by 5quirrel » Thu Mar 17, 2022 8:02 pm
Hi, okay the floor question I had for you was to determine if you were going to stick something like 18mm ply over the entire floor and simply use the extra space as storage. If this is the case then you benefit from the storage space under the floor and can then proceed to do a camper conversion 101 bog standard, buy the bits off the internet and bolt in. This gives you a very easy option but your camper is likely to be identical to 99% of all other conversions (which is fine if that is what you’re after).
We decided to use the lowered floor to provide height to the van space as my wife is ‘petite’ and can stand up in the back in the lowered floor. We also didn’t want the standard van conversion plan so we had to build a complete bespoke internal solution which suits our needs better but took at least 3 times as long as a bog standard conversion and required a huge amount of fabricating furniture and planning – I guess I’m saying if you want an easy life, cover the floor and use it as storage and do a bog standard conversion, if you want something a little different then it will be a much bigger challenge.
With the rear bumper/ramp we decided to replace the full bumper (ebay £50) as it made a huge difference to the look of the vehicle but I had to drill and move the reversing sensors back into the correct placement as with the ramp they were moved outward to the sides. Bumper was affixed with a few L-brackets and screws. I had to extend the original brackets also as the bumper under the ramp is closer to the chassis than the rest of the original outbound bits.
We chopped the ramp off with an angle grinder and had it welded up as you need to keep the tailgate strike-plate in the same place for obvious reasons.
We also designed the entire kitchen and U-shaped seating but that’s a little too detailed for this post (and quite complicated and fiddly).
I hope this helps but feel free to get back to me if you have any other questions.
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