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@Squiffy, my letter to my MP has now been sent, but it would help if as large a number of people on here or indeed anywhere else in the self building world did exactly the same because there is always strength in numbers. Even those of you over in Northern Island can write because although your...

This is the email I have now sent to my MP, duly changed since @Squiffy passed his eye over it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear xxxxx I write to ask you to make contact with the minister or...

This situation is not going anywhere, indeed by the sound of things it is getting worse, as such @Squiffy can you possibly dust off your old files from a month or so ago when you contacted the head man at the Caravan & Motorhome Club and update him on the ever worsening situation. I also...

Hello and welcome to our forum. So very pleased to read that you have treated all the tin worm on your Sprinter, have you also now fully treated the entire underside, door internal and sills with a decent preventative ? As for the spray foam, you possibly know already that my van is spray foam...

I honestly believe this whole time wasting issue has gone far to far and it is about time that the jobsworth hair splitters at the DVLA were taken to task! Unfortunately those of us who have already been successful in having their efforts reclassified can't really become involved, but those who...

Well done @REC, what a right royal PITA the DVLA etc. all are!

The age old and forever repeating chestnut! As far as I am concerned the only safe sure/certain way of attaching any kind of solar panel is with a mechanical method. I know me old mate Squiffy might come along and say his panel has been up there on the roof for umpteen years and that is only...

Going by the look of the rest of it Dave, can I presume you mean an all over spray job? I bet a pound to a penny that the DVLA hasn't been asked to re-classify it!!

I am sorry but there are numerous issues which can be argued with regards to the fitment of wheels which are questionably unsuitable for a given application. For instance the wheels in question are for fitment to a BMW car, where the wheels will have been TAG approved for that particular...

I don't know anything about this company, but on one of the self help groups I am on, on FaceBook the company known as Community Textiles has recently joined suggesting they undertake bespoke total soft furnishings/seating for self builders like us, their contact details are: - Tel:-...

Why should we? They might have 825kg stamped on them, but if the wheels are not specifically manufactured for fitment to your make, model and loading of your own vehicle then I am sorry, they shouldn't be fitted to it! Far, far too many people modify and generally 'bling' their vehicles...

Sorry to be a downer, but I feel I must support Dave (@wildebus) and his comments about the fitting of wheels which are not suitable for the application. I can assure one and all that if a vehicle is involved in a major road traffic accident that the police WILL thoroughly examine and...

I had my cushions made by a company based in Welshpool when I was living not far away, they supplied the foam but not the material, they were known as Quality Upholstery, but having just done a search I don't think they are still trading. I bought the material from a company based in Wrexham by...

And I HATE noise big time!

I have no personal user experience of the Eberspacher heaters apart from various walk by experiences of them fitted to other vans and I wouldn't say that they are exactly quiet. My own van is fitted with a Propex gas heater and that too isn't exactly quiet, but when you are shivering your...

Keep up the good work Geoff. I know that perfection is always your goal. Phil

Many thanks, I always try to get the best and most balanced performance out of the brakes on all our cars. Phil

I must say I had always got this wrong, I had thought it referred to a combined production unit in Italy where all the vans were produced which was located at the town of Sevel...................... how wrong could I have been and many thanks Mark for pointing me in the right direction!! This...

As for load space dimensions the H1, H2, H3 and L2, L3 & L4 I believe only give you basic interpretations or feel for the sizes of the load bays. I know that when considering the H2 FWD Renault Master and the much rarer RWD Renault Master then the FWD version has far more headroom. With...

I have just been looking at these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Extreme-High-Power-Round-DRL-LED-Daytime-Running-Lights-Fog-Auto-Switch/352737730702?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144 I have found several other makes that come as a full kit as well, but as yet, not one of them is a known make!