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Blue Grand Driver.
Hi from NZ. Have had our 680 for 4 months and got a lot of useful info off the forum so thought time for payback with a few tips that might help others.
1. First thing we did was remove the step. Too low for NZ camping spots. Replaced with a plastic folding job. It doesn’t fault any of the electronics when you unplug it.
2. Need a spare in NZ. An alloy won’t fit in the spare hanger. A 16” Crafter steel wheel fits the van and the hanger.
3. Many owners complain about the table. We made a smaller one as per the pics. Used a piece of shelving with a leg on one end and a hinge on the other. A piece of aluminium extrusion originally for a wardrobe rail (which you need for the wardrobes anyway) fits nicely into the existing extrusion and using the existing bolts. Use another piece of the extrusion for the leg. No holes in the van and an easily fold away table. Happy to provide further detail if anyone wants.
4. Take the rods out of the front curtain and just slide the curtain up behind the folded down sunshades. It sqeezes into the shade hinges and takes 10 seconds to fit and remove versus 10 minutes.
5. The rear of the kitchen bench needs a divider to protect the bed and the wall behind during food prep. We made one out of an HDPE cutting board and glued and screwed it in place. See pic.
6. Add a switch to the rear light under the external shower. It doesn’t otherwise go off with the doors open, during those long summer nights.
7. We carry 2 foldable e-bikes in the boot, so have protected the cupboard sides from scratches with glued on aluminium sheeting.
8. With the bikes in, there is no access to the back left cupboard, so probably going to put a rear facing extra door on it for easy access. Anyone done that already??
9. Also we fitted some decent 255 AT tyres on 16” black alloys as many others have done.
Cheers.
1. First thing we did was remove the step. Too low for NZ camping spots. Replaced with a plastic folding job. It doesn’t fault any of the electronics when you unplug it.
2. Need a spare in NZ. An alloy won’t fit in the spare hanger. A 16” Crafter steel wheel fits the van and the hanger.
3. Many owners complain about the table. We made a smaller one as per the pics. Used a piece of shelving with a leg on one end and a hinge on the other. A piece of aluminium extrusion originally for a wardrobe rail (which you need for the wardrobes anyway) fits nicely into the existing extrusion and using the existing bolts. Use another piece of the extrusion for the leg. No holes in the van and an easily fold away table. Happy to provide further detail if anyone wants.
4. Take the rods out of the front curtain and just slide the curtain up behind the folded down sunshades. It sqeezes into the shade hinges and takes 10 seconds to fit and remove versus 10 minutes.
5. The rear of the kitchen bench needs a divider to protect the bed and the wall behind during food prep. We made one out of an HDPE cutting board and glued and screwed it in place. See pic.
6. Add a switch to the rear light under the external shower. It doesn’t otherwise go off with the doors open, during those long summer nights.
7. We carry 2 foldable e-bikes in the boot, so have protected the cupboard sides from scratches with glued on aluminium sheeting.
8. With the bikes in, there is no access to the back left cupboard, so probably going to put a rear facing extra door on it for easy access. Anyone done that already??
9. Also we fitted some decent 255 AT tyres on 16” black alloys as many others have done.
Cheers.
