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finally got to pick up my van last night ....woohooo
what can i say why did'nt i pass my test years ago and buy one
after the initial worry of driving on the left as it's a ex german army van
it was f***ing great

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are the lights always so crap and dim

great feeling isnt it. wait until you start takeing it to the shows. masive buzz even the drive to them is ace

jed

Now the fun begins...enjoy.

Looks nice and straight, should have been well looked after.

Yes the lights are pretty abysmal, I changed the bulbs in mine for H4s ...a little better but wont melt anyones eyeballs.

Tex Ritter

yeh it is straight came out of service 2 yrs ago and the guy who i bought it off was a german anorack with t25's

there are a few guages dials that are on the van that i have no idea what they do also it has a generator running of a belt to the alternator for extra elec as i was a radio van so gona try and hook up a lesuire battery

Looks great does that, enjoy

Ahhh ...another van in my favourite colour

As for the lights ...has it still got LHD lamps in it?

I got brandnew RHD headlamps for mine (from JK) with regular H4 bulbs and I have to say while not great ...they're bright enough.

think ther lhd lights but with the black sticky tape beam adjusters on

thinking about a row of 4 driving light along the bumper for seing my way in festivals

you can only have the lhd lights on for one mot i think so first on your shopping list is new lights

jed

thanks jed will get on to that ..is it an easy swop???

Lamps in and out is a matter of taking the grille off (easy), four screws per lamp and a plug changeover.

In my case, the headlamps from JK didn't come in a left and right variety and I had to take one apart and put it back together the other way round ...which was a bit of a pain, as the screws weren't good quality and wore out ...had to cannibalise the old LHD lamp for screws then.
Setting the beam correctly was a somewhat laboured process due to that.

Don't know if that is the norm, or if my shipment was wrong

i will look out for you

hi
enjoy the van
ive done 2 mots with LHD lights, just mask
masks for sale from simon @ brickwerks

The problem with masked LHD lamps is that you really can't see a thing.

On dipped beam, the long finger of light which should theoretically illuminate the edge of the road is absent (or blinds oncoming traffic, if not masked) and all you're left with is diffuse light that reaches about 20 meteres ahead ...max.

Even on full beam (due to having obscured a fair percentage of your headlamp with masking tape) you're not getting all the light on the road.

Changing over to RHD lamps really doesn't cost that much and is easily the best investment in your (and others) safety that you will ever make.


(plus you're getting shiny new lamps that will be bright for years to come)

What's the mileage, and what did you pay for it?

done about 78-80,000 miles and cost me around£ 2500

also why does it have 2 alternators