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Bloke_Off_The_Internet
Cabin: Club
Location: Brighton UK
Posts: 87
Join date: 2010-05-05
 | | Subject: Howdy doody Wed May 05, 2010 8:17 pm | |
| Hurrah! A proper Brazilian forum for us wot loves Brazilians! Sorry, me 'n' ma'am know nowt about how these things run or what holds them together, so we will be approximately zero use to any of you. We bring only endless questions. That and a couple of pics of our pride and joy, which we have gushingly named "The Van". All totally stock so no real thrills for bus pr0n lovers, but here you go already.    Anyway, look forward to annoying you all with stupid questions, like "Where can I get non-rusting headlamp rims?". BTW, thanks to the poster who uploaded the translated manual and service schedules. Worth the price of admission alone. L8rs xxxxx  |
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billyelaine
Cabin: Club
Location: Chippenham
Posts: 61
Join date: 2009-09-29
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Wed May 05, 2010 9:00 pm | |
| Hi
Welcome to the forum. We got our headlamp rims from VW Heritage and have been very pleased with them.
Cheers
Billy and Elaine |
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dazdub
Cabin: Club
Location: wales
Posts: 701
Join date: 2009-10-16
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Wed May 05, 2010 9:28 pm | |
| hi nice van empis look cool  |
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Matt
Cabin: Club
Location: Eastleigh
Posts: 586
Join date: 2010-03-28
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Wed May 05, 2010 10:15 pm | |
| Hello and welcome to the slow lane |
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TimV
Admin
Cabin: Flight
Location: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK.
Posts: 4434
Join date: 2009-09-27
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Wed May 05, 2010 11:41 pm | |
| | billyelaine wrote: | Hi
Welcome to the forum. We got our headlamp rims from VW Heritage and have been very pleased with them.
Cheers
Billy and Elaine |
Hey - welcome!
Yep my rims came from Heritage too - great quality.________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportzKombi - The Bay Racer
Danbury Rio Poptop |
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Bloke_Off_The_Internet
Cabin: Club
Location: Brighton UK
Posts: 87
Join date: 2010-05-05
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Thu May 06, 2010 6:43 am | |
| Thanks y'all :-)
Have indeed been using the Heritage chrome rims, but we live a pebble's throw from the sea and keep The Van outdoors. So probably heresy, but I'm looking to move away from the shinies and towards something a bit plastic-er.
Though I notice some folks here seem to have painted ones, which might be the way to go. |
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kiteman
Cabin: Flight
Location: Waterlooville, Hampshire
Posts: 1230
Join date: 2010-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Thu May 06, 2010 8:39 am | |
| Greatings Bloke
Mine came with plastic rims, might want to have a chat with Danbury. Think they're shipped over with plastic ones, they should have a few knocking about. |
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Matt
Cabin: Club
Location: Eastleigh
Posts: 586
Join date: 2010-03-28
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Thu May 06, 2010 2:22 pm | |
| | Bloke_Off_The_Internet wrote: |
I'm looking to move away from the shinies and towards something a bit plastic-er. |
As kiteman said, you can get silver painted plastic ones. Your van has the crome upgrade which means you have the crome bumpers, wing mirrors and light surrounds.
If you are looking to replace all the crome, rather than buying some from somewhere, i'm sure someone here would be interested in swopping their standard set of painted bumpers, plastic wing mirrors and light surrounds off their van for yours. |
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TimV
Admin
Cabin: Flight
Location: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK.
Posts: 4434
Join date: 2009-09-27
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Thu May 06, 2010 2:47 pm | |
| | Matt wrote: | | Bloke_Off_The_Internet wrote: |
I'm looking to move away from the shinies and towards something a bit plastic-er. |
As kiteman said, you can get silver painted plastic ones. Your van has the crome upgrade which means you have the crome bumpers, wing mirrors and light surrounds.
If you are looking to replace all the crome, rather than buying some from somewhere, i'm sure someone here would be interested in swopping their standard set of painted bumpers, plastic wing mirrors and light surrounds off their van for yours. |
Yep - why don't you put a SWAP ad in the classified section? Seems like a good idea. Might be a bit problematic with those parking sensors I just noticed on your rear bumper though - not sure how many folks would have those. Do they work well - doesn't having the spare wheel on the back cause issues?________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportzKombi - The Bay Racer
Danbury Rio Poptop |
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Bloke_Off_The_Internet
Cabin: Club
Location: Brighton UK
Posts: 87
Join date: 2010-05-05
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Thu May 06, 2010 3:26 pm | |
| Sell me bumpers??? Wouldn't dream of it!!! :-0 The Mrs would kill me, apart from anything.
For some reason they seem to weather the sea air OK with a little cleaning -- just the headlamp rims that seem to rust the moment you look away.
Parking sensor is, shall we say, a little lively. |
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TimV
Admin
Cabin: Flight
Location: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK.
Posts: 4434
Join date: 2009-09-27
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Thu May 06, 2010 3:35 pm | |
| If you give the headlight rims a good coating of wax rather than chrome polish they should fair better. Something like Mer or even Meguiars Gold Class. If you Hammerite the back of them too that would help. ________________________________________________________________________________ Max SportzKombi - The Bay Racer
Danbury Rio Poptop |
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billyelaine
Cabin: Club
Location: Chippenham
Posts: 61
Join date: 2009-09-29
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Thu May 06, 2010 6:13 pm | |
| Hi Bloke, gave my old plastic rims away yesterday when Martin came to pick up our old bus. Don't think he really wanted them so when he first uses the forum you could ask him.  |
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Bloke_Off_The_Internet
Cabin: Club
Location: Brighton UK
Posts: 87
Join date: 2010-05-05
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Fri May 07, 2010 9:22 am | |
| Thanks folks -- loads of good tips |
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olive
Cabin: Club
Location: West Essex
Posts: 809
Join date: 2010-03-28
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Fri May 07, 2010 11:41 am | |
| | Bloke_Off_The_Internet wrote: | | Thanks folks -- loads of good tips |
Hi Bloke,
Looking at your first image it looks as though you dont have a curtain in the cab area, is this the case? If so you can get a curtain made and secure it to the door pillar then along to the two windscreen pillars and back towards the opposite door pillar by using the poppers. We have this and it gives you more space in the van when you are on bed mode. I will try to send you through an image when I get Olive out at the weekend.
Good luck |
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Bloke_Off_The_Internet
Cabin: Club
Location: Brighton UK
Posts: 87
Join date: 2010-05-05
| | Subject: Re: Howdy doody Fri May 07, 2010 12:00 pm | |
| | olive wrote: | | Looking at your first image it looks as though you dont have a curtain in the cab area, is this the case? If so you can get a curtain made and secure it to the door pillar then along to the two windscreen pillars and back towards the opposite door pillar by using the poppers. We have this and it gives you more space in the van when you are on bed mode. I will try to send you through an image when I get Olive out at the weekend. |
Now that sounds just the job. I'm not skilled with a drill so have been putting off the curtain thing -- had vaguely planned to get A Man to sort out some rails at some point. Be good to see the thing you describe. |
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