transit connect overhead shelf

[cosmicdiscos]

Hi all
i've just spotted a ford transit connect overhead shelf on Ebay, Just thought i'd tell you all. I've already got one but i know they're rare as hens teeth

[gaz68]

just had a look pal,it's up to £60 + already,i want one but not for that daft money,cheers any way.

[valetech]

Try your local ford dealer.I'm finding parts going for more money on ebay and in some case on here than new from fords
I've seen mk2 grills go for £70 plus p+p
When they are only £58 from fords

[paul2012]

The shelf cost around £75 (Retail) new from EMG Ford !

[paul2012]

Try your local ford dealer.I'm finding parts going for more money on ebay and in some case on here than new from fords
I've seen mk2 grills go for £70 plus p+p
When they are only £58 from fords

I agree with you there.

People looking for Ford part numbers for parts ?

Silver Centre console panel / stereo panel Part No :- F4990698
MK2 Crome Front grill Part Number :- F1507790
Mk2 Intercooler Cover/duct Part No :- F5090100
Front Anti-Roll Bar Bush Part No :- F4419559
Rear Parking Sensor Holder Kit (For Ford Bosch Parkpilot) Part No:- F1435175
MK2 Bonnet Lock Key Barrel Part No:- F1491607
Sportvan door handle recess mouldings Part No:- ZF0900401TGM
Sportvan Exhaust Trim Part No:- ZERF0900601

I could list the prices, But I only have the trade prices (which is what I pay)

[gaz68]

the shelf is up to £64 + £10 for post,there's some keen lad's about

[Lefty64]

That's a bit dear.

The factory-fit option price on a new T200/220 or T200/220L was only £50 - before VAT.

[slingshot2000]

I have one in mine and cannot for the life of me see any value in it, nothing stays on it!

Regards
S

[Graham Taylor]

Mine was fitted as standard on the LWB and used quite a lot. Only problem I had was my sunglasses would fall off and usually hit me on the head! Now stored in glove compartment....... problem solved!

[CamsTrans]

I leave mine unfolded then use the sun visor to prop them up; nice and easy to grab then

[MrC]

Yeah, and the reason everyone wants the shelf is because if you aint got one there's sod all space to dump anything. Must be the worst dashboard design known to man! All that space and every given orifice is like some sort of sick joke :

1. The glove box is the smallest I've ever seen with no drinks holders and hardly even opens wide enough to drop a pack of wet wipes in;
2. On the subject of drinks holders, the only attempt at providing them is behind the flipping hand brake - fine if your passengers in the back want some, but what passengers? It's a freaking van!
3. And I'm yet to find a drink which is so slender that I could fit two side-by-side in the two side-by-side slots provided (behind the flipping hand brake)
4. The main tray which occupies the centre and top of the dash board as if it should be the holder of many an important document is like nothing I've ever seen! Having the contours of a wok and some weird flap which prevents you from reaching to the back (in case you ever lost anything in there and wanted to get it back). So far I haver never used this main tray for anything unless being absolutely stationary at the time;
5. Of course, there is acres of space all across the rest of the top of the dashboard but is entirely useless - can support/hold/rest nothing;
6. There is one place you can rest your mobile phone whilst driving though which, unlike all the other attempts, actually seems to restrain its contents whilst the van veers around a corner. But, alas, it's beneath the hand brake just to make its use anything but swift.
7.A slot (aka the black hole) below the stereo in the central console appears to be the ultimate place to loose things and which could so easily have been the right size to hold a few CDs, isn't!
8. CDs? Well, mine I squash into the slot under the steering wheel (right in front of my knees), just where I can see them... ahem... not! Here, they are guaranteed to jump out whenever I accelerate too fast up a steep hill because, well, it would be too much to expect the design team at Ford to have made the slot steep enough to have prevented this - it's virtually horizontal! Safety is paramount when driving, but it's no problem to drive up a steep country lane, squeezing slowly past oncoming vehicles whilst a bunch of CDs decide to empty themselves over your feet, is it?
9. The foot wells? Well, where to start? Apart from their "slopy-forwardy" feature meaning that I never have a comfortable place to rest my left foot when driving (my foot constantly wants to head for the engine bay but has to wedge itself crooked between the clutch pedal and the hot air outlet), this also means that if I bring any kind of bag into the cab with me (say a bag of groceries for example), I go to place it down in the passengers foot well where it slumps forward and as soon as I'm braking or cornering to the right, empties its entire contents deep into the forward regions of said foot well where now I can't reach any of them without first pulling over, undoing my seatbelt and lunging myself head first into the void - one arm outstretched and the other swinging myself like and orang-outang from the steering wheel. Joy!
10. Wouldn't it be lovely to have perhaps a tray under the seats to chuck stuff in which perhaps you don't want to leave on display when the van is parked up in public? Or even make use of all that massive space above your head? Oh we're back at the beginning, maybe 75 quid starts to sound like money well spent?! Can I fit one to my SWB?

Anyone know how to make custom dash boards? Think you'd make a killing!

[CamsTrans]

I totally agree!
I managed to get a shelf cheap and fitted it into my SWB. I want to get a cargo net for it too now though to make sure nothing flies out of it.

As for you cup holder issue; it will hold two standard cans. Which is handy when you get a coffee from Maccy's..........

[paul2012]

LOL

Yes I have fitted one to my 2003 T200 low roof SWB connect as well - Fits perfectly

I now have a extra storage drawer at the bottom of my passenger seat, came with the Sportvan seats I have now fitted.





Unfortunately this drawer assembly will fit the full size passenger seat only - Not the Fold down ones !

[Graham Taylor]

Mine came with a shelf as standard so no probs thnere. Also I can fit a can of coke or costa's coffee in the holder behind the handbrake again ok there. I dont listen to CD's only the radio so thats no issue and under the passenger seat I have a storage box which came with the seats (same as Paul2012) so sorted there. I dont buy any shopping (wife does that in her car). Phone sits in a screen mounted cradle as I use it as a sat nav plus handsfree charging. I guess I'm happy with my van

[g-man]

be a lot easier if people bought a van that had the stuff that they wanted to start with, could'nt be arsed with all the hassle