Transporter

The lighting in the back of the T5 isn't great, even for a van, so as a camper it looks dull.  Time to fix that. I have looked high and low for suitable lighting for the back of my T5 and either found ideas too complicated, expensive, space consuming of simply ugly. At some point I was alerted to the idea that kitchen cabinate down lights are generally small enough and run on 12 volt direct currents with an inverter to connect to the houses mains. They can also be picked up for sensible money from your local DIY shop. I went to B&Q and got a set of 12 LED down lights for £20 (the box was open) and at some point later got a hole saw and some time to get this job done. I have taken the time to photograph as much as possible for you to do the same should you wish to do something similar. When planning this, I was particularly keen to keep clutter to a minimum and keep an OEM looking. As such I decided to make these new lights slave off of the sliding door light fitti...

On The Rails This was a big job, where a lot has happened, be it good or bad. I haven't kept this to a simple check list but have presented it as more of a story. You will find plenty of other people who have carried out similar modifications, to different platforms, in mildly different ways so please excuse the slightly rambling narrative as I try to build on this and hopefully entertain along the way. I have tried to put headers at pertinent points to help you get to where you want to be if you are looking for a particular piece of information. Otherwise I hope you enjoy the ride. From the top I bought the van with a fairly nice day van interior that you can see over on the right. It comprised of an OEM leather tripple folding bench seat from a Executive Shuttle, properly mounted and a table shaped like a surfboard. The chequer pattern floor was made of vinyl tiles and the walls were fully insulated and carpeted as individual panels which made for a pretty good quali...