Wheels

So after a long time convincing myself that wheel-trims over painted steelies was a good look I spotted a good deal on some VW alloys.

The chap was selling them on ebay and also T4forum so I was able to check his postings out and felt confident in the purchase of second had wheels.

They're OEM VW 17" which aren't the biggest but certainly look good and won't cost the earth to re-tyre.

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Boombox

I've made a small stereo unit to run off the leisure battery.

The kit was a cheap stereo (with aux input for ipod) and cheap speakers mounted onto mdf and covered in the same vinyl I used on the van floor.

It is fitted to the front legs of the non-moving box section part of the Rock n'roll bed with bolts.

The stereo/speakers were super cheap on eBay but the speaker grilles needed a little re-spray job

I'm sure I'll not win any awards for acoustic design but I'll save the Sound Engineering for when I'm at work!!!

New Body-Kit

I thought I'd add small dish to the roof and a few subtle accessories.

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Kitchen update

Finally, the kitchen unit is in!

I fitted the push-lock handles to the ikea unit doors and they work perfectly.

The handles needed pretty accurate measuring/re-measuring to ensure the lock bit met up with the catch on the cupboard inside. One didn't meet well enough to stop the door from swinging open when cornering. This was easily remedied by building up the height of the catch with washers.

I'm pleased with how the unit looks now you can't see any of the white hardboard.

happy days!