In this video I set out making my own pop top roof, as there was a 5 month wait list for all the fitters I called. I'm doing a full campervan conversion on a Vauxhall Vivaro, subscribe to see the whole thing!
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@tink4779Ай бұрын
Love it! Had a chuckle at your optimism "Probably won't go wrong". Super cute! I am also EXTREMELY impressed by your ingenuity (and your bravado!), you give me faith in my ability to make my own pop-top roof!
@felixcat93182 жыл бұрын
I can't praise you enough for deciding to fabricate your own pop top in aluminium and for sharing your experiences on KZfaq! I particularly respect your openness about what, why and how you're doing this, and you will inspire many others to consider doing this for themselves, rather than pay ludicrous sums of money to someone else! I'm happy to have found your channel and o have subscribed.
@NomaddUK3 жыл бұрын
You are very brave. Mine is 10 years older than yours and I would still be terrified if cutting a huge hole in the roof.
@adreebuatpandai2 жыл бұрын
Nice work 👍
@irishrover633 жыл бұрын
I thought that you were going to get it fitted, I know they are expensive hence the reason I didn't go down that route and I'm not sure I would gain anything as I have stayed in our van several times now and height is not an issue. I would be concerned that the aluminium is not one sheet, just another place to leak. What about covering it with fibre glass or similar when complete? Hope it all goes to plan mate as once you cut that roof there is no going back.
@simonlinser82869 ай бұрын
Ya ever heard of welding. You could easily put the roof back on it would be silly but you could
@manueldominguez85054 күн бұрын
You crazy 😂😢😅, i would get a truck tuned and cover, and go from there 😂😢😅
@tinajones46442 жыл бұрын
Good job we are extending roof on our van but not making pop top we are using 80/20 and aluminium One question why didn't you put aluminium going on sideways overlaping at join so you would not have any chance of leaks where joining lengthways like you have done you could have issue with leaking in future
@georgescott66712 жыл бұрын
Yes the join was an issue, I think I'll look at putting fibreglass waterproofing on over using more metal though
@dare2imagine6515 ай бұрын
I am about to do this and was going the 80/20 route as well. Do you have any pics on your build?
@madChileRiver2 жыл бұрын
How did you seal the joint where the two sheets met?
@simonlinser82869 ай бұрын
This is like 500 bucks of aluminum if you get it at home depot. Go ask a local scrap dealer if you can buy metal by the pound, some will. Then you can find aluminum and get it for a lot cheaper. You can't get exactly what you want but sometimes you get lucky.