The Exterior 1 Year later - What Works & What Broke on my SelfBuild Campervan
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- It's now roughly 12 months since I started to travel full time in my campervan after I completed the build so I thought I make this update video to go over the exterior of my campervan to show how things look 1 year later.
Here's where I bought my wheels & tyres - www.elitewheels.co.uk/
This is the plastidip spray i used - amzn.to/3wy2Cyz
My fiamma roof rack - amzn.to/3K3NEDo
My fiamma rear ladder - amzn.to/3UKHgpP
4 camera blink cctv system - amzn.to/4bAH435
led security lights - amzn.to/3UYrbht
Maxxfan deluxe - amzn.to/3ylCRSu
Auxbeam LED lights - amzn.to/44EJueV
575 watt solar (600w is no longer made) - ebay.us/dKOkc2
Solar panel water drain clips - amzn.to/3QO8MkR
Rear Double Leaf Springs - ebay.us/EHsgOb
Vinyl wrap - ebay.us/g7BwA1
Nudge Bar - ebay.us/KAaLzN
Recovery boards - amzn.to/4agEjmw
10Ltr Fuel container - amzn.to/3wARDUW
Front lower LED fog lights - amzn.to/4aCf8et
Solway windows can be purchased here - bit.ly/solwaygj
Door Mirror Covers - amzn.to/4dUzORN
Door Mirror LED indicators - amzn.to/3wMyLSS
Side Awning - ebay.us/C2Lo90
Side Awning light - ebay.us/QQ2WjO
Rear brake light camera - amzn.to/3wAWFAO
Universal L-Shaped Car Door Seal - amzn.to/3UYAXAb
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I have wrapped quite a few vans in a similar style to what you have done there. After the first couple, I started leaving a few mm gap either side of the seams. It is very difficult to get a perfect stretch and adhesion in the seam with all of the unevenness of that area. Not sure about the lifting around your windows. That said I have the luxury of doing it inside, so I cut the hole, wrap it, then fit the window.🙂
Good info, it’s good to know you’ve perfected it with a few simple tweaks.
@@GadgetJohn half the issue is the heat soaked up by the black vinyl will very quickly highlight any problem areas.
Love the look of your van John. I'm sure you already know, but I see you can get a dual camera version of the high level brake light... one pointing back and one pointing down.
At the time I couldn’t find one with dual cameras and it’d be a pain to run a new cable now 🤦🏼♂️
Another great video John, campers of any shape size or brand have to be a labour of love. The more love you give them the better they perform😀. Mine is 24 yrs young and still going strong…..I love it a lot🤑😀😀
😂 labour of love or money pit 🤷🏼♂️🤭
Great video, all the best to Mandy in her treatment
Enjoyed the external tour of your van and will be very interested to see the internal tour. Take care of yourself and Mandy. x
Thanks 👍🏻
Thank you great video best wishes both of you.
Thank you
Another great video John, really good to get reviews after a year of use, cheers
Thanks 👍
Thanks John, as ever your videos are really well worth watching. All beyond me i’m afraid, but i have taken much inspiration from previous videos😘
good vid on the channel keep up the good vid you do thanks lee
Thanks, will do!
Hi John a helpful honest review, I really enjoyed it (and your many others!) picked up my van this week so just starting out. Great job all round thanks for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
Great vlog John thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Afternoon....just seen your van in Filey ❤
That's a pretty good outcome all round. Good effort 👍💙❤
Thanks 👍
Very helpful John, thanks for sharing. atb
Glad it was helpful!
Tnx mate ✌🏻
Fantastic video John some great things I can do to my 20 plate Citroen H2 L3 thank you very much cheers
No problem 👍
Still looking great
I copied the door sill seal and it made a difference
I did on my previous build fit extra door seals but never got round to it on the current van so thanks for the timely reminder!
Mine’s a 2016 with 122k on the clock
Such a cheap fix for a big difference too 👍🏻
A very honest review
Thanks
Great idea for the door seals 👍🙏
Thanks 👍
@@GadgetJohn could you show this in more detail in the next interior video please. What kind of seal it is. I’m really interested in getting the noise down and the water out. Thanx
Hari Om
Good recap, John! YAM xx
Another enjoyable and informative video,keep it up.Ask Mandy to stay positive, work with the team and the outcome will be good.xx 1 question if i may,any chance of a video on solar and lithium "speak" as alot of it goes way above my head,I am 76 so possibly a bit thick.😂😂
Looks the business. Great job.
Thanks 👍
Cheers John, that was a clear and honest review. I'm glad you covered the paint treatment to the skirting inserts and front grill, as I'm still wondering about what to do with my Ducato. I'm using back to black wax on it for now, but it isn't long lasting and its a bit messy too. I appreciate you did the whole panel, bodywork inc. Anyway, I really enjoyed the tour. Take care. 👋
I’m going to put a few more thick layers of plastidip on the front bumper & hopefully that’ll solve the problem.
Thanks very much I liked it ,as it’s nice to come back in a circle to see what worked , I learned a lot . I installed the Victron B to B after watching your video and re installed it a month ago ,so looked back and used your video a second time thank you. The Victron is working well I like the blue tooth so installed the Victron charger too they are brilliant to be fair. As for the guy poking at your van so to speak , there will always be the vw clan versus the rest, but my buddy just had a horror story with his 2018 VW and I also know someone who has a van hire company who now won’t touch VW with a barge pole . I’m sure for every make van there’s a horror story so like you say good preventative maintenance well done and thank you 👍👍👍🏴🏴🇨🇦🦢
So true 👍🏻
keep up the great vids. I put some sound deadening over the top of the vehicle battery box as that box is only thin plastic and find engine /road noise comes up through that area. I put doors seal on after your vid while back on the autotrail .
Yes the battery box is noisy, I have a thick rubber & thick carpet floor mat in the front and that’s stopped the road noise from the battery box.
damn I love it full on bloke everything must be perfect a stone chip means a respray OCD.... I feel this so much 😂
Hi John, great video as usual, I think I saw you the other Friday turning off Blossom Street towards York Station, I was at the lights in my black peugeot waiting to turn into Blossom Street just before 730
Hi, I'm not sure where that is, for the past week I have been travelling to castle hill hospital and back every day so it might explain that?
@@GadgetJohn it was on the 10th of May
I enjoyed watching this video, Thank you so much for your honesty. Disappointed with the Pastidip Spray, I planned to use this on mine but after watching your video I will avoid it until something better is available. I will be getting the door seals. hopefully they will reduce the noise on my van as well. Talking about maintenance, I noticed you did not say anything about gear oil, as far as I am aware the gear oil needs to be changed every 30,000 miles. Looking forward to the interior video. I like the flags on the rear door. you need one for Morocco if you have not been there yet. Thank you John.
There’s no maintenance task for the gearbox oil, so that’s not been touched. The plastidip spray is fantastic, I just need to put a thicker layer on the front bumper edges
Really enjoyed ‘revisiting’ Lewis/Harris with you. Loved the Callanais stones. We visited in a hire van before we took the plunge 8 years ago. Looking forward to going back soon. Have you been to The Blackhouse Village yet, definitely worth a visit. Great Vlog!
I’m not sure what you’re talking about 🤷🏼♂️
Nice video.
Thanks!
I think there should of been alot more swear words, when you cut the hole wrong 😂😂
There were, but right in the moment I was just unable to do anything other than a very awkward laugh. 🤣🤦🏼♂️
Best thing you can use on the bumper is raptor. I used it on my vw and never had a stone chip since 👍. Might have to put it on the boxer I’m building now.
I’ve avoided raptor paint after seeing loads of vans painted with it and it flakes off & chips far too easy and it much harder to then touch up then plastidip
@@GadgetJohn yeah I know what you mean can’t really touch it up, but all the videos I’ve seen it flake off is on the jobs people have been too lazy to prep it and painted it straight onto shiny paintwork.
John have you tried forever black? I’ve used it for the last two years and it never flakes and I’ve only re-applied it once in this time and that’s cus I scuffed the bumper on a bank. Sam Crafty Blinders put me on to it
Thank you for all the information very useful. I think every make of van has its problems. I happen to think the French vehicles aren’t too bad.
Glad it was helpful!
John try white grease for the doors plus locks that's what all motor garages us . As I've found that oil doesn't protect the door hinges also damages them
I found only oil gets into the hinges to lubricate them
I remember the window video poor mevi I felt sorry for him.
You can get a metal engine skid plate, available in ally or steel
Great update. Can I ask which LED headlight and highbeam bulbs you have installed?
They’re auxbean and the link can be found in the video description 👍🏻
George from Humble Road on youtube has a fix for the max fan issue with the circuit board,
I don’t have a problem with my maxxfans.
Loving the content - What drone do you use for your aerial footage?
I’ve just changed over to the DJI mavic mini 4 pro
Try using graphite to lube the hinges rather than oil, that should be kinder to the plasti-dip finish. It works well on locks too.
Only oil gets into the hinges enough to lubricate them I’ve found.
Hi John, great vlog once again !!, quick question...have you got the link for the LED headlights and DLR lights? many thanks
Please check the video description for the links 👍🏻
@@GadgetJohn
Hi John, really sorry but i cant see the link for the LED bulbs , you talk about them at the 8:09 mark....the bulbs for the main and dip beam...sorry and thanks
Really interesting video, I’m collecting a small Nissan nv200 campervan this month and thinking of going get tyres upgraded, will they be able to do them? Some great information especially about the sealing, food for thought. Look forward to next one, take care😊
I’m sure they will, there’s a link in the video description to their website.
Thank you will look into when I get my van.
Hi. John another great video. Where did you source the strip over the sliding door that stops drips entering the van? Many thanks John D
The awning light strip is listed in the video description 👍🏻
Hi John. I asked about the anti drip strip not the awning light
Hi John,great video do you have a link for the headlight bulbs as I'm looking to convert mine and were the lights in front bumper easy to fit and wire up,many thanks Martin.
No, sorry I don’t as the ones I use are no longer listed online, but here’s one that looks identical amzn.to/3K52Znu
Cheers John
Hi John thanks for the video , have you got the details of your two large auxbeam driving lights on your nudge bar please thanks 👍
Yes I have, the links are in the video description.
John sorry for being a pain but looked at the Auxbeam site and can’t see the lights you have ! Do you know the model please
Thanks for the video once again John. Great to hear what’s worked and not worked for you. Can I ask what spare tyre / wheel you use? Is it the same bad ass wheel and BFG tyre like the rest of them? I am buying the same wheel / tyres and was wondering if the same spare will fit under the van. Also would you mind telling me how you fixed your blink cameras to your roof rack. The tiny brackets which came with them will not be up to the job I’d say.
I use the standard spare tyre as it’s fine for emergencies. I use the brackets the blink cameras come with, they’re fine.
@@GadgetJohn thank you John 👍
Hi John - thnx another brilliant explanation super advice👍 After watching your Starlink review I bought one. Can you share details of the roof fitting that you place the dish base on please? Thnx
The Starlink base is shown in this video tie wrapped onto the recovery board, which is also shown in the Starlink video. There’s no special fitting, just nice thick tie wraps / zip ties.
That’s great Thankyou. Nice easy solution for a non technical person - though I do feel bees knees using the dish on my travels 😄
For the bumpers, black plastic dye (worth make a very good one) is much more hard wearing and gives a factory look. You would have a big job getting all the plastidip off if you went that route though
I’d love to see any front bumper coating after 14,000 miles of driving in both harsh summer & winter climates, with many motorway miles too. The front of a vehicle gets peppered with sand, rocks, winter gritting as well as hail and rain.
@@GadgetJohn my one is going on for 30k miles without being reapplied. It's a dye so soaks in to the plastic rather than coats it
Hi John, Love your channel. Healing vibes to Mandy. Did you change your driving lights to LED's as well? T20 bulb?
Thanks, you mean the DRL bulbs? I did upgrade those too.
Can you remember what LED bulb you bought? As the ones I bought give an error on the dash.
Hello John, we’ve been following you for nearly 6 years now!
Can I ask have you had any issues with rainwater getting into your bonnet area on the vans you have owned?
Our van is a 2018 Fiat which I have had since new and I was surprised to see the water ingress from the screen and drain area.
A video on a proper ( permanent fix would be appreciated).
Thanks for all your content.
I’ve not had any issues like that on any of our vans, we’ve had 5 now and they’ve been fine.
Hi John, do you have your Blink cameras permanently mounted? If so do you have a link to the brackets you use? Cheers
The cameras come with brackets and they’re mounted to my van all the time.
Thanks for the video John. Interesting to see that your spare wheel and tyre don’t match. We have been warned about the legality of running mismatched tyres in places in Europe when we had to get a puncture fixed. They don’t like different wheels on the same axle.
I also use Elite and would also highly recommend them, we run Falken AT3W tyres which have been great, especially in the wet and snow.
Whoever told you that it’s illegal to have a different tyre spare wheel is crazy. Look at all the cars in Europe with space saver spare wheels.
@@GadgetJohn we had a puncture in France in 2019 and 3 different garages refused to repair or replace a single tyre. Had to be both on that axle. For a 4x4 they said it was all 4 ! I think from what I’ve found since it is something the police can fine you for but I’ve not been fined only forced to buy 2 tyres for a single repairable puncture. If you find out anything more please let us know. Especially with the winter tyre rules that came in in 2021.
It is an MOT failure to have two different size tyres across an axle. But yes as a temporary spare it is accepted in the UK. Provided you don’t present it for an MOT like it!
On the subject of tyres John I’m presuming the tyres on your van are not marked rotational? As now you’ve swapped them around they are rotating in opposite directions. Only saying as mine are and don’t want you getting caught out at the next MOT
What led bulbs have you used in the headlights please?
They’re no longer sold, but these are very similar amzn.to/4ajBcdD
John, you say the vinyl wrap was a good buy then showed us 5 things wrong with it.😂 i think im going to paint mine.
If you see it that way then it’s your loss, most would see it as an opportunity to learn from the mistakes and cut the wrap 3mm away from the windows or panel edges, which is how they do it at the factory.
How are the electrics working out? How long can you go off grid while using the van facilities (eg eating in the van and keeping it warm)?
The electrics are fine, the video after this covers the electrics & interior.
I’ve been off grid since I built the campervan.
@@GadgetJohn thanks for the info. Gonna run 580w on the roof and 330Ah battery and propane/LPG for cooking/heating so should be ok. Will leave space for another 330 of I need to go electric in the future but feels like I should be ok for now
Hi could you tell me what the song is you are playing
I’ve no idea, the best thing is to use Shazam on your phone to find out.
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WD40 do a product called motorbike chain wax I find it great for hinges it sort of “sets” once applied.
I found that didn’t do it, it was too thick to get into the hinges.
I think the PlastiDip has done very well considering some of the roads and terrain you've been, so re-doing it every now and then to keep it looking like new isn't too bad. If you were doing it again, would you use the vinyl wrap or another product ? Maybe something like Raptor paint? Have you tired a dry or silicone lube for the door hinges? I was going to ask how the ladder fixes on, then I remembered you'd done one on the AutoFail, so watched that video again 🙂 (I'm looking at how to fasten the top rail of a bike rack onto Sprintie the campervan.) I can see you in the hospital car park with your T-cut and a cloth keeping yourself busy while you wait for Mandy 🙂
I’m going to repaint the bumper, it’s so easy to blend the paint in. I tried silicon for the hinges but it can’t penetrate the hinges, only chain oil has worked. I’m usually editing while I’m waiting for Mandy, the weather here has been a bit wet this week.
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I DONT SEE AN IRISH FLAG THERE YOU SHOULD COME TO FILL IN THE LAST SPOT
That’s is our next country, stupid me forgot to say it in the video 👍🏻
@@GadgetJohn HOPE MANDY IS DOOING WELL YOU JUST MIND HER
I'm guessing before I watch, having a Citroen/Peugeot/Fiat van, most things broke LOL
I’m guessing you’re not well educated on vehicles then. I bet you think a crafter or sprinter is top quality 😂🤣
@@GadgetJohn depends, if running a courier company with 150 plus vehicles over the last 25 years, small, medium and large vans from many different manufacturers is anything to go by then I have a fair idea of what makes for a more reliable value-for-money that doesn't fall apart if you sneeze in it. Also, Which large international parcel delivery/courier company has a fleet of Citroen, Peugeot, Fiat? They are 'cheap' for a reason. 😂🤔😂
@@GadgetJohn do you think stalantis/PSA vehicles are quality? 😂
You seem to be coming at this with an attitude and I skewed situation.
Look at motorhome manufacturers, look at the base vehicle they use & hopefully you’ll see that couriers abuse their vehicles, motorhome owners don’t and that’s testament to used motorhomes, built on Peugeot or fiat vans, still running over 20 years after they were made.
Change your attitude, it’ll change your life.
@@SB-hr5yrwith 25 years experience and 150 plus vehicles, what vans would you consider the best and are better build.