Van Stuff

[jaydebruyne]

Need racking, roof bars and pipe tube and vinyl signs.

Can anyone recommend decent gear/companies to get this done?

Cheers

 

[Riley]

Do your own racking
I've got a rhino tube carrier
Van guard ultibar
No signs though

 

[Paulplumb]

Yup. Do you own racking. Vanguard roof bars and tube. Got my last van graphics from eBay for 60 notes.

 

[Riley]

Actually I do have magnetic van signs again from eBay. Look really pro but I don't often put them on

 

[jaydebruyne]

Do my own racking? lol I'm no chippie guys, believe me!!!

 

[Riley]

Neither am I mate but I quite pleased with my achievement today.

 

[jaydebruyne]

Neither am I mate but I quite pleased with my achievement today.

Got any pics?

 

[Masood]

As already said, rack it yourself. I bought a load of Really Useful boxes:

Really Useful Boxes

in different sizes for different fittings etc, then designed the racking to hold them. Rhino pipe tube is strong and not too expensive. I have Van Guard roof bars, they are strong and stable.

I'll be selling my pipe tube soon, probably the roof bars as well. What van have you got??

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Make it out of cardboard first to get the curves right

 

[Riley]

 

[Masood]

Do my own racking? lol I'm no chippie guys, believe me!!!

I'm pretty good. Let me know if you want a hand designing and building racking, we'll get it made bespoke for your van & storage boxes..

 

[Riley]

Make it out of cardboard first to get the curves right

Like it

 

[jaydebruyne]

As already said, rack it yourself. I bought a load of Really Useful boxes:

Really Useful Boxes

in different sizes for different fittings etc, then designed the racking to hold them. Rhino pipe tube is strong and not too expensive. I have Van Guard roof bars, they are strong and stable.

I'll be selling my pipe tube soon, probably the roof bars as well. What van have you got??

Getting a Citroen dispatch.. will have a look at the link.. cheers mate

 

[jaydebruyne]

I'm pretty good. Let me know if you want a hand designing and building racking, we'll get it made bespoke for your van & storage boxes..

Cheers Masood, appreciate that!!

 

[jaydebruyne]

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That's impressive!! How much you spend on ply in the end?

 

[Masood]

Cheers Masood, appreciate that!!

No worries Jay, it's something I really enjoyed doing on my vans, as well as a couple of mates' ones. I'll sort out some photos of mine to maybe give you some ideas..

 

[Riley]

Did all that out of 2 sheets with leftovers. All wood and screws less than £70

 

[Riley]

Could you share them on here Mas I'm not done yet but need some ideas

 

[jaydebruyne]

No worries Jay, it's something I really enjoyed doing on my vans, as well as a couple of mates' ones. I'll sort out some photos of mine to maybe give you some ideas..

Would def like some ideas..

 

[Masood]

Could you share them on here Mas I'm not done yet but need some ideas

Yeah no worries mate, I'll take some tomorrow as the van is actually tidy at the moment LOL...

 

[jaydebruyne]

Yeah no worries mate, I'll take some tomorrow as the van is actually tidy at the moment LOL...

Mines full of the remnants of a boiler install - including the old boiler :/ it was tidy before that!

 

[leelister6]

Got mine finished last week, Fiat Scudo LWB. Cost me about £50

 

[jaydebruyne]

Got mine finished last week, Fiat Scudo LWB. Cost me about £50

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Got the same manvac as you

 

[jaydebruyne]

Ok I'm inspired.. I'm gonna do my own racking gonna get a rhino pipe tube and vanguard roof bars! I'm def doing shelves on my side door - well excited to get the van sorted lol

 

[leelister6]

Got my roof bars here: https://www.toys4vans.co.uk/fiat-sc...heel-base-l2-low-roof-h1-twin-rear-doors.html
Good price and service
When you do the racking, make the shelves fit your gear, not the other way round!

 

[jaydebruyne]

Jesus.. just did the first bit for my van racking :O there's a reason I'm NOT a chippie!!! Think I'll do it in daylight next time lol maybe that'll help :/

 

[Riley]

Slowly slowly catchy monkey mate you can do it chippies can just do it faster

 

[rpm]

Jesus.. just did the first bit for my van racking :O there's a reason I'm NOT a chippie!!! Think I'll do it in daylight next time lol maybe that'll help :/

lol @ chippie, get a small strip of LED`s from fleabay and connect to existing light mate, be like working in daylight then.

 

[WaterTight]

Doing your own racking is easy. Making it look good is difficult. This was my experience anyway.

 

[jaydebruyne]

Doing your own racking is easy. Making it look good is difficult. This was my experience anyway.

That's exactly my difficulty!!! I'll take a pic of my horrendous work after I've eaten my dinner - something you can all have a chuckle to haha

 

[ShaunCorbs]

That's exactly my difficulty!!! I'll take a pic of my horrendous work after I've eaten my dinner - something you can all have a chuckle to haha

or give advice how to improve / tips

 

[ShaunCorbs]

That's exactly my difficulty!!! I'll take a pic of my horrendous work after I've eaten my dinner - something you can all have a chuckle to haha

or give advice how to improve / tips

 

[jaydebruyne]

or give advice how to improve / tips

See, that's why I luv ya Shaun!!

 

[jaydebruyne]

So as you can see, the right side isn't quite level and my measurements are off - must have been the shadows lol

I actually aimed to leave a gap at the back to board it so it fitted into the back rather than over it, but it didn't quite work that way haha

Def gonna try it in daylight and take my time

 

[ShaunCorbs]

looks fine to me

just dont forget to cross batten/noggin it