Thread: New Camper Top

same design/colour?

I spoke to him last week about putting new zips on the windows and new tops over the beds on my camper. The prices he quoted were good and he was very helpful.

Go some pics?

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

same design/colour?

Almost, a touch taller with roof and floor vents, colour will be Navy Blue, and Dark grey trim, with dark grey awning with side wall in Navy blue and grey trim, grey cover that will be larger than standard size, with zipper and velcro, new frame with struts and all poles and pegs, with zip on/off floor.

All for $7000

Originally Posted by Geedublya

I spoke to him last week about putting new zips on the windows and new tops over the beds on my camper. The prices he quoted were good and he was very helpful.

Yep great bloke to talk too, and his work is top notch.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Go some pics?

Yes mate photos will be put up, but here is a taste of his work;





Baz.

Just be aware that most problems with zips not sealing are to do with a worn slider.
New sliders can be bought for about $5.
My 1997 Camp'o'matic has had a few zips not seal and they have all been fixed with a new slider.

If the tent is not ripped or has pinholes through it , it can be resealed with Driseal.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Just be aware that most problems with zips not sealing are to do with a worn slider.
New sliders can be bought for about $5.
My 1997 Camp'o'matic has had a few zips not seal and they have all been fixed with a new slider.

If the tent is not ripped or has pinholes through it , it can be resealed with Driseal.
Regards Philip A

Yep done that 12mths ago, the zippers are shagged now, the whole zipper needs replacing, canvas has torn at the stitching as well as being thread bare, the whole top has to come off to be repaired, new zippers, new awning and two walls of the main tent, not cheap to repair this.

Well it's on and it's bloody brilliant, the workmanship is excellent, so much better than the old top, and, it looks so much bigger than the old top, it is a lot taller, with a steeper pitch, he has also re-wired our LED lights by passing the wires internally in the uprights, put in a new bed base and improved the brackets for the pivot point for the uprights and also added gas struts.
There is always a negative to getting anything made and in our case we have one "we forgot to ask for a second door" we are so annoyed with ourselves, it never even crossed our minds and to make it worse, it was a priority when we were considering getting a new top and in the discussions we had with Terry, we completely forgot to mention it
Anyway something we'll just have to live with now, We have a few things we need to do, re-route the wires for the LEDs back up to the power, and make a new stone guard, and because we used the second door for the shower, we'll need to work out were we are going to setup the shower, it was so easy with the second door, we just set the shower tent outside from it, which ment we could step from the shower tent into the camper and get dressed.
Anyway, here are some pics, once we set it up again I'll take some better ones.



And no second door

Looks great Baz! (Forgiving the 2nd door fopar).