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Shiny things you no longer want / Pristine 2000 EVC
« on: August 26, 2016, 10:01:15 am »
Hey guys, sadly my decked out EVC is up for sale, I have really enjoyed it and spent the last year really getting it exactly how I wanted it with a ton of upgrades (planned on keeping it forever).  Everyone on here has been a great help but I have moved on to a 4x4 sportsmobile project to get to some more remote places I like to camp at so this beauty is up for grabs. 

https://www.ksl.com/?nid=218&ad=41219200&cat=143

Spread the word if you know anyone looking


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Winnebago "Full Campers" / Re: Car Wash?
« on: July 01, 2016, 10:42:14 am »
I have taken mine through a carwash at least a dozen times (the ones with brushes, not the touch-less), I also have a fiamma awning.  May not be the best thing to do but I haven't had any issues so far and in the wintertime in Utah I rather get the salt off and there is no option to wash it myself at home during the winter and its just plain easier.  With the fridge vents the way they are I wouldn't imagine much more water gets in there vs driving in the rain etc (I could very well be wrong, just my justification). 

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Winnebago "Full Campers" / How to mount center bench seat
« on: July 01, 2016, 10:00:44 am »
    So here is my issue, I have a 2000 EVC with a single center seat and 3 kids as of now.  We plan on eventually having a 4th so I found a 1995 center bench seat because it installs in the floor more.   The newer style I have with my single seat had the brackets that stick out of the ground and I always stub your feet on them.  So I have the seat and payed a ridiculous amount since they are so rare and I am now finding this to be a much bigger job than I had anticipated.  With the type of bracket I currently have it bolts on from below the van and is fairly easy to install the brackets.  With the older style I am guessing a cup type of bracket is welded into the floor of the van??

    I had a father in law pick up the seat for me in Colorado so I have no idea how the floor bracket looks.  I have the seat and the top plates but that's as far as I have gotten.  Does anyone have an older style middle seat that could unscrew one of their top plates and take a picture of where the seat connects for me so I can see what I need to get fabricated?  I have no idea what it will entail and kinda regret it now, haha.

    As I don't really need the seat right now, I'm sure this will be awhile before I get to it as I will need to replace all the flooring as well and will probably do a full interior overhaul while I have got it torn apart.

Thanks

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Looks great!!  Who makes this and how did you get it?  I don't need one now but if I ever do its good to know they exist, I have never seen or heard of this top.

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Exterior / Re: DIY Texture coating kit
« on: September 29, 2015, 08:02:39 pm »
So you sprayed it?  I know there are roller kits available too. Since you did this-would you say sprayingwould be better than rolling it?  Just looking for your opinion, I am going to tackle the project this winter.

Neil
I feel spraying is defiantly ideal, seems to give a better texture that is more consistent than rolling would be and it gets in all the little nooks and crannies much better.  Plus once it's all prepped it goes really quick spraying it on.  It's a 2 part paint so you are limited on time applying it once it's mixed and spraying it is just so much easier.

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Tires and wheels! / Re: The ultimate tire and wheel guide thread!
« on: September 29, 2015, 02:54:07 pm »
Hello everyone,
I got a 2002 EuroVan (used to be a GLS).
I want to put on 17" wheels.
The commends I was reading sofar explained really well what I need to watch out for.
What are the best looking combination vs the best gravel road setting vs comfort on highways or faster turns???

I like low profile tires or at least lower than the standard tires used with a 16" rim.
As more pictures you guys post as easier it will be for me to pick 17" or 18".....

I have been happy with my 17'' Audi wheels, with 225/60 R17 tires and they fit almost perfect and had about 1mm rub on the back very edge of the bumper that is hardly noticable (mostly on the inner lip portion) and it rubbed enough clearance on their own. 


These are the tires I got if interested, been very happy so far and they surpass the load rating required for a full camper (can't say the same for the wheels) great all season tire: http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/findTireDetail.do?c=0&rcz=85295&ar=60&rf=true&rd=17&rc=AZEINT&cs=225&dVeh=dVeh&ra=searchForMostPopularTires.do&fl=&tc=NITRH6&yr=2013&pc=15265&vid=023402

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Exterior / Re: DIY Texture coating kit
« on: September 29, 2015, 12:40:39 pm »
Looks really good, just what I would like to do.  What kind of lift do you have and what tire size?

I used lift spacers for the rear, 3 (1.5" total) on the drivers side, 2 (1" total) on passengers and have been very happy with the extra height vs what most people do which is half that.  For the front I got the torsion tool from Go Westy and cranked it up as far as I wanted so its a little lower than the back then got an alignment.

I am 6'1" and the extra lift vs 1 spacer height is also nice when using my Fiamma awning to not have to duck standing upright under it, not sure how they are even usable stock height unless you are quite short.  I put 17" Audi wheels with 225/60 R17 tires and they fit almost perfect with about 1mm rub on the back very edge of the bumper when its fully loaded that is hardly noticable (mostly on the inner lip portion) and it rubbed enough clearance on their own, I sanded it down a teeny bit more before coating it. 

These are the tires I got if anyone is interested, been very happy so far and they surpass the load rating required for a full camper: http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/findTireDetail.do?c=0&rcz=85295&ar=60&rf=true&rd=17&rc=AZEINT&cs=225&dVeh=dVeh&ra=searchForMostPopularTires.do&fl=&tc=NITRH6&yr=2013&pc=15265&vid=023402

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Exterior / Re: DIY Texture coating kit
« on: September 28, 2015, 04:48:36 pm »
Thanks, and yes they are standard @Itsamoto. Post is now fixed with pics, had to do it off my phone with Tapatalk

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Exterior / DIY Texture coating kit
« on: September 28, 2015, 12:51:56 pm »
So I have been wanting to texture coat my 2000 EVC for about 6 months now and finally got around to it so I figured I would do a quick write up in case anyone else wanted to try to tackle this as well.  I didn't want to pay big money to have someone else do it so I figured I could do it myself fairly easily after a bit of research for under $200

MATERIALS:
    (1) I used Custom Coat BLACK 4 Liter Urethane Spray-On Truck Bed Liner Kit (includes a spray gun).  This apparently is the same as the raptor coating that is also on Amazon but its just a little cheaper, the whole kit ran $120 with free shipping and can be found here: http://www.amazon.com/Custom-BLACK-Liter-Urethane-Spray-/dp/B00FFIIHHU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1443459015&sr=8-1&keywords=custom+coat  This 4 liter kit is plenty, I only used 3 bottles and did 2 coats so I have 1 extra bottle I can used for touch ups or a different project if needed.
     (2) A few 3M maroon Scotch-Brite pads to scuff all the paint up real good (did about 3 passes), I also used a hand held orbital sander and 120 grit sand paper on some areas of the bumper that appeared to have a bad overspray. 
     (3) I also used an adhesion promoter just to have a better bond even though i sanded/scuffed everything really well, runs about $18.  It was most helpful on the wheel arches as I didn't want to scuff the areas I was going to tape off and I didn't want to tape first and then scuff the tape so if any areas didn't get scuffed as good then there should still be good adhesion I hope.  I got 2 cans but 1 ended up being enough to cover everything (both bumpers and all the rockers, wheel arches, etc.  http://www.amazon.com/U-Pol-Products-0799-Universal-Adhesion/dp/B00397POFC/ref=pd_bxgy_263_img_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0D83DKHJ4EH6XAVVC3XM
     (4) Acetone to wipe all areas down before the coating is applied and also to clean the gun out after using it. 
     (5) I used blue painters tape and plastic to cover everything real good including the ground.  *As a learning note some kind of automotive tape would have been nice for making the arches on the wheel wells but since this is what I had it worked fine i just had to use lots of little pieces to make the arches, it still turned out great and pulled off nice and clean with sharp edges everywhere with no issues.
    (6) Air compressor with gun pressure set to about 60 psi (this seemed to work great and the gun was actually much better than I thought it would be)  if you can't set your pressure with your compressor you will have to buy an in-line regulator. I used an 8 gallon electric compressor that kept up fine, I think I could have even gotten away with my 6 gallon pancake but I wouldn't go much lower than that.

PREP:
*Remove front and rear bumpers: (Sorry for the crappy cell phone night pics)

for those that don't know, to get the 2 grill pieces off, there is a screw under each turn signal, the light is spring loaded so just pull it straight forwards (no tools required) and then you can angle it to the side a bit to get to the screws.

*Use hex tool to get bumper off, pretty straight forward even a 2 & 3 yr old can do it  ;D


*Tow hitch blocking 2 screws on rear bumper:


*Removing Tow hitch:


*Took me awhile to figure out there were 2 screws hidden under the molding on the top of rear bumper, just pull the weatherstipping off and they can be reached, I had to use pliers to unscrew them due to little clearance, they must use a special tool.


*I wanted to do by the footwells without removing the door molding:


*Solution, compress it out of the way with tape (I can always get the residue off later):


*The aftermath after being taped/tarped and sprayed


*I sprayed everything with the doors closed first then opened the doors and just used a piece of cardboard to help block overspray (there was actually very little, I overtarped the outside all the way to the roof lol.


**Finished Product:



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Winnebago "Full Campers" / Re: Cavevan Lift Spacer/ New Tires
« on: September 16, 2015, 03:03:04 pm »
yea, 3 solid, it was a very tight fit but worked great once wedged in there.  A yahoo groups forum member made them for me so I can't remember how thick, maybe they were only .5" making it the same as your two.....  I had my front cranked as much as possible for awhile but it was actually too high so I recently lowered the front 1/2" so the rear barely is higher now unloaded. 

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Winnebago "Full Campers" / Re: Cavevan Lift Spacer/ New Tires
« on: September 16, 2015, 02:47:11 pm »
Were they empty vans though Cole?  With full propane tank, water tank, fridge, cabinets stocked and tank of gas, there will most likely be some lean I imagine, I did 3 on the drivers side, 2 on passengers and have been very happy with the extra height.  I am 6'1" and the extra lift vs 1 spacer height is also nice when using my Fiamma awning to not have to duck standing upright under it, not sure how they are even usable stock height unless you are quite short.  I put 17" Audi wheels with 225/60 R17 tires and they fit almost perfect with about 1mm rub on the back very edge of the bumper that is not noticable (mostly on the inner lip portion) and rubbed enough clearance on their own. 

These are the tires I got if anyone is interested, been very happy so far and surpass the load rating required for a full camper: http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/findTireDetail.do?c=0&rcz=85295&ar=60&rf=true&rd=17&rc=AZEINT&cs=225&dVeh=dVeh&ra=searchForMostPopularTires.do&fl=&tc=NITRH6&yr=2013&pc=15265&vid=023402

-Adam

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Winnebago "Full Campers" / Re: Inside rear view mirror?
« on: September 16, 2015, 11:47:39 am »
Don't have any real answers for you but my 2000 EVC has no extra mount or base to remove the mirror, it is semi-permanently glued into place as a complete unit and whenever I change my windshield they remove it from the old windshield and glue it back into place......not sure if you have a different type or if its damaged causing it to be "floppy".

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Winnebago "Full Campers" / Propane heater intermittent lighting issues
« on: September 16, 2015, 11:40:53 am »
Hey all,

  I have a 2000 EVC and on my last camping trip my heater wasn't lighting on its own, resulting in the fan continually running for a few hours with no heat before I noticed it after waking back up to a cold van.  I was able to toggle the thermostat on and off several times before it finally lit the pilot and blew hot air but then the next cycle when it turned on again it was cold air once more, so the pilot light had gone out I'm assuming.  I haven't attempted to fix it yet but does anyone have any tips or suggestions before I take things apart to look at it?  I have never messed with it, so I am not really sure what ill be looking for honestly or what is replaceable vs getting a whole new unit (hopefully not necessary).

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Interior! / Re: Neat interior idea
« on: August 24, 2015, 01:17:54 pm »
My guess is a fancy animal crate of sorts.....

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I would defiantly be interested.  I think it would be cool to make the mounting brackets a solid piece like this syncro, so lights or road showers etc could be attached, endless possibilities.  It would also help strengthen the top quite a bit in conjunction with the rack I would imagine and maybe help prevent some bowing issues people have, and allow it to have multiple bolts to hold it in place along the entire pop top.  In a perfect world I would love to have a small space or clearance between roof and rack to slide in some thin solar panels between that space to utilize the entire rack when needed, how cool would that be.  They could even be designed to slide in/out and lock in place if you wanted to take them off or move them in the sun, etc. 




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