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Howdy Expo! I have been working on building (adapting) an easily removable new camper for the back of our dual cab canter. After building up a canopy style camper and using that for a couple of years, we decided to sell it on after having a kid and needing something better for more than two...

I bought the same mirrors but need to make up a folded steel bracket to hold them with the current mirror bolts! I've searched high and low for the mirror configuration you have to get the same mounts but they don't seem to exist in AU!

Only a few bolts prevent it being tilted on the FG647 dual cabs. It's entirely possible but not easy as it weighs a lot, you'll need mechanical assistance to lift it once you've undone the rear bolts, the bolts between the front and back seats and check all the cables are disconnected if...

Yeah mate, Just glued it on. It's more than strong enough to hold it all in place I reckon. You can get the extrusions from Victoria from DIY caravans as well, no need to get them from QLD.

I'd look at the AAV subframes that come with tanks etc, or buy their spring mount kit and design up the frame you want for your setup.

Hi mate, I used a 25x50mm extrusion for the bottom extrusion of the pop top to connect to, the extrusion sits about 25mm out the top for the pop top extrusion to sit over like a wall panel. (should be able to see this in previous posts) I cut the pop top to be in line with the outside...

Wouldn't having springs on top of springs case a 'double bounce' kind of scenario that aplifies the inital bump into a secondary bump AFTER it should have done the work? There'd be so much dynamis with this setup I'd have thought that the load would be wallowing all over the place slightly out...

Pretty much bottomed them out, they're not quite fully extended when it's up either.

Have spent the last few days assembling like crazy, and I now have what looks like a camper! VERY happy with the result, and even more surprised how close it came out to the initial plan.. All the design work up front definitely made the bulk of the execution considerably easier, especially...

another busy weekend on the truck! Started on putting together the roof panel for the pop top, not sure if I mentioned it here but I managed to get a kit slide on off FB marketplace with all the panels (honeycomb panels, not foam panels) to make it up. The kit also came with a set of electric...

I was told during the inspection that a headboard wasn't necessary, could have registered it without the body on it in the end!

So a few more activities been underway this last weeks, been flatout trying to organise everything with a 3rd of Jan deadline to be on the boat to Tasmania for a month! The first MAJOR milestone is that it's finally registered, finally got the RWC completed with the new tray and all of the...

So finally got back up to start working on the truck after a VERY long break! Firstly had to cut the combing rail upstand down so that the canopy doors would open, the correct blade on a recipro saw made very light work of it! First job was to get the canopy FINALLY mounted up on the tray...

I think the Tray6ton are 40mm deck plates, haven't seent the truck in 20 weeks as I'm stuck in Melbs till next week when we're allowed to move around again...

Hi gents, Was really easy to do, and yep I started at the back and worked to the front (pic below). I layed it all out on the back first to make sure the length was close to correct and made sure it all fitted up (pic below) and that all my subframe guestimates were close to correct...

Hi Grant, I wouldn't say it's unique, AAV use this design for all of their ute and camper builds which is why I went down this path. Kyms done extensive miles around the world with this deisgn and the maths worked in my calcs for the loads with a healthy margin. I had looked extensively at the...

Hi Dave, I ordered it online as a kit and it showed up really quickly, the shiping was very reasonable as well. I have got DIY caravans to quote the roof panel and its pretty expensive for the size ($1000 approx). However I have just purchased a camper kit that someone had purchased and never...

Hi Dave, Your build thread was a good bit of motivation for mine as well! Yeah I went with the DIY caravans extrusion, it's pretty good deal for what you get I reckon. The only issue in my setup will be the slight reduction in internal space. The DIY caravans setup does come in on each side a...

Hi Grant, I just bolted it straight down, I did think of a spacer/Teflon as you mentioned but didn’t think it necessary. The majority of trays I looked at didn’t have anything between the rails and alloy. I’m also pretty confident that the movement in the subframe will not cause adverse stress...

They look great! thanks for the pics, that's good inspiration to build them!