POP TOP BED UPGRADE - (I MADE A MISTAKE) + SOLAR PANEL UPDATE 

Always make out of cardboard first! trace around on the MDF after, so much easier and you can fine tune the OCD away

Really enjoying your videos, watched every one to date. Taking delivery of my VW camper in the next week or so and can’t wait to get out there… keep the videos coming 👍

Second time around looks great mate ! , well done .

Superb Vlog Col, excellent work mate 💪👏👏

I made same….works great as a shelf during the day 😊

Hey fella, just subscribed 👍🏻. Me an the Mrs are buying our first vw in a few months and your videos will help a lot when we come to converting it to a camper.

Love this, the first thing i thought when i got the van was that i could extend the top bed by 2 feet by doing this and tidy up the look of the van when’s it down. And yes i did lol at your measurements before you cut it. I’ve also watched two of your videos today, one drilling the hole in the roof for the solar panel wire and this one and they both gave me the heart palpitations. How you still have all your fingers and eye balls is beyond me 🤣Next time you do this, do me a favour, drive 3 miles up the Che in to my house and borrow my jig saw and googles!

Love your honesty. With 6.3 I've got the same issue. Just didn't get a cover for the hole as good as yours, but you had a few attempts 🤪 Keep the videos oming, as you're giving me great tips and help me to prevent those mistakes 👍

Great work and should never worry about mistakes it’s what we learn from 👍😜

Great video , really good idea 👍 enjoyed watching 😃

Hi been thinking of doing the poptop cover myself . Keep up the cracking videos love them and showing us interesting places to visit . Top job 👍😷🚐😁

Great stuff, love the content. Been meaning to make some shelves like yours for ages, think I'll go do it now :)

Great vid, just love you put the mistake in too. Just the type of mistake I would make and I have all the gear ( but no idea 😄)

I like the poptop board idea, I’ll have a look at that for mine cheers

This is a great idea and something I will be doing myself. My feet get crushed in the end of the pop top and I reckon this will solve my woes! Thank you.

Well done in trying warts and all. Here is a top tip for any further shaped mods , make the shape from cardboard first. It can be cutt to suite the shape of most things.

Bet that was difficult to edit. I would have been so annoyed with myself 😂 End result looks good though. Got my van now and realised I'm a bit tall for the top bed but this seems a good solution. Also good to know about the solar. Campsites seem to be all booked up for electric but still have spaces for non-electric.

great job learn as you go.that is what it is all about

So funny to watch but you do make it look so doable so going to get on. And do it now. Cheers for video xx

Excellent 👍😁

Genius! Loving your honesty and humour, I would have probably done the same. Did you do a video on how you built the shelves? The long horizontal one and the small ones in this video? Would be good to see how you built/fixed them to the van

Nice job mate.. in the end 😂

I have an SCA and they used a net and bar that once you’re up in the pop you raise the bar and attach it to the pop….hence no pillow lose, but love your idea….brilliant!

Nice job... I was thinking of the doing the same thing.

Ace! The hole is glorious :D Multi-usage which is ace.

So funny.. I was thinking.. erm.. that’s not right as soon as you talked about you measurement as I remember the shape. Cracked me up as you said measure thrice cut once, so I was sure you’d have spotted your mistake before you cut it 🤣🤣🙈

Brilliant mate, so my Mrs says i suppose your going to buy some bloody MDF sheets now cos Colin says so!!! My reply was...absolutely and seeing as its 12.30am i might wild camp outside B&Q till they open 🤣🤣🤙

I copied the idea and it is great. It is also useful as a shelf during the day, and stops cold air dropping to the cabin in winter when the upper bed is down.

Great vid, we all make mistakes and showing us your mistakes help people not to make the same. I would have to make sure that there was carpet cut into the hole to lift it out with my head would not allow me to have wood on show. Excellent job though :)

Oh man...I'm afraid I did shout at you at the first cut!!! (but I bet I would have done the same!). Good job in the end :-)

Me again, what I should have said was..... very nice !! 😁 👌

I'm so nicking "perfection station nation"!!!!

Note on Xmas list... a jigsaw 😉👌🏽

This is a brilliant idea, I’ve an Austops pop roof and I’d love to do the same thing. The hole you put the ply into looks the same shape as mine, is your roof from Austops? Cheers, Phil

Cardboard templates are a good way forward mate. Lol

What a great vid very useful, few questions, where do you get the carpet from and do you have the hatch in place whilst the pop top is down if so do the straps holding the top top down fit ok?

Great idea we are new to camper vans so these sort of videos are great. Where did you get the black stitched lining on the bottom of the pop top bed

Excellent good job keep them coming 😎👍 Just out of interest what was the make of your solar panel and how much did it cost

Hi! Love the videos, we have a Renault traffic campervan with pop top and was wondering about the weight limits for the pop top bed? We are a bit anxious of both sleeping up there

Great video, good to see the work in progress. Do you sleep up in the pop-top often? I'm thinking of getting a van to use for biking and just use the roof for sleeping, but not sure it will be enough space/comfy enough. Cheers

Love the videos bud 😁quick question, can you fit the board when the pop top is in the down position ?? Just to tidy the front of the pop top Cheers Jay

I want one now 😂

Great video 👍🏻 Have you been offered a jackery power station to test yet ?

That’s Mint! Where did you get the memory foam mattress for the pop top? And do you leave it up there all the time? Great vid 👌👌🎉

You should of done a live stream, then we could of all shouted at you!!

Hi mate, do you store the board under the pop top mattress when the roof is down when driving?

Yes my pillows always fall down there too. Now I can see how to do it.. And how not to do it 🙃

We got the safety net which I use as a headboard

6ft8 with the quiff 😂

I never make mistakes says no one ever!

Good job! Can I ask where you got your hooks that go over the over window shelf please?

Love the mistakes .👍

Sound vid again. 😎

That looks great pal, keep thinking I should do the same, out of interest.....have you seen any difference in road/wind noise at all since having the panel in ?

Yes, I put my hand up! Still a good idea, though!

I thought those (mistake gaps) were to lift it to get down 😁

Hello what’s the mattress you have in your pop top? and also can you leave it up there when you shut it down

Hi, what type of mattress do you have up there? Im just about to have pop top fitted but not sure which mattress to buy, thank you, 🙂

Hiya mate. Where did you get the vw logo from in the pop top bed? Just got a t5.1 and its missing the bed and realy want 1 with the vw logo and light in. Also just started a channel so please take a look, any advice is appreciated. Cheers, dance campers

I have one of these going if anyone is interested….. I only needed a shelf. It’s all carpeted.

Saw that you was cutting wrong as you was cutting🤣 We all make these mistakes 👍

Im just starting out with my conversion, still making bits up as I go to see what I like. Di you do a video on your solar upgrade? or a solar installation, I do want solar but no idea what I need.

anything worth doing is worth doing twice!

Did you hear me shouting? ha. Get yourself a jigsaw.

Always make a cardboard template .

Oh dear , someone has made a mistake with their measuring !

man you're hardcore with that glory hole thing, think I now know why you need the extra privacy 😂

I have seen it done slightly differently - in that you only make an extension to the square bit - that way the angled bit is left out of the equation, and you can extract the extension and get out with ease. Love the fact you show this warts and all - as I might have thought the same way if I had not seen it done a different way. And you keep talking about it being a tight fit with wood. 🤪Stop it, it's killing me.

You need to carpet your 'hole' to finish it off or put a plastic ring in it.

Is anybody really interested in this stuff