VAN LIFE can I make the van look cool? || neglected van gets a makeover

[@bobcmac6115]

That's the cleanest neglected van I have ever seen.

[@capo6645]

Paint mirrors and spoiler black , debadge lettering and black out badges, and 4d or 3d plates. Maybe some roof bars would also look good.

[@Cous1nJack]

Yeah get the 4D plates that change time.

[@veeb6970]

Spot on!

[@mrbone-jangles245]

Everything mentioned as above however no to the 3d or 4d, they're being made illegal as of 1st Sept as ANPR can't pick them up very well ):

[@capo6645]

@@mrbone-jangles245 yeah just seen that, police already tell me everytime i get stopped, stupid tho cause ANPR picks them up fine aslong as they dont have colours behind them.

[@mrbeeoutdoors3213]

What on earth is a 4d plate?

[@lobo241us]

Black mirrors, black spoiler, and black out the chrome letters.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Like the idea of the blacked out letters as well 👍🏻

[@Blurry_Sights]

@@DaveRebuilds Now thats a great idea for the van. She'll catch a few eyes when thats done to her

[@susanrayner4242]

SSS

[@MohammedMohammed-vy1jd]

Paint all the black trim outside the van white, it will look boss 👍👌👌👌

[@colinbarton3960]

Van looks great. I would paint the spoiler white.. But any colour will look fine. PS loved the police car series. Cheers Bart 👍🙋‍♂️

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude, much appreciated 😃👍🏻

[@jackgrange5735]

Definitely do the black wing mirrors

[@robertorodriguez6772]

Black, You already have alot of white. It also blends with the side moldings.

[@jack303030]

3:57 shows perfectly why you should always use axle stands and not only rely on the jack itself. You can see that the jack is slowly going down.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Oh yeah absolutely, a jack is just to get the vehicle in the air, never ever rely on it for anything else 👍🏻

[@hairyhippy2445]

Might be a bit late but I think if you painted the spoiler to match the black trim/ bumpers, you'd easily mistake it for standard, wheels look great and the mirror covers remind me of Volvo's R-design

[@petevan8942]

Chrome side bars...I have those on mine,look great, painted my spoiler white

[@lindsaymerritt975]

I’d paint the entire van black. Super glossy, many coats of clear. You asked for suggestions... 🤣

[@DaveRebuilds]

Lol and a fine suggestion it is too!😃👍🏻

[@ukaszkusmierczak5333]

The spoiler looks better in black 🙂😉

[@WhoKnowsWho]

I just love how much the English love a good van massive respect and much love pal I will definitely be following your KZbin journey 🇮🇪 ✌❤👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

Lol thanks dude, I’m Scottish tho 😉👍🏻. New rebuild series coming in 2021 once I’ve finished the next round of Focus RS mods 👍🏻

[@WhoKnowsWho]

@@DaveRebuilds evan better tell me your a ranger's fan because I need more ranger's fans to totally get upset the rest can't wait for the new series top bloke up the celts 😁✌❤👍

[@nickpritch3152]

Wow the boats on her has made a massive difference. Starting to look the dogs nuts!!!!

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks, getting there slowly but surely! Think I need side step bar things and a tow bar next to pick up the next rebuilds 👍🏻

[@anakshan]

Black letters (including the logo) , black spoiler, black mirrors. 👌🏾

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah I love the black letters idea as well and the general consensus is for black spoiler and mirrors so will be going for that 👍🏻, it’s the easiest to do as well which is always good lol

[@anakshan]

@@DaveRebuilds lol

[@noelcxl2037]

I would go white on bumpers, mirrors and spoiler. I know it’s a lot of sanding, time and expense but you can’t put a price on looking cool 😎 😎

[@alanimals]

Well done mate the van looks great leave all the colours as they are.

[@rodgercostello9814]

Looks like new van, black carbon fibre, matt black look good on it look good with trim wrap in matt carbon fibre also. Wicked

[@Brown969]

7:40 putting the spring clamps on that way round...I think we've all made that mistake. Glad you still have all your valuable assets. 🤞😎 Van looks ace!

[@DaveRebuilds]

Lol not going to lie, I had my eyes half shut the entire way through 😂

[@1mummymum]

My husbands Vito need a good clean too. I’ll share this video to him.

[@DaveRebuilds]

😃👍🏻

[@DetailingandtheBeast]

Looking much much better now! I'd try and match the rest of the trim so a dark grey for the mirror covers and the spoiler.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks, I agree, looks way better 👍🏻. I’m going to see how dark the plastics go after some carpro ceramic before I paint them, but I think the general consensus was to go black/trim colour over the white 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Nevakonaza.]

I vote to paint the spoiler white, Would fit in with the rest of the upper of the van then :),Looks much better with those alloys!

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah I agree as well that the spoiler and mirrors would look better in white. Haven’t got around to painting them yet so might go get a white made👍🏻

[@mikeclifton7778]

I've got the same X82 Vivaro myself, really like those rims and the slight lowering, subtly done, excellent choice. I'd probably go white for the spoiler, it's not something I've considered. I need to tidy up the bodywork before doing too much else, it's a 2015 van that worked in South London for Integral so you can probably guess it's battle- scarred.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thank you👍🏻 lol, yeah I don’t need to imagine what an ex integral van looks like, my pal drives one 😂😂, battle scarred would be an understatement, but they can look good again with some TLC. My pal converted his to a day camper and it looks awesome

[@markmdusty3]

Mirrors and spoiler white. Van does look sweet.👍👍👍

[@DeOldSod]

Spoiler black. It looks like the rear of the van is framed that way. Good job on the lowering kit and alloys. She’s looking well.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude 😃👍🏻

[@craigh310]

Mirrors and spoiler gloss Black. Will pop just that little bit

[@cameronstevenson5894]

Id leave the wheels there mint spoiler same colour as the black trim 👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude, what about the mirrors? Silver, white or black?

[@frankgalvin]

White.... all the black on the back is very square looking with the black spoiler

[@richardmckenna9702]

I would paint the mirror covers and spoiler the same as the wheels ?

[@DaveRebuilds]

Like an anthracite grey?

[@RichieRouge206]

Really like it with the new wheels. I'd do the mirrors in gloss black

[@paulworthington4661]

Mirrors n spoiler black defo 👌

[@johnjones1181]

black spoiler looks great and black the mirrors

[@darrellcairns1007]

I colour matched my mirrors and spoiler to the van (white) looked really good!

[@ChatMotorsport]

Personally I'd paint the bumpers and trim/spoiler white. my mate has an older one of these that's camper converted, all colour coded and it looks pretty good.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Cool, thanks for the advice 👍🏻

[@bmg65]

Mirrors, spoilers, and lettering would look good if you matched them with the wheels

[@lltl6962]

Level it black 🖤 and the mirrors silver she'll look as cool as a cucumber,

[@Chris_8270]

I'd colour code the bumpers,side mouldings,spoiler, trims around the rear lights and door handles silver

[@dudeskinus]

we need a second part to this video dude!

[@DaveRebuilds]

I would love to, but I sold the van to fund the VW transporter build. Hopefully getting the VW back this week and it will be getting fixed and then modified like this van did (but a fair bit more lol)

[@rossmclaren71]

Black for sure ! And new discs at the back and paint the calipers mate ! Nothing worse than new wheels with rusty discs and calipers behind them

[@irishniall83]

Black for the spoiler I would say. It’ll match nicely with the other black trims. But sure get someone to photoshop it white and see how it looks.

[@bradleyhyland2953]

Can you put up a link to where you got the alloys from plz van looks dope 👍

[@DaveRebuilds]

Www.vanstyle.co.uk, great company and deliver really quick 👍🏻

[@zanyzara8788]

I'VE subscribed to your channel because I absolutely love what you do. Happy new year

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thank you 👍🏻, happy Kew year to you as well 😃

[@stevenreeves2]

Spoiler black looks nice

[@dylankerr5514]

Wind mirrors black and the spoiler white Also I’d probably wrap the bumper in carbon fibre

[@russthebiker]

Consider installing a tracker ! way too many vans get stolen, especially nice ones like that, ( also dead useful if you forget where you were one week ??)

[@DaveRebuilds]

Not a bad shout! Will look in to one just now, can’t imagine they will be that expensive?

[@Iainwilliams67]

@@DaveRebuilds look into AutomatricsMTrack videos on YT. I think they the ones i'll be going with.

[@stuartcraigon2003]

@@DaveRebuilds get some deadlocks fitted to the doors as well. Stops peal and steal!

[@Hrodn]

White mirrors, black spoiler, and debadge.

[@MrTony1680]

Black spoiler for me, also black mirrors .

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah I was thinking the same! Unfortunately I sold it during the pandemic but have regretted it ever since lol

[@krissysxi4808]

White spoiler and black mirrors

[@barryjackson8512]

Mirrors and spoiler. Black match the plastics. 😎

[@adrianriley780]

You should paint the brake calipers would look awesome

[@DaveRebuilds]

I am tempted to, just can’t work out what colour to do them! Red? Blue? Yellow?

[@connorsutton]

Imo I would paint the all the black plastic and mirrors painted in the same colour as the wheels.

[@richardgraham6798]

i would keep spoiler black and mirrors covers white would finish it off better

[@steveo6944]

just started watching your channnel mate like what you doing, BTW keep the black for the van

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude 👍🏻, yeah think spoiler etc are going black once the weather warms up a bit. Might change it to white if I don’t like how the black looks 👍🏻😃

[@duncandancer9531]

White clean tidy

[@paultaylor9652]

Lovely Jubbly, gloss black if I'm not to late.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Nope, haven’t got around to doing it yet lol, do you not think it would look cool in white?

[@paultaylor9652]

All white van not for me. EIther black or colour coded with wheels would be my choice.

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@paultaylor9652 plan to leave the bumpers black not going to colour code them, I like how it breaks up the white. I was meaning white spoiler and white mirror covers, the rest of the mirrors will stay black 👍🏻, but a lot of people have said black so will do that first and c how it looks😃

[@Karnage-ds1gq]

Ye mirrors and spoiler black. Well hard 😎

[@dazcapri7004]

Those drop links never come off without a grinder,budget on a new set for the mot they don't last very long

[@DaveRebuilds]

👍🏻

[@jth1987leb]

Never put any type of anti seize on lug bolts. It will not all the lug bolts to be torque to spec and can let the back out.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thank you for the advice 👍🏻

[@d2cdl]

Amazing what a set of nice wheels can do for a vehicles appearance. They are Calibre Tourers. Did you lose any oil out of the gearbox when you removed the nearside strut?. The driveshaft is only held in place at the gearbox by spring tension from the the hub. Rear spoiler in the same shade as the plastics I reckon. Great vid. (oh, and don't forget to put 5 of your original wheel bolts somewhere in the van just in case you need to put the spare on).

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude, yeah they do make a huge difference to the appearance! Got 5 bolts in the cab just in case 😉, and thankfully I watched a “how to change springs on a vivaro” vid before I did it so knew the driveshaft might decide to do its own thing if I didn’t secure it 😂

[@GM-mk3ep]

Spray the mirrors and the rear spoiler black, or the off grey to match the bumpers! Call it a Black edition!!

[@DaveRebuilds]

Oh I like the sound of the black edition! I was super tempted to match the paint colour on both but it’s way easier going black paint lol

[@richardsarcheryreviews]

That the cleanest disgusting interior I've ever seen

[@englishcple]

You should get some locking wheel nuts on those wheels,,, or they will go !!

[@DaveRebuilds]

Already done 👍🏻, I thought I had ordered some when I shot the video but turned out I didn’t 😂, so ordered some a day or so later, thanks for looking out though 😃👍🏻

[@richardhunt1384]

Shouldn't really have Copper Slipped the bolts either, a definite No No on certain makes of cars (Mercedes Benz especially!!) when with the bolts Copper Slipped up they sometimes undo.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Good to know. I usually do it on the wheel nuts first time using them just to make sure they don’t seize. But useful to know for future 👍🏻

[@Alan-mg6lr]

Black for both 😎

[@DaveRebuilds]

Not a fan of the white? Kinda glad actually as black is way easier to paint lol

[@caraudiosolutions]

Looks amazing, they suit the van.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks, yeah I think the wheels suit it as well, makes it look cool lol

[@caraudiosolutions]

@@DaveRebuilds lol..it does..also you're really good at what you do... even with my 25 yrs experience lol.

[@caraudiosolutions]

You did a pretty good job on the vauxhall...well impressed 👏

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@caraudiosolutions thanks dude 👍🏻

[@liamholcroft7212]

would definiteley colour match those bumpers (not sure about the sides). that's the way it should be, vauxhall will have left them unpainted to save money. all budget cars have black bumpers.

[@chrisstone3280]

Maybe look up Vauxhall Vivaro styling and get some nice multi coloured lightbars for the sides

[@DaveRebuilds]

Not a bad shout! I got the current stuff from vanstyle so will c if they have anything else 👍🏻

[@chrisstone3280]

@@DaveRebuilds Look up this jimbars.co.uk scroll almost to the bottom of the page and you will see a Red Vauxhall vivaro click on that and you will see some of the bars you can get

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@chrisstone3280 thanks dude, will do that 👍🏻

[@stephengirling7859]

Paint the mirrors and ALL black plastic in black chrome to match the wheels.

[@paulegan7250]

Paint mirrors and spoiler black and 4d or 3d plates. Roof bars would also look good.

[@OptiMistique]

like the rest of the plastic trim

[@mikebooker6354]

copper grease on wheel bolts, nice.....

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah I know, been shouted at by several people already for doing it lol. I genuinely thought you had to when putting on new wheel bolts, but apparently not 😂

[@justanoldman9762]

Mirrorrs as is spoiler as above lights

[@MrTolo123]

full black for the van much better then white

[@chriscarr3916]

Black. Also why not locking wheel bolts/nuts for those amazing alloys 😱🤦‍♂️

[@DaveRebuilds]

I thought I had ordered a set lol, had to order a set after I finished filming. Has them on now 👍🏻

[@redsuru2217]

Colour code all the plastic trims like bumpers and side trims stuff like that

[@eirikramsfjell5008]

Id paint the spoiler white youve got enough black on that van already

[@despaterson8918]

Have you thought about doing a camper or day van conversion?

[@DaveRebuilds]

I have, really tempted to say van convert it, but it’s just so handy as a van at the moment as I can easily put the super bike in it if I want to go a bike run further afield 👍🏻

[@stuartcraigon2003]

@@DaveRebuilds put a high bed in accessible from the back and make it a wee garage for the bike. That way you can have a bit at the side door as s day van kit out and a garage at the back.

[@Mike_5]

Needs some Enterprise logo on it that's how they deliver your rental vans ....

[@weemanling]

Pressure wash the patio 👍

[@zola7406]

Pressure wash your face

[@zola7406]

Mate you should 100 percent keep it as black the spoiler

[@priceliam8890]

Black spoiler and mirrors 100%

[@davidjamesmcloughlin6558]

Paint the spoiler white as well as the door mirrors

[@stephenmansell9024]

Be careful copper slip on wheel nuts can cause to wheels to loosen

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thank you 👍🏻, quite a few people have said the same thing. I’ve been doing it for years lol, so glad that you guys are looking out and sharing your own experience, knowledge and expertise! Every day is a school day 👍🏻😃

[@jayo9627]

I use to work in an auto repair shop

[@russellpetrie119]

leave spoiler the way it is to compliment the mirrors kept silver chrome side rails and a bar keep it stealph

[@megataurus7779]

Chrome mirror covers,chrome sidebars, chrome abar,

[@Cous1nJack]

Please no

[@megataurus7779]

@@Cous1nJack ok...matt black them all instead.?

[@id70b40]

Spoiler white & mirror caps in gun grey the same as the wheels and debadge ( or black out)

[@DaveRebuilds]

Like it! Might borrow that idea if it’s ok with you!

[@ASM-AmateurScaleModelling]

Colour code the spoiler with the silver mirrors

[@stevedarcy9542]

Great video my friend. Loving the mods, makes a very visual difference awesome. Are you thinking of selling your old wheels and tyres, I would be very interested. Thanks for sharing.

[@DaveRebuilds]

Thanks dude 👍🏻 you want The old van wheels?

[@stevedarcy9542]

Dasi's Garage what’s the price your asking for.

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@stevedarcy9542 I’m not really looking to sell it tbh as it’s so handy to have around but probably in the region of £9-10k as it’s only done 32k miles

[@stevedarcy9542]

Dasi's Garage crossed lines dasi’s when I said are you getting shot of your wheels, I didn’t mean the van I meant the old wheels you took off, sorry mate for the mix up.

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@stevedarcy9542 lmfao, sorry dude, got you confused with someone else who was asking about the van itself 😂. No idea how much they are worth, say £200 for 4 of them? They’ve still got good tyres on them

[@filipwennergren2712]

White spoiler snd same grey as the wheels on mirrors?

[@bazroyle9316]

The red would stand out against the white n black you got enough white n black

[@DaveRebuilds]

True!

[@davidforman2024]

White spoiler for me Dasi

[@DaveRebuilds]

Yeah I think white would look better having had a few weeks to think about it. Haven’t actually painted or fitted it yet as the weather has been so bad lol, more of a warm weather (possibly spring) type job 😃👍🏻

[@andymcmullan6999]

Black mirrors and black spoiler. Is a wkd looking van .

[@chrismaisy3612]

I put bmw mx5 wheels on my van 18 inch

[@DaveRebuilds]

Nice! The alpine ones or the split 5 spoke?

[@68elky]

i would say black

[@krisreader117]

Mirrors black roof spoiler black sorry gloss black

[@grantthorne7115]

Hey bud where did you get the spoiler from thank you

[@DaveRebuilds]

Hi, honestly can’t remember dude sorry, but pretty sure I still have the one I was going to fit to the van, so let me check when I get home as it may have the name of the company on the box?

[@paulwood7798]

Black and Gold or red brake calipers jobs a goodun.

[@DaveRebuilds]

I was thinking of doing the callipers either black or blue, tried doing gold once before and it went horribly wrong lol

[@paulwood7798]

@@DaveRebuilds I know what you mean I took mine to a friend in the end after two failures. He knows somebody and he I think sandblasted them then painted some acid liquid on them then put some powder on them and baked them in a high temp ove. They are still like new but even at mates rates it was'nt cheap but was worth it. Not sure what the process is called but he does a lot of motorcycle parts and one off custom builds.

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@paulwood7798 powder coating? I’ll give them a go with calliper paint and see how long they last lol👍🏻

[@blackhurst98]

Can you test the jet washer on the wall

[@DaveRebuilds]

The garage is about to get a refurb dont panic lol

[@blackhurst98]

@@DaveRebuilds the van looked so nice then 12:10 I would be itching just to power jet wash the wall

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@blackhurst98 they will get getting jet washed and then repainted 👍🏻, the garage has been driving me mad for months just never get the time to make it look new again 😂😃

[@SuperWayneyb]

🤘😎🤘

[@DaveRebuilds]

😃👍🏻

[@Deathblade27893]

Looking good my only concern is where your locking nuts for the alloys?

[@DaveRebuilds]

I ordered a set as soon as I’d finished making the video lol, thought I had ordered them with the wheels but hadn’t 😂👍🏻

[@Deathblade27893]

Lol know that all to well, watching your videos has helped motivate me to do a few projects. Stay safe and happy new year

[@DaveRebuilds]

@@Deathblade27893 good stuff and good luck with your projects 👍🏻, happy new year and here’s hoping 221 goes better than 2020 did 😂