Sunday 8 November 2020

Correcting the color mismatch of the rear tinted windows

For the two rear windows I had accidentally used two different tinting foils: one had a reddish tint, another a slightly greenish tint.

I did remove both and used the one with the slightly reddish tint to have a consistent color.





 

Correcting the color mismatch of the stripes

I had run out of light blue stripes, so I had used a dark blue patch over the air conditioner outlet.


I removed the dark blue area....

... and placed the proper colored stripe there: 






Friday 18 September 2020

MOT done

The van passed the annual MOT without any problems. 


The shop which I recommend: Walsh Vehicle Repairs in Yeadon 

https://www.yell.com/biz/walsh-vehicle-repairs-ltd-leeds-980835/

Very friendly and competent customer service, reasonable prices.



Wednesday 20 May 2020

Some finishing touches on the outside

I had applied to the DVLA for the van to be registered as a "motor caravan", so I submitted the necessary forms and pictures from the conversion. However, my application was not accepted, with the reason given that the van from the outside does not look like a motorhome, but just like a van with windows.

So I decided to do something about it: I ordered a few stick-on stripes for the outside, to make this vehicle look more like a vacation vehicle. And here is the result: