The rare time I can get a parking spot in the bottom car park at saltburn

 

Looks like a cracking spot 👍

 

Guess what has just arrived from a good friend of mine

 

More bits in the spare wheel jigsaw!

 

Recognise this place? When in Rome.....

 

Back again from Norway for a few days so took Syd with the lads up to Tan Hill for the bank holiday Saturday. We thought it might be packed but there was plenty of parking left up there. A good few nice vans up there too. Quality night there with great beer and live music too. Only a tenner for the camping spot and paid for a full English breakfast too! Can't beat it!

It was my mate's first night sleeping in his T5. It's a steep learning curve for him be he managed.

The full line up!

 

Looks spot on 😎 👍

 

Check out my new stickers courtesy of Breks skilled girlfriend.

 

Syncro bits gathered in Norway but needed in Uk. Reckon I could take this in hand luggage?

 

New stickers were finally applied.

 

Managed to make it back from Norway to get to Dubs in the Dales this year at their new location. Not bad weather for the time of year but it got quite cold late on. The heater got a good bit of work. Lots and T5's & T6 there with loads in total. The new site was quite different to the old site near Bedale but at least this one is actually in the Dales.

 

Looked like a great location with a fantastic back drop

 

Was a cracking spot right underneath Kilnsey Crag. The road over we took from Wensleydale is a rollercoaster too via Coverdale. Its the local show showground. Not as cosy as the old site but it not as bad as few I've been to.

 

Had to do this the other day. All the folk of the Classics-of-Teesside are taking shots at "the gate" under the mighty Roseberry Topping. I was passing so decided to join in (with authentic dubs int dales mud too )

 

Very cool shot, the moody clouds add a little atmosphere, could almost swear they're moving

 

Final little job of the year is these funky little Wheeliams bonnet spotlight mounts. They looked like a great idea. I'd seen the ones they made for the bigger sprinter vans so I had to give these a try.

VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER T4 UPPER BONNET LIGHT MOUNTS

 

The brackets came bare metal so I gave them a few coats of etch primer and load liner to try and match the Raptor bumpers and headlights.

 

The brackets simply mount to the two upper bonnet bolts. They come with longer stainless bolts and are easy to fit.

Ignore how high the lights are sitting here. I hadn't realised at this stage how to mount them lower on the rigid brackets (I just turned them around doh!)

 

The lights are Rigid Industries Radiance Pods with the yellow / amber backlighting to try and match the Strands Siberia light bar. I wanted some Stands side spots but I couldn't find any small enough that worked out. These were on offer from their own site for £130.

The supplied brackets are reversible to they can sit high up or low and squat. I gave them a coat of the same load liner paint to match the lower brackets.

The cables are very easy to crimp in the bonnet so I've tries to route then down the side here

 

This is the final look with the additional loom finally fitted.

 

The main beam isn't bad either now!

 

I like the idea but they just stick out too much for me sorry Matt .

 

Aye not everyone's cup of tea as I found out on facebook. It made it worse when it had the brackets the wrong way on the spots so they stuck out more. I love them now. Even tempted to take some back to Norway for my smurf. Strands do heated mini spots for snow ploughs over there that look mint

 

I decided to ditch the little Pioneer SPH20DAB head unit. It seemed like a good idea at the time with it being app based but the connection always took an age to work and was proper fiddly.

I’ve fitted the Sony XAV-AX8150 which I fitted to my Smurf in Norway. I’d seen someone on Facebook fit the same and it works really well. You don’t need to cut any of the dash and it fills the gap over the temperature controls.

Its got all the creature comforts of Carplay which I’ve grown used to in my other car.

I can now ditch the little reversing camera screen under the diff-lock lever as its all inside the head unit. The reverse activation wire connects to K/8 (Blue/Black) at the back of the fuse box.

The wires are in here somewhere

(this is not as bad as it looks but it was a good excuse to tidy some wiring up)

 

Finally fixed the knackered door roller. It helps if you have someone to help!

 

Looks pretty knackered

 

It was annoying AF! Its been like this for a year! God the noise was annoying when you used the door

 

Helping my mate with his new accessory. A howling moon roof tent.

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