VW T5 DIY self built camper - 3 years on

My Vw transporter self built diy camper 3 years later

what have I changed?
would I do things different?
What broke?

A look at these things above.

Captain seat-

Cargo netting -

12v socket -

good swivel seat base-

My Awning-

my t-shirts, hoddies and stuff

Music-

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My vlogging gear (this needs updating)

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[gandhi]

Watched a few of your vids now, door lock & steering wheel vid helped me out when I was changing mine so thanks for that 👍🏻 great looking van 👌🏻

[leegr]

Stunning van, love the graphics, just bought an 05 transporter and looking for inspiration 👍

[johngracie]

Loving the van and your channel, just starting out in the transporter scene and this has helped me out. Keep up the good work 😁👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[RadioManLeics]

I love your exterior colour scheme. You won't miss that in a supermarket car park. Very Norman Wilkinson style

[Billydevito]

I wish you would’ve started the video with a quick rundown of the van’s specs. Engine, transmission, year model etc.
Also, don’t run with the crowd.
Keep the front end! 👍

[SpyderLEE]

I’ve put some links in the description. I think I’ve found the decent swivel seat thingy

[meandmyvanandmydogandmybik]

Nice to see someone showing their “normal” van that doesn’t look like they’ve spent 3 weeks a day cleaning and polishing it! Nice looking van, makes my T5 look boring, although I’m not a fan of all the units in a van, just a rock n roll bed and an inverter wired into the leisure battery in mine. Need my captains chairs re covering though, yours look awesome

[allanb]

I like your honesty and ingenuity after you screwed up. You paint job wasn't that great so you improvised and the end result a really great. I personally think lowing a camper and putting LP alloys is a foolish idea and you have suffered as a result. The exterior of my Vivaro is the complete opposite, it is boring and 100% functional and the original wheels/tyres and 110bhp is plenty.
"YOU DON'T GO AWAY TO WATCH TELLY" A man after my own heart, my van is for adventure, even at 72, leaving you comfort zone at home, whatever that may be. 8 years ago I bought an 08 van for £3.2k spent about £2k on parts, R&R bed, SMEV and swivel double seat and my money now is spent on travel, diesel, a few tolls and an odd beer and coffee.
I think your van looks great, but my Vivaro whilst not in the same coolness league is reliable and to me that is everything...you pays your money and takes your choice. I think pop-tops are, well it's a tent, get a little folding fishing stool, my missus sits down to cook in the rear seat, I sit down to wash up. I used to camp a lot, so you learn to dress sitting down.

[Ledroo]

Cheers Lee! First I gotta say that I love your B-roll footage, it's magnificent! Second, it's good to hear you have planned building another camper, I can't wait to see the build series. Stay safe brother!

[raychambers]

I kept my bike track on, use for keeping my pop up awning and chairs on.saves space in van .saw you cruising the mean streets of St Ives.

[gerrym]

Great update Lee! Camping videos sound a good idea! You have lost a load of weight too by the look of ya, well done 👍

[DS-cfzc]

The best swivel seat. I know is a Kirvans, and they are not overly expensive to memory.

Nice Van, and good to know where some of the mileage limits are for those major pieces - I was always under the impression the VW vans were pretty good up to 200k, and beyond that you are in the lap of the gods.

Agree - re: Kitchen - My van has a Northern Rose kitchen fitted, and it seems decent.

And the pop top - I had a West Dubs fitted to mine, as I like being able to stand up at times - and it is useful when you are not wild camping, as my canvas has a scenic mode where you can literally sit in the roof with the canvas peeled away - and its nice on a hot evening with a cold beer.

[bigyin]

Van looks wicked the wrap on it looks mint

[deansutherland]

Think the seat bases your referring to Lee is the Kiravans version. I’ve got a rustylees swivel which is spot on. ;)

Nice video Lee. Love the decals. ;)

[johnduncan]

Wow Lee your VW looks did you get the Graphics

[Bondy]

Glad to see the videos back, Love the T5 :)

[andrewscott]

Get a pop top fitted mate you won’t regret it! Turns the van space into a room space ( if that makes sense).
Really nice van and just goes to show on that amount of mileage class👍😎

[andycarter]

The seatbelt that's not retracting might just need cleaning. Pull it all the way out, clean and dry it then it will probably function normally again. Saves replacing it so worth a try.

[TheNoiseFamily]

Great to see you pop back in my subscriptions feed. Loving the graphics on the van. Looking forward to more videos again. Cheers.

[johnhaggerty]

What a job you've done. Well done chap.