Vauxhall Vivaro VAN TOUR | Budget Van Build | Micro Stealth Camper
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- A little look around a very well loved 2011, medium wheel base Vauxhall Vivaro campervan conversion.
This build cost less than £600 mainly using recycled materials and Facebook Marketplace finds.
Feel free to drop any questions below or find us on Instagram
@rhydian_eldridge
@vanvistas
One of the best small van conversions I've seen, you've certainly made the best of all the available space.
Top job !
Thanks so much! Although I can’t take much credit for this one. It took quite a bit of travelling in it to figure out what we really wanted and needed and now we’ll happily live in it for weeks at a time
@11.30 Look at that flawless technique, that condensation never stood a chance. What a man!!
Brilliant set up. Surprising how much we can achieve with smaller vans.
Isn’t it! There’s always something to be added or amended to make better use of space
@@vanvistas oh yes, about to change things in my van. It's what we do. Upgrade, redesigning. All fun and fun it. All the best both. Never stop enjoying yourselves ❤
Nice little van and layout. Well thought of getting everything into one space 😊
Big up for the gents for all the technical work.
Looks like it really works for you, and that’s the most important bit!
Lovely camper, very good presentation. It`s easy to catch another new ideas. We are waiting for our Vivaro soon. Greetings!
The double sliding door and lifting back door is a killer combo
Nice van, thanks for the tour!
I live in a SWB standard roof vivaro mon-friday and its great to see what you have achieved with such a small space!
I hope you enjoy your many adventures in it!
Oh! Take the bulkhead out, twice as much room and light. Ours is a simple van too, no 2nd battery needed, no solar, no problems...but we don't have a heater which takes power. Instead have a duck and down duvet...and hats.....oh and we live in Portugal.
Different, thanks for sharing..Vivaro is better than VW Transporter.
Ah to live in Portugal! I would love nothing more than to rip the bulkhead out 😅 but Rhyd is adamant he wants to keep it 🤷🏼♀️
@@vanvistas I could teach you a few Karate moves if that would help convince him. I am retired and pay here is very low, but cheap to live in central Portugal where we are. Poor people are much nicer and they dont seem to suffer...like the old days in the Uk. Anyway beat him up and remove the bulkhead, you can always put it back...but you wont.
@@allanb52 Haha I’ll give it a go. Merry Christmas
This is definitely the closest to what I am looking for! Great job. I'll be buying my Vivaro in Feb/March and getting it ready for the Summer. I can't wait! Would you be able to share some more info on how the bed was made? Many thanks
That’s so exciting! It’s a second hand double futon bed. It’s quite difficult to explain without showing you. If you’re on Instagram, have a look at @rhydian_eldridge and there’s lots of pictures that might give you a better idea 😊
/Nice layout, and the cheap futon idea is genius when you think a RIB bed is £3,000 now! But you do need to sort out that ventilation. All that condensation isn't healthy. It needn't cost a lot to insulate, line & vent. I really liked the way you can service the kitchen unit via the second sliding door.
What was on the ceiling? Was it a duvet
It’s just a wall hanging on the ceiling. We’re not really in it long term enough to rip it all out to insulate, especially now we have a diesel heater. We do however have window wind deflectors and one of those dog safety locks for the tail gate, where you can have it open slightly but still locked. So I’m the day we’ll just have the doors open a bit and at night we can still have a bit of airflow with the safety lock
Fantastic and functional conversion! Would you please share more details about the foot pump, the faucet and the sink?
Hey! Sure! The foot pump is a whale pump and the sink is just a mini sink from Amazon. The tap is just some 10mm copper pipe bent into shape. Then there’s a fresh water and waste water container underneath, so the sink drains into the waste bottle and some hose runs between the fresh water, pump and tap
Thanks for sharing your build. I wondered if I could ask, are you happy with your choice of manufatuerer of van? I'm in need of a larger EU6 van, and have started to consider other brands apart from VW and Ford. Thanks again!
Proper job....always looking for idea's for the vivaro Van...😉👌
There’s always something else to be done and something new to be added 😉
I would've thought you'd thought of everything here. Very Nice set-up.@@vanvistas
Love this build. Would love to do something like this. Can i ask way did you sell this? Also is there any think you would do differently to this build?
Hi can you tell me what you used on the ceiling of the van thanks,love the video,xx
It’s just a big tapestry/wall hanging type material hung up with magnets. It helps with the condensation without having to put a proper vapour barrier and the rest up
@@vanvistas thank you will have a look for one,xxx
Great vid ~who did you get your mattres's & covers from ~ thanks
Thank you 😊 it was actually from a second hand IKEA sofa bed. So it was already upholstered, I just stripped them and cleaned them and we just use a double bed sheet on top
the divider noooo! You can make the front seats turnables
I 100% agree, but because Rhyd uses it as his daily car too, he wanted to keep it feeling separate 🤷🏼♀️
Hey. Nice build! Have you got any videos on the build it’s self on your channel ?
Sadly not as it’s my boyfriends build, but our good friend @nicroams has shared a full build in the same make of van if you scrolled back through her videos 😊
beautiful van! does it have some sort of small vacuum cleaner aside the condensation remover?
Yes, essentially. It’s got a squeegee on the end, but has 12v suction that draws the water into a little container that you can empty later
Nice one. Does the job. How's your build coming on?
It’s getting there now! I really need to sort through all my footage and catch up with videos on here.
Great use of space! Can you also fold the bed into a seat so it faces out the back? I'm looking for ideas for my next van :-)
No, but that would be great! I’m sure it could be done, but would need a lot more adapting and clever ingenuity
I like this van (this one :)
Nice job! Im curious, why did you chose the Vaxhaul vaviaro, over something like a Renault?
The vivaro and Renault traffic are the exact same van 😅 but it was really down to the price, miles and mechanical condition at the time of looking at vans of this sort of size. But it’s been a great van and my boyfriend still has it, it’s still going strong, very few issues
@@vanvistas Oh ok thanks for clarifying! Do you find the van comfortable enough for 2 adults be in inside and sleep comfortably? My only hestiance is the height of the van, given my partner is 6ft 2. 🙏🙂
@@harabloom yeah I’d say if you make the bed a pull-out length-ways one like this it’s plenty long enough, feet might be a little over the edge, but it’s longer than the bed in our big Movano 😅
@@vanvistas thanks hunnie. Which Monavo did you get and is it bigger than the Renault? Trying to determine what's going to feel spacious enough for 2!
@@harabloom the Movano is pretty big! It’s an L2H3 I have a few videos on it if you head to my main page
love the conversion! could you share where you bought your solar panel from?
It was an ex solar farm panel bought from Facebook marketplace, so just a lucky find really, as it still draws in more power than the battery can actually take in
No windows on sliding doors... That's the model I got too .... Do you guys miss having windows? For me it might work to keep my gear safe and private
We actually don’t really. Because we have the back window and the little window into the front. Because it has the double doors, we just have them open in the day time and then they’re full size windows
that bed just killed some of my brain cells lmfao
i would rather just drop a yoga mat and sleep on the floor
As a concept it's great. But the execution looks a bit complicated with all those bits of matrress moving about.. Futon matresses are usually very comfortable, and the bottom end folds up to make a double thickness seat cushion.
A full double futon is £150-£200, whereas a RIB seat bed is £3,000 now.
How do you set up and down the bed without having to get out? Looks tricky.
It is quite tricky 😅 usually we do have to both get out, but it is possible from inside if it’s raining or we want to be discrete, but one person has to sit in the sink 😂
Great job! What was the cost like after the van purchase if you don't mind? Tempted to do something similar.
The van was about £4500 (pre covid) and then the conversion was only about £600 using lots of recycled materials and things from Facebook Marketplace
This is a short wheel base vivaro ? I thought they only came in swb and lwb? I'm thinking of converting one but having a fixed bed but in a swb model that doesn't leave a lot of room so a mwb one would be ideal.
Yeah, that’s a my bad, you’re right, this is a short. They do only come in short and long 😅
Hi what did you use on the van roof in side is it a bed cover,xx thanks
It’s just a wall hanging 😊
Where did you find the used futon?
Facebook Marketplace! We’ve found SO many useful things on there cheap or free
@@vanvistas fabulous, on a student budget so want to buy a van and convert for cheap ahaha
@@nathansmith6069 Exciting! Good luck! Sometimes you need a bit of patience to wait for the great deals to appear, but nothing stopping you from starting to collect things now. Have a look around for spare/scrap wood that could come in useful
What mileage had the van done before the build ? Nice build 👍👍
It had about 120,000 miles and mechanically has treated us really well so far 🤞🏼 we’ve put about 40,000 miles on in the last 3 years
Please ditch that camping cooker them aerosols are very dangerous set my mates van on fire
All this glamours B roll is such B.S
Hippies 🙄