Clever Roof Top Tent Upgrades - DIY

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In this episode, Christian installed some clever additions into our roof top tent. Everything is DIY made and not expensive. Hope you like the video and thanks for watching.
Vera & Christian
Our tent is an Eezi-Awn made in South Africa. It is not very expensive but very durable. ,
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[@ONE_22]

Your 16 year old self knew what your 50 year old self was going to need in the future! -Nice!👍

[@barryhumphries4514]

I enjoy you videos and humour! Red is Black and Plus is Minus… 😂

[@GT380man]

32 minutes, the sound of church bells almost made me cry. We’ve lost so much in U.K. I remember 60 years ago, you always heard the bells especially on Sunday, more than once. 55 years ago, I was a junior chorister and assistant bell pull operator. I remember always doing what the vicar told us not to do, and that was to keep hold of the bell pull on the upstroke, when I’d be winched up to the ceiling and down again like a monkey, laughing hysterically.

[@Legaleze]

Is there anything this man can’t do? 😉👍

[@gordyl9247]

Now I realise where Robin gets his practical skills from, He makes very unique interesting articles. Keep including the clips.

[@graemevass745]

Sell the Mall Crawler and get a Freelander 2 , my wife ( who passed away yesterday) had one before her Range Rover Sport 3.6 , and it was the best most cost effective most reliable Land Rover we ever had , great interesting video this week . Don't buy a pig in a poke or New Defender. Take care Christian and Vera and keep up the best car program ever , Love you guys .... Graeme

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Sorry for your loss. I wish you the strength to go on with life even if it will never be the same. Christian

[@torchyboyz]

Dear Christian and vera, thank you once again for an entertaining and informative vid. Christian you really are a maestro, and I was made up to see Vera with her kit off, looking great. Paul.

[@josephp5058]

Another Sunday another LR time that’s as good as it gets, great to see you both thank you for entertaining us all.

[@andrewjones-productions]

KZbin kindly recommended your channel for the first time today! I rarely subscribe on the first video, but the humour, ingenuity and the wonderful interaction between Christian and Vera made me subscribe immediately. OH, as an added bonus, it is a channel about Land Rovers.

[@franzk.ronellenfitsch795]

Again, I am impressed of your "home" workshop and what you can do with it. That's fas beyond what regular dudes can do, I absolutely like it!

[@mrgrivers1]

You guys are so cool together. I really loved your video.

[@bigsquatchsasfoot1964]

Is this a cup holder or something 🤣🤣 some very nice wiring nice and neat just how it should be and the led’s were really cool especially with the dimmer nice work , Your so funny dude we need more cheerful people like you in the world my good man 👍

[@timothyhargreaves5273]

have really enjoyed all you have put on you tube ...look forward to it each weekend...keep up good work....it really is the best thing on you tube......viewing from Yorkshire

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😊🙏🙋‍♀️Vera

[@timothyhargreaves5273]

my only quandary ...why wont Christian show us how to make coffee properly...?

[@timothyhargreaves5273]

@@Vera_and_Christian are there any stickers or patches left ? please

[@darrelpastorius1634]

Excellent job Christian. Love your beautiful "Spokes model / Assistant!

[@markbielawski]

"You don't do torque, and you don't do electricity. What do you do?" Hahahaha... But Vera made lunch, and you don't have torque or electricity without lunch! Fun video as always. I'm always impressed with all the little brackets, and clips, and what-nots you find online to make these projects come out so nice just like the clip for that heater hose. You must spend your fair share of time conducting online searches. Keep up the good work. 🙂

[@handypat3205]

I love you guys great video again thanks 👍

[@stevewells2327]

another splendid outing. Thanks both.

[@briancourtnage1256]

The Red Arm on the Hella Plug is to pull the front part of the Plug out if it separates from the Plug body. Great channel thank you

[@jameshenderson9228]

Awesome job and a great idea

[@bobrose7900]

Great video you two, thoroughly enjoyable as always, well done.

[@alexcornofficial]

Best landrover channel!!!

[@alhit007]

Another great video guys and I love the banter as usual, last week’s video was excellent by the way.

[@williamroyal5216]

Took your advice and got a diagnostic tool before I buy a D4

[@Vera_and_Christian]

👍💪👌🙏🙋‍♀️Vera

[@jurgenkrebbekx4329]

Entertaining as usual, thanks for the efforts 🤘🏻

[@dingleydell3250]

Marvellous display of ingenuity and engineering with a wonderful side helping of humour love the channel guys keep it up 👍

[@andrewhoward7200]

Humorous, charming couple.

[@michaeldallimore8590]

That is an impressive bag you made Vera!

[@shawnthomas6460]

Love your build. I am working on one myself.

[@waltergabauer]

Das wird wieder eine lange Woche bis nächsten Sonntag. Danke für das Informative und schöne Video.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@richardhartley7094]

Awesome bit of kit👍👍🇬🇧

[@Chris-uu3cp]

Wonderful video presentation! I think you two have a great future in camping innovation! 😀

[@rogerjeck9281]

sooo amazing how fast you can move when motivated! Thanks for your expertise, enthusiasm and german precision...

[@dougwernham5209]

Excellent video thank you.

[@gazzafloss]

Christian, like all the jobs you do and things you make, all done with absolute German precision. Vera, don't forget the shadows that all those led lights will throw on all the surfaces of your rooftop tent, one word "discretion", I've camped in many camping areas over a long life and been amazed at some of the "shadow puppet shows" we've witnessed, some folks have no idea...

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Believe me, I have camped for 30 years now, and those light shadows do not only apply to RTT. 😃👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@motorcitysteel9820]

Great video and subject. I'm not sure what I enjoyed more, the video of the box or listening to you and your wife! You two very funny and have a great dynamic together!

[@traxxas1211]

Addicted to your OCD filled videos!!! Much love from Australia 😊

[@raycollington4310]

Great video. Love your firewood contingency. In UK we would have one week's supply. Looks like your set for life, unless that is you own a steam railway locomotive 😊

[@DuanDao]

I don't own a LR but I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos and your ingenuity that could apply towards my land cruiser

[@maimeresponde]

hello guys, I'm in a LR club in Brazil, and I was told your videos, I loved the content, I'm enjoying the videos and I have an LR just like yours, I loved the channel

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😃👍Yes that is great. 🙋‍♀️Vera

[@ailo4x4]

And who ever said Germans don't have a sense of humour?!?! I was busting a seam over you guys. I used to be an adjunct lecturer at the NATO School in Oberammergau for about a decade and spent a lot of time in Bavaria. You two are every good stereotype of being German! Anyway, thanks for the entertainment and ideas. My wife and I have an Aussie made forward fold camper trailer which is basically a GIANT rooftop tent with wheels. Your LED light solution and NASA control unit are perfect for what we need. Now I know what my next project is for it. Tschuss!

[@Vera_and_Christian]

That is so great.😃👍 🙋‍♀️Vera

[@rantmaker6427]

What a lovely couple you are love your vids

[@TheDaf95xf]

Good morning 😀 Always great watching your videos with all the humour we need in these strange times we’re in right now 🤩 Love Stevie 😍

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Yes, in those times, if we can put a smile on your face, that is all that matters. 😃👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@reinaldoviegas9792]

Excelent video as always....👌💪😎🤙

[@007Gofer]

Fantastic work as always. Buying extended roof rails tomorrow for my Disco and will make a platform in front of my tent and find a box to mount on top plus add a small wind deflector. Love the tent lights design. 🤘

[@leeloo21231234]

Great video as always. Got the same Synology NAS, love that thing, served me for 7 years now.. :)

[@SimonJones-jy8ly]

Liking Vera's KGB case with the clear front.

[@_marcus_does_]

You've changed my mind on a roof tent 😊

[@stefanherbst1]

Ihr seid einfach großartig :-)

[@bigdavesdiscovery3world414]

Great Video as always my Sunday priority show! My roof tent is going to a new owner tomorrow I sleep inside my Disco and that is cool....

[@mauritztoivonen1070]

Thank you.

[@oxdudepoege]

You bought the right 12v plug. I have the same one for over 20years and used it for a bunch of different projects in the car. That means I took it apart a lot of times and it is still in excellent condition.

[@alexshapley8331]

Another great video - I've sent a link to a friend who is thinking of getting a new roof tent for his 4x4. Thanks for my Sunday entertainment. PS Christian you are very clever and I have great respect for you, but the model is definitely easier on the eye....

[@jimbob3165]

Nice job guys. 👍😎

[@TheMbn1972]

Your work is amazing and the videos are fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

[@andrewellis3083]

Excellent video yet again, Christian your technical ability is brilliant keep up the good work 👌

[@ncfatcyclist]

Wonderful ✌️

[@xisten]

looking forward of a housetour-video

[@wdboweryengineers]

Great video 👍, the defender engine is from a ford transit and some transits have a breather filter in the rocker cover, it looks like an oil filter. However I think a beer can holder is probably more useful 😂

[@R.Sole88109]

Yeah, LR should've dropped in a Cummins

[@kenmoist]

Vera is the new pin up girl!

[@Car-dash-Ian]

Vera is a handy woman to have around!! Christian you landed on your feet when you met her!! Haha

[@johnmorgan5377]

Hi guys lovely to see you I have a tent on my land rover 1970 series11 I love it you take care phill&Christine from England

[@Vera_and_Christian]

👍😃🙋‍♀️Vera

[@rogergregory5981]

Nice little compact panel definitely better than Amazon or RS box 👍🏻 The apple tree 😂 lecture so funny 😂😂😂 great video see you next week

[@kenwood7591]

I enjoy your video's. I really love your sense of humor. I would like one of your patches if possible. Signed by you two if possible. I will be looking forward to your next video. Ken ( California USA)

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Email me, and check out next weeks video. 😃👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@gregdyar6451]

Christian I just love you thumbnails you're really getting in the on the KZbin click bate 😄 .....hes lucky to have you vera... love the video's.

[@stephengill2211]

Great as normal got a fright had you got a model (dolly bird ) to model the tent then heard Vera panic over. LED strip's are fab use them for Xmas displays my hobby. Pixels even more fun. Stay safe lol from NZ.

[@zaftra]

woooo hoooo that thumbnail😍

[@rogerjeck9281]

too much fun!!, keep up zee german precision...

[@jeandomatti6163]

good job !!!

[@edsonkidwell2522]

Christian and Vera just found your you tube LR TIME you two are the best I do believe that I will buy a fj cruiser but I'm on the fence about the rovers always wanted a discovery so not bought anything yet but in the research stage love your control panel

[@Vera_and_Christian]

A FJ Cruiser has it's own look and we actually like that one, especially the three front wiper blades. 😅👍But, here in Germany, they are also just too expensive, like every Toyota, and take a lot of gas. We love our Land Rovers. 🙋‍♀️Vera

[@batfalcononyoutube]

Ah, we do enjoy the videos, especially the moments with humor. As far as the times you stepped on and off the lantern, I lost count. Now, what's next?

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Next, I'll should show you guys how I set up my tent 😅👍 And I am not using that ladder, and I am much smaller. So that is far more interesting. 🙋‍♀️Vera

[@axelcartwright4507]

That cub holder on the puma engine, I use mine for bolts and nuts when doing a job.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👍Next time we‘ll do that🙋‍♀️Vera

[@abarratt8869]

OMG! That was a step drill 😲😲😲

[@kurtsteiner8384]

Christian Your workshop is very impressive, its better than some companies i have worked for as an engineer must have cost a fortune to set this up. Well done.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👍🙋‍♀️

[@vanzylbooysen4826]

Cool

[@bigfilsing]

is it just me or is Christian sounding more and more like Werner Ziegler ( Better call Saul TV show)

[@graemevass745]

That was so funny this week Christian and Vera , must be best roof tent in the universe now . I love the 1950s Sci-fi control box lol Also the auto generated KZbin subtitles have decided to change Vera's name to Vienna 😂😂😂

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👍 I suppose it could be worse. 🙋‍♀️Vera

[@__FJ__]

I didn't write an email but I did buy an OIBD2 scanner. Loved the videos! Plastering in those cables without putting them in ducts or pipes seems like a very un-German solution. :)

[@peterklapsing307]

not only very un-German but als also very wrong even in Germany!

[@kamrankp85]

Next challenge! Please make a permanent webasto duct/ quick connector for the heat hose through the tent fabric?💪💪💪

[@user-ym9wb2mk5e]

You inspire me! Love fabricating things, but my work space is nothing like yours and my "assistant" isn't as amicable, although she makes sure I'm hydrated, lol. I've used the same kit on my bass boat electronic updates, be careful with the chinesium polarity, its caught me off guard a few times. They also aren't the best with their connectors/wiring crimps.....

[@user-ym9wb2mk5e]

As an IT Sys Engineer, the last part of the video is going to give my nightmares, lol.

[@charleshepplewhite7384]

Great show again, did you know on your D4 if you press the left and right mirror select buttons together (on the drivers door) both mirrors retract for tight places and hedgerows.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Yes but I was so far not able to change the config so that they do not fold in when I lock the car. It generates a fault und I have to undo the change with the GAP. Christian

[@garystuart226]

Fantastic video as always , thank you , plus may i ask please , would u ever consider one day of doing a tour of ur workshop plse , how u organise everything , what kind of tools u find very useful etc , very jealous as u always seem to know where things are , lol, many thanks as always look forward to ur content 👍👍

[@Vera_and_Christian]

We would have to clean up first😅👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@garystuart226]

😂😂, i secretly think ur workshop is inside the Tardis, lol, hope ur both keeping safe and well

[@ElmerJFudd-oi9kj]

Dear Christian and Vera, I have just discovered your channel and have subscribed. Although I don't have a Disco. I find your tips very useful ( black = red and +=_) etc. I drive a 2010 90 defender 2.4 tdci with the Ford engine. My problem is 0, and my shoe size is 43. Thanks for the funny content of your videos, they are a joy to watch.🚙

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👍Great to have you here. 🙋‍♀️Vera

[@bourdon845]

Joli !

[@jimmuehlberg2153]

That German efficiency is very annoying. I love it!

[@WaldosWorld]

Lol your apple tree trimming advice 😂

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Very simple 👍

[@garethandrews3264]

The little red pin is actually a lever that locks and unlocks the red adapter cap on the top of the charger, and Christian goes and rips it off, barbaric 😂

[@gregt7380]

We love your roof tent! Is this completely DIY?

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Our RTT is an Eezy Awn. I love it too. 🙋‍♀️Vera

[@juanmartinez-rp4sh]

Great video and your skills too, if I were you I will fix the LED strip with something better than the self sticking tape it has because the tent will get pretty hot under the sun resulting on the glue from the strip to fail.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

👍We have added additional support, just did not put it in the video🙋‍♀️

[@johnwillett4086]

Great video - and, at last, something I understand. 😉 I used to make little boxes like these for audio use; making a monitor, red recording light and talkback unit, splitter boxesm etc. Having to purchase the chassis cutters, including rectangular ones for switches, etc.... Though I did prefer using the Eddistone diecast boxes to the folded aluminium ones - good memories, not done that for a few years now - but all the boxes I made are still working well. Also - your apprentice cable reminds me of the time I had to solder a multi-pin connector - did a good job - and then realised I had forgotton to slide the connector sleeve on the cabe first - so had to cut it off and start all over again. 😖 - only did that once, though. Hope we can sort out how to pay you for that patch, though, as I don'y have PayPal. 🥰

[@baz4x4r]

Christian. Have you seen the X-Lifter suspension module??

[@DaanvanGruisen]

Those files look like from the KGB torture tool box too!

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@justintreweek7755]

The next level of development for LRTtime... this is soooo entertaining. What a double act from the supposedly humorless Germans...

[@daz.j]

cool little box but id put some wire ties around those light strips the glue never holds when it gets warm

[@Vera_and_Christian]

We have, just did not film it. 👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@michaelcaton9358]

Click Bait on LR Time? Things are looking up!

[@Vera_and_Christian]

😅👍We need more subscribers🙋‍♀️Vera

[@alikani1st]

Well there you go ... you can use the rooftop as sauna too 🤣

[@luisdiassilva]

Do your led lights change color? Think about it, because white light attract mosquitos. I am sure you know that. Great videos, great ideas. I Thanks for it.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Yes we do know that 😃👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@RobiestronyPl]

Add some on/off switch for heater display - the screen is low quality and will burn out fast, reducing visibility to almost zero.

[@beau5757]

Should the wiring be black to black, brown to brown and blue to bits😊

[@burgerbirger2221]

The car doesn’t like all that talk about gap-tool and bings and bongs😄 Very nice bags👍 But shouldn’t the alu-box have a nice paint job also?

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Actually we like to be silver, we just painted the front because of the really bad reflection it gives off to oncoming traffic in bright sunlight. 🙋‍♀️Vera

[@robpeabo509]

My goodness Vera, you looked like all your Christmases came at once when you were trying out the finished lighting in the roof top tent!. Christian, we call the Aluminium Support Structure in the tent a "Boom" or "Folding Boom". Also, the heater display in the box did not look like it was mounted square? I don't know if it was the camera angle or what.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Of course it's mounted square, and if not that would not be such a disaster. We have it so you can adjust it to any orientation. 👍🙋‍♀️Vera

[@robpeabo509]

@@Vera_and_Christian I know it would have been a disaster - I had a terrible nights sleep, I was worried about Christian! 😯😯😯😯No I can sleep well, thank you Vera 😁😁😁😁