plastics up front?
Biltema?

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Stefan (Göteborg)
The carpet is Easyliner from toeragstruckmats (Harrison trim supplies), ordered off ebay. 5m was enough for the van and the bed as it is today. Need to order a bit more as I'm making the bed wider. Friend with a VW T4 ordered the mega stretch from megavanmats, both are good options and have shipped to Sweden :D

The plastics paint was cheapest possible, i.e Biltema. (vinylfärg + primer, artikelnummer 36-15 och 36-14)
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