Fitting The Extra Little Drawer: VW California Ocean
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- The time has finally come to fit our special little drawer and for us to become part of the now infamous “Little Draw Club”!
Watch the trials and tribulations of this simple task, made difficult by Will.
More importantly, let us know in the comments below if you already have the little drawer, and if you do, what you keep in it.
If you’re looking to fit this to your VW California Ocean or Coast, here are the parts you’ll need. If you need any help or advice, just drop us a message.
1x Drawer - 7E7 068 041 NA2 Complete Drawer (Palladium Grey - T6.1) - £257.14
OR
1x Drawer - 7E7 068 041 30T Complete Drawer (Moonrock Grey - T6) - £148.67
2 x Drawer Runners* - 7H7 067 470 - £161.57 (for both)
8 x Screw - N907 750 01 - £11.33 (for 8)
2 x Screw - N905 624 01 - £2.71 (for 2)
* If you want to try what I did and save a load of money on the rails, I bought mine from here: bit.ly/33i1KyV - 450mm version. You need two pairs of rails and just use the left handed rails from the pairs. £46.76 for both pairs, so over £100 cheaper than the VW ones!
All prices including VAT.
Total prices using ‘DIY’ rails,
Palladium Grey - £317.94
Moonrock Grey - £209.47
Remember, if you want to buy these VW parts with 10% off, take a look at CE Automotive www.ceautomotive.co.uk and get 10% discount with our affiliation code: CALIFORNIA10
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Once again many thanks for the video. We also bought the kit from CEAutomotive. Unfortunately the wrong screws for fitting the runners were supplied. The holes for the runner screws are 5mm while the screws provided were 4.55mm. We sourced alternative screws from B&Q. I would make on suggestion wear thin work gloves when fitting the draw to the runners prior to screwing the two small holding screws ( which by the way are a pain ) in order to avoid getting any cuts to your fingers. Yes unfortunately l didn't and got a cut on each index finger.
That’s a great little drawer. It’s surprising how much stuff you need to take when you have a dog and I have three! Thanks for sharing.
100% right! So much stuff! We managed to fit a small 1.5kg bag of dry food, some wet food cans, Lucy's medications and some dentastix, rodeos etc all in there no problem at all.
Great Video, after seeing it I bought the drawer set from CEAutomotive. They even recommended using your video as a good guide to fitting. Have to say it was a great help - especially the part about trying the screws in the holes first before trying to fit the rails etc... made life much easier. Very happy with the extra storage it gives. Thanks for the video.
Great stuff!
Smart Job sir ! and also modest despite pain to do this properly
Thank you kind sir!
Great vid, that's going on my shopping list :)
Great stuff. It's quite an easy install really, I made a bit of a meal of it!!
Well done Will. Good & honest as per. You now officially belong to the ‘little drawer club’.
Not sure if we will do that for that price, we will see.🍻
Yes not cheap. Interestingly, I found out today that you can buy the palladium grey (T6.1) coloured front panel on it's own (£38 quid) and then fit it to the cheaper Moonrock coloured full drawer - all in for cheaper than buying the Palladium drawer ! Crazy!!
Cheers, enjoyed watching this. I personally think it’s a no brainier to have that draw in place. I’ll have to order one to fit for when I get my Cali (eventually)
Do it! You won't regret it !
Great video again! Now I have a quandary....didn't know that little panel pulled off, so now I can load through some fishing rods for cheeky sessions while away....unless SWMBO sees this video and decides we need more storage....
So many hidden surprises with the California! Well remember if you do fit the drawer you can always remove it easily and temporarily if you need to...
Like a lot of people we keep our ramps in there. Perfect fit.
Yep we did too but found that they kept moving around as we were driving and we found it tricky to get the table out and then back in. We’ve adopted our new little drawer as the dog drawer now. She needs it for her meds as she’s so old!!
Amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
I use the space for the chock, it's a perfect fit for us :)
We used to do the same but I was always getting really annoyed with them catching on the table when trying to put it away. Which levellers do you have?
@@CampervanTime They do catch sometime, but now we know, it does not happen often, they are Thule chock
We keep our small Dyson hoover in that space, having removed the face plate.
God bless well done.xx almost deserve a blue peter badge.xxxx
I’ll take that!!
Nice neat job, and good storage. We have a nice roof box so may end up buying roof bars. Any recommendations from the chat(6.1 Cali)
We don't have any roof bars for the Cali but from what we have heard, the Thule ones are decent and work well. I know if you ring Campervanbits then they can advise.
Hello,
Thans you for sharing .
For info, I found in the Netherlands a box that fits perfectly in the empty space under the rear seat. It’s like the drawer but not made in metal. It costed me 71€
Sorry, I wanted to post some photos but I think it’s not possible here.
Ahh yes - is that the camper centrum one? We only saw that after we'd purchased this drawer but it looks great!
@@CampervanTime
Yes it is this one. I bought it in the Volkswagen shop in Belgium , but it came from the Netherlands.
This is a fantastic video but I thought I’d add a price update (February 2022). My local VW dealer just charged me £202 for the drawer and the screws (no runners) 😬
Thanks for sharing the update, good luck with the install!
Is this for the Palladium version or Moonrock grey ?
Definitely worth ordering from the factory for £222 including a storage net for the upstairs
Yep! Cheaper than doing what we’ve done!
Thanks for the video. Will try DIY soon. Do you know the part number of the bolt with a plastic cap that catches the drawer? It seems some sellers are not shipping with the drawer.
I'm afraid I don't, but if you try CE Automotive they can probably help you out.
@@CampervanTime surely. Thx.
Hi - great video. I would like to do this - do you have a complete VW ingredient list please. I will then ask my local dealer to order the parts. Thanks.
Ignore just found the description 🤣
Good luck with your install!
Hi Will
The link for the drawer runners only gives options for 400mm and 480mm but your description says 450mm, could you let me know which one is correct thanks 🙏
Ahh, I wonder if they are out of stock then. You might have to buy the genuine VW ones in that case. I am sure they are 450mm.
Thanks. Can I ask a favour of showing how much it can hold. It’s too hard to judge. Cheers xc
Sure, when we next fill it up with stuff we’ll post on Instagram and Facebook a pic so you can see :)
Having now got our Cali, I realised we should have specced the little drawer..😢 So, I am looking at the various parts needed and wondered if it was possible to use the cheaper Moonrock drawer and transplant the front panel from the existing Palladium cover. Are the two drawers physically the same apart from the colour of the cover..?
I think they are the same, yes, although I've never seen them side by side specifically. I think the part numbers for the individual parts are the same apart from the drawer front plastic cover, so that would say yes it should work.
I guess the existing front panel doesn’t have the cutout for the handle, so maybe swapping it wouldn’t work without some fettling…
I’ll check on ours but I have a feeling I actually replaced our little drawer front panel. It was quite a while ago now.
can't find the screw N905 624 01 somewhere.. does anyone know the dimensions of that screw?
This gives you a picture - www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-volkswagen-audi-parts/screw/n90562401/ but essentially it is very slightly larger than 3mm diameter - ie, if you drill a 3mm hole you won’t be able to get the screw through it, quite, so needs tapping or very slowly easing through the metal to cut a path.
Hi can’t find your list of part numbers for bolts and the name and size of drawer runner ? Any chance you could inform again 😁
Hi - all in the video description, posted below for you :)
1x Drawer - 7E7 068 041 NA2 Complete Drawer (Palladium Grey - T6.1) - £257.14
OR
1x Drawer - 7E7 068 041 30T Complete Drawer (Moonrock Grey - T6) - £148.67
2 x Drawer Runners* - 7H7 067 470 - £161.57 (for both)
8 x Screw - N907 750 01 - £11.33 (for 8)
2 x Screw - N905 624 01 - £2.71 (for 2)
* If you want to try what I did and save a load of money on the rails, I bought mine from here: bit.ly/33i1KyV - 450mm version. You need two pairs of rails and just use the left handed rails from the pairs. £46.76 for both pairs, so over £100 cheaper than the VW ones!
Fantastic thank you so much for the prompt reply 👍😁 we be joining the little drawer club very soon 👍 thanks to your video keep them coming … 👍
Hi Will, can’t find the drawer anywhere, can you let me know where you got it from please.
Thank you. (P.s, have a Beach on order 👍)
They are genuine VW parts, you can order from any dealer or CE Automotive with discount. Take a look at our video description for details. Remember this won't fit a beach though!
Oh, we have the two seat bench and thought it was the same as the One you have. Is this not correct?
Oooo, good question. We haven't owned a beach and it's been quite a while since we saw one in person with a two seat bench. BUT, having just looked at a few videos online I can see you are more than likely right! Great news!
@@CampervanTime Thanks Will, Beach is not due until June next year, so your videos are really useful and keep us exited in the meantime. Keep em coming!
Great stuff! Best lock the credit cards away for what we've got planned for this Friday then !
Can you tell me the website where I can buy the little drawer.
Take a look at the video description, everything is in there including part numbers. You can buy from the links in the description or go direct to a VW parts / van centre
👍👍Where can I buy original Volkswagen small drawer accessories?
If you have a chat with CE Automotive, they'll sort you out. They've sold loads :)
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Thank you!