Great video. Thanks for sharing. As regards the installation, I notice yourselves, and the USA Company who also test fitted one, spent most of their effort meticulously and slowly completely stripping out the interior so as to allow cutting of the roof without damaging wires etc. Now that you know where the wires etc are in the cut area of the roof could you not substantially cut down on the installation labor by proceeding as follows: (1) Remove the seats; (2) From inside the cabin start a small rough cut hole 6 to 8 inches in diameter in the headliner in a central area of the roof removal section where you know there are no wires to damage. Then once you got the initial opening in the head liner then just cut away using shears larger pieces of the headliner area to be removed avoiding cutting wires till you get within 4 inches or so of the head liner removal area periphery. Leave the periphery headliner and complete switch gear panel and liner above in place. Remove the exterior roofrack handles etc; (3) Start cutting the roof from above and using you access from below through the previously removed section of headliner move wires etc temporarily out of the way as you go...if a wire does not have enough slack to pull it out of the way of the metal cutting shears or sawzall then disconnect it if possible; (4) Drop the Selenus lifting roof into place; (5) Finish off trimming the edge of the roof liner to remain; (6) Finish the install as per your video. If this proposed work sequence is viable you can off the sale and installation of the Selenus to Grenadier customers for a significantly lower cost making the product much more attractive and increasing sales. I'll be interested to hear what you think of this alternative installation idea.
Those 4 door hinges look ratty on the front above the windscreen. Make some rubber flaps to hide the hinges. The fogs lost the origional beauty with the round lights. Top does look from the sides and back like it was designed very well. Did you try running a pressure water hose around the roof line for water ingress? I wonder what this word does for the Warranty? Overall excellent 5 out of 5 star work!
We currently can't give specific details in this case, while the product is still in the prototype phase and therefor there can be still changes. Thank you for understanding. :) For updates stay in touch with our shop or our social media where we keep updating when the final product arrives later this year.
What is the length of the bed? Total weight vs a rooftop tent? You cut out the structural braces in the roof, how have you maintained the rigidity vs the original? Not sure about this compared with a rooftop tent. Does not provide the versatility that other rooftop conversions like the Troopy and Defender provide due to the lack of length.
Until now this is still in prototype phase, so pls understand that we can not share any specific information because details like length and weight can still imporve or change. A look at the other roof conversion from Alu-Cab should give you a good overview about the details you are looking for.
@@Genesis-Import I would have thought the length of the bed is a pretty important spec? If you cannot fit in the bed then it sort of defeats the purpose, right?
@@nnoddy8161 You are correct, it is an important spec, but until the final product is not released we are cautious to reveal information that might not match the final results. The length and width of the matress inside the roofconversion will be revealed shortly, just a little bit more patience. We will keep you updated on that one. :)
Great video. Thanks for sharing. As regards the installation, I notice yourselves, and the USA Company who also test fitted one, spent most of their effort meticulously and slowly completely stripping out the interior so as to allow cutting of the roof without damaging wires etc. Now that you know where the wires etc are in the cut area of the roof could you not substantially cut down on the installation labor by proceeding as follows: (1) Remove the seats; (2) From inside the cabin start a small rough cut hole 6 to 8 inches in diameter in the headliner in a central area of the roof removal section where you know there are no wires to damage. Then once you got the initial opening in the head liner then just cut away using shears larger pieces of the headliner area to be removed avoiding cutting wires till you get within 4 inches or so of the head liner removal area periphery. Leave the periphery headliner and complete switch gear panel and liner above in place. Remove the exterior roofrack handles etc; (3) Start cutting the roof from above and using you access from below through the previously removed section of headliner move wires etc temporarily out of the way as you go...if a wire does not have enough slack to pull it out of the way of the metal cutting shears or sawzall then disconnect it if possible; (4) Drop the Selenus lifting roof into place; (5) Finish off trimming the edge of the roof liner to remain; (6) Finish the install as per your video. If this proposed work sequence is viable you can off the sale and installation of the Selenus to Grenadier customers for a significantly lower cost making the product much more attractive and increasing sales. I'll be interested to hear what you think of this alternative installation idea.
Awesome. Can't wait to see the final version.
Those 4 door hinges look ratty on the front above the windscreen. Make some rubber flaps to hide the hinges. The fogs lost the origional beauty with the round lights. Top does look from the sides and back like it was designed very well.
Did you try running a pressure water hose around the roof line for water ingress? I wonder what this word does for the Warranty? Overall excellent 5 out of 5 star work!
The Version in the Video is still a prototype, so have in mind that there will be minor changes in design. :)
Looks great. Seems to be wider than the AluCab I fitted to my Troopy, which is a good thing.
It is, the grenadier is a wider car so the tent is also a fair bit wider.
Can you please state the amount of inches or centimeters conversion adds to the height of original roof.
We currently can't give specific details in this case, while the product is still in the prototype phase and therefor there can be still changes. Thank you for understanding. :) For updates stay in touch with our shop or our social media where we keep updating when the final product arrives later this year.
What is the length of the bed?
Total weight vs a rooftop tent?
You cut out the structural braces in the roof, how have you maintained the rigidity vs the original?
Not sure about this compared with a rooftop tent. Does not provide the versatility that other rooftop conversions like the Troopy and Defender provide due to the lack of length.
Until now this is still in prototype phase, so pls understand that we can not share any specific information because details like length and weight can still imporve or change. A look at the other roof conversion from Alu-Cab should give you a good overview about the details you are looking for.
@@Genesis-Import I would have thought the length of the bed is a pretty important spec? If you cannot fit in the bed then it sort of defeats the purpose, right?
@@nnoddy8161 You are correct, it is an important spec, but until the final product is not released we are cautious to reveal information that might not match the final results. The length and width of the matress inside the roofconversion will be revealed shortly, just a little bit more patience. We will keep you updated on that one. :)
Interesting. The 'commercial' Utility version of a Trialmaster would work well I feel.
Need to blacken those hinges in the front….
They stand out as just wrong.
We will see what the future brings :)