Fitting a Fiamma Carry Bike 200 DJ on a Fiat Ducato Campervan 

All looking very smart 👍 nice job 👍 ... 🤗❤️👵🏼🐾🐾🤠

Nice job 👍 Looking good now 😊

Great video. BUT ...I would recommend spray painting the black square end brackets and clamps (on the end of the rails) before they rust - just after the guarantee runs out.

Top job John...van looking good...thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing John, looking forward to seeing you fit the roof rack then climbing up on the roof to put something on it, hehe... go on please show us you climbing up the ladder, get your union jack leotard on, as we all know you have the physique of circuis trapezist. Go on John, Go on John...... hehe better get a safety net below. No seriously, only pulling your leg. I know lots of people put a box on the bike rack just to use it for extra storage rather than for a bikes. Cheers and best wishes and once again.

I put a Fiamma bike rack on the T5 camper last week, which was a little more straight forward because it didn't involve drilling, thankfully. It just hangs off the top of the tailgate and clamps up to the bottom of the tailgate. It absolutely refused to go on though until I loosened every single bolt, and nipped them all up once it was on.

Nicely done!

Good job John!

Nice video yet again.

Looks good Jon

Good work John. I have a bike rack on the back of my 67 plate Boxer and its a similar loading height. I find it works better as the bikes don't obscure the lights when loaded. I use a cheap collapsible foot stool when I load my bikes, makes it much easier to do.

Nice work as always 👌

Nice job - agree, that bike rack looks far too fiddly compared to the ladder fixing. I think the bike rack would be better with the same fixing bars as the ladder, would then give you an option for a lower bike rack which might be better for an e-bike - and also it would match the ladder too. Looks like if you get an e-bike you will want one with a removable battery - to save a bit of weight when lifting and to be able to have the battery safe in the van - especially when its on charge too.

Grand job

I fitted the same model rack to my Ducato. Didn't drill the door as those bolts are for security only, and once the rack is fitted no one knows they aren't there. Have travelled thousands of miles with bikes and it hasn't budged. The crappy helicopter tape has yellowed and started to peel though so I'm going to replace with some better stuff.

Will the bikes not now obscure rear lights and indicators? If so you will by law unfortunately need one of those auxillary boards connected to electrics with rear lights and indicators. Thats even if you can see lights through bike wheels. Thats why the fitting is so high up, so you do not need one. Oops disregard other comments seem to say bikes dont obscure lights at all. Just looked like they would👍

Great vid. But just make you aware the bikes can only be used on the lower level if you use an add on lighting board otherwise your not legal as the bike wheels obscure the rear lights and indicators. Also would recommend a bike cover so bike does not get covered in road grime. It seems high but dont forget your only putting the tyres on the rail and then rotating the bike through 90deg to meet the frame. Once the initial arrangement of the crossbar arms are done the they stay in place and bikes just drop in and pull strap done. Once set up you can get your bike on or off in seconds . Have a play it soon becomes second nature. Good luck

Is it necessary to screw into the door, or will it be safe enough without the safetyscrews?

Were various and multiple swear words🤬 used whilst fitting this matey 😅, yep, looks like an 3 handed job this, 👌😉👍👍👍.

Would be good if they designed a combined ladder/bike carrier but still giving you access to open the doors. Does it add much in terms of weight allowance, the bike carrier, roof ladder and roof rack? plus the weight of any bikes, to the vehicle.

Excellent vid again John. Something to ponder over.... with a bike or bikes on, you 'might' need to fit a trailer board or repeater lights as the OS rear light might be obscured by the bike wheels enough to be perceived as an issue (got caught by that on our Freelander). Looking forward to the roof rack install... (if you need a second pair of hands shout out) Cheers, Simon (CaravanChronicles)

Are you going to fit a light-board to the bikes John? If not your bike wheels may obscure your rear lights as others have already mentioned. My home-made bike rack is quite high (roughly where your one was originally positioned) however it's simple enough to lift the bikes on and off. You know what the police can be like!

Great video John although you would think they would design it so the two top rails fixed to the doors were fitted at the same height and match the colour if the end caps? OCD alert 🤓

The video that keeps on giving! I have been wanting to buy this rack for the past four years and just bought it. It should be here in a few days. I will probably do it by myself as well. I do like the fact that it is up high. It makes it more difficult for thieves. I am tall so it will not be a problem anyway. Do you still have it and enjoy it?

I would also blank off deactivate the Door Release Button ( that opens the doors wider), as the bike rack will damage the rear light cluster (also be careful when positioning bikes, windbreaks etc )

Great video, the black steel door clamps rust bad within 18mths, why or why would they not be stainless..

Get a LITELOK-Wearable Lock (Expensive but good) for bikes John...Really good :-) Nice job mate :-)

Won’t the bikes obscure the rear lights in that position though? I agree about the lifting problem, I have a Fiamma rack on a T6 and lifting my EMTB onto it is a real strain on the back, even without the battery

job done

This lads got cast iron balls

Great job looks neat John but would have looked better with silver end caps same as ladder.

Hi John can you remove bike rack when not required leaving just the two bolted securing bars. kind Regards George

Good point about e-bikes. What is the load rating of the rack?

Thanks for the video! I know I won't buy this... I dunno if it's made to be loaded with doors opened, but if so, how do you get to the handle with bikes on anyway?

The scratch pads don’t work and rub through in 200miles. Have you seen my time lapse of my assembly? Claire gave me a hand to hang it. Also they don’t work on Sprinter/Crafters as the holding open magnets are in the way unless you want to take them off. I didn’t like the idea of drilling the doors so I’m relying on the fixings on the edge to hold it and the door magnet to keep it in place.

Bit of a disaster. So bike wheels obscure your rear lights, especially on the drivers side. Will this rack take e-bikes? I'd be interested in the combined weight of the awning (20/25kg?), roof rack, ladder & bike rack?

Hi John & Mandy. About to do the same job. Do the plastic fastenings for the inside door cards come out easily and how did you remove them?

John is the motor shell galvanised at the manufactures when been made??

Reversing Camera view? Great job, how is the view from your reversing camera affected when you have the bikes loaded?

I want to fit a twin bike rack like that and a slare wheel holder on the back doors. Could you mount a wheel at the top of your ladder and still get a bike on do you think?

Test it with some bikes - just to make sure the wheels don't block the lights or stick out beyond the the drivers side ......

Looks smart! Do the bikes over hang the lights?

Weird that the ladder has grey end caps and the bike rack as black end caps. Like they come from different manufacturers.

If you would have asked...? My 4 year old grandson would have worked out the instructions and fitted it within 30 minutes..? is all you had to do then was make the ribena and chocy bickies..

You want be carful when shouting that door that it does not hit you in the face.