VW T5 360° Van Tour Video
Submitted by T5iver on Sun, 20/02/2022 - 4:53pmRecently I bought a 360 camera. It is only a cheapish one and the link to buy it is here if you are interested in this sort of thing - https://amzn.to/34RTneF
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How to Make Your Own Campervan Furniture
Submitted by T5iver on Sat, 12/09/2020 - 11:17am
UPDATED - Making Your Own Camper Furniture
In this article I am going to share with you how I made my own campervan furniture for my VW T5 camper conversion. This article looks specifically at how to do this for a VW T5 self-build van conversion, but the principles herein can be used for any sort of van.
How to Change Your Gear Knob & Gaiter
Submitted by T5iver on Tue, 18/08/2020 - 2:17pm
It's really easy to change your gear stick knob and gaiter in a VW T5 camper van or panel van and we will take a closer look at this in this very quick article.
Basically all you need to do is flip off the current cap (where the gear pattern is) to reveal a torx head screw. Once you have unscrewed this with the correct size torx bit, the gear knob just pulls off easily:
VW T5 Campervan Awning - Olpro Cubo Breeze Review
Submitted by T5iver on Sat, 30/05/2020 - 11:29am
This week I bought a new drive-away campervan awning from Olpro to go with my VW T5 camper conversion. Olpro sell a variety of different awnings from large to small, many of which are available as both an air-beam or conventional pole design. I bought the Olpro Cubo Breeze direct from Olpro's website which is the air-beam version of their Cubo model.
Fitting USB Sockets to a VW T5
Submitted by T5iver on Sun, 10/05/2020 - 5:42pmIn this video, I show you some different options for fitting USB sockets to your VW T5 camper van.
Basically, you can hook into the rear of your stereo to pick up power and I utilised this to fit a USB point inside my glove box that I will use to charge my power bank and/or power a dash cam. I also show you how to use a similar method to fit a USB point to one of the dash blanks near the heating controls in your T5.
The parts I used can be bought here:
Carista Software For VW T5
Submitted by T5iver on Tue, 10/03/2020 - 7:44pmCarista is an app that allows you to customise certain aspects of your VW T5 van's onboard software. If you buy the Carista dongle (which connects to your van's diagnostic OBDII port and onwards to your smartphone via bluetooth) it gives you access to features that would normally only be available to VW dealers.
You can customise things such as one-touch electric windows, coming home lights, central locking and around 100 other things. It can also diagnose engine management problems and reset the service light.
VW T5 Wind Deflectors
Submitted by T5iver on Sat, 15/02/2020 - 3:04pmIn this video, I fit some Team Heko wind deflectors to my VW T5.1 camper conversion.
To buy these wind deflectors for your van, click this link https://amzn.to/2Pc4Smj
Upgrading to LED Daytime Running & Sidelights
Submitted by T5iver on Sun, 26/01/2020 - 7:56pm
Recently, I upgraded the daytime running lights and the sidelights in my van to LED aftermarket replacements. I have a VW T5.1 and the stock bulbs not only give quite poor illumination but they are also an 'orange-yellow' filament old-fashioned light. The new bulbs give a nice modern white light.
VW T5 Camper Conversion
Submitted by T5iver on Sat, 04/01/2020 - 1:45pmCheck out these photos of the story of my VW T5 camper conversion so far! The van conversion is by no means complete yet and I'll be adding more stuff during the first quarter of 2020. Within this post, I have also included a van tour video. In the video, there is a cinematic intro which shows you everything within the first few minutes. Thereafter, I don my GoPro head mount to show you everything in detail.
VW T5 Conversion Van Tour - the full tour video can be found here - https://youtu.be/KUUst8b-SoM
VW T5 Camper Conversion - Interior LED Lights
Submitted by T5iver on Sat, 21/12/2019 - 6:02pmReplacing the standard fit festoon bulbs in your VW T5 camper conversion is an easy way to add some extra style to your camper. You need 42mm LEDs and I went for 'cool blue' because they also contain a good white level. As I already have deep blue spots on the bulkhead and bright white spots on the roof, I now have a very versatile choice of lighting in the van that can all be switched on or off independently according to the needs of the situation.