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Old 05-02-2015, 07:55 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Also fitted an upper grill block (pipe lagging) and Phillips DRL8's LED's. These are proper OEM quality units every bit as bright as the units you'll see on Mercedes etc. Not cheap but they can be taken from one vehicle to the next (they've actually been on all three of my vans to date!).



I bought some adhesive backed automotive 'D' profile rubber seal off eBay. Added it around the headlights:



And more importantly to the high gap at the top of the rear doors. Can't believe the factory left that open:



Fitted the rain visors to the mirrors. I'll need more time with them to decide if I like them:



Finally, here's my home built do it all trailer. The front part is set up as a workshop, the rear part is open for pick up duty. It was built in a hurry so little attention was paid to weight or aero. It's a bit heavy at 400kg empty, but has been working out really well. The first 'full' towing tank came out to 8.0l/100km (two trips were made without). That's still 20% over EPA in all city use. When I have some time to spare I'll be modding it as well, so I've started a separate fuel log for trailer tanks.

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