Modifications Overview

Day one - The arrival and start of modification
10:00, ready to go to the Land Rover dealer to finally pick-up OLLI, the new Defender.Arrived exactly on agreed time,
Day two - mod's continued
08:00 Early start to continue the needed modifications Installed today: Extra fuel tank. Not a very easy task, but we
Day three - T-Day
Today was the heavy load day. installing the toptent Thanks to all the neighbours who helped lifting the tent and
Day four - A bit relaxing
All tired from past days, we did a bit easy today. Some cleaning, extra sealing for the bolds, recovering the
Day five - Wet
Back to work, so less time to work on Olli. Time to remake the door seals. It rained all day
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TC-Day!
Today is TC-Day... Technical Checkup or MOT to get Olli legal on the road And yes, Olli passed the test.
Some more hours
Did some more hours work... Most parts are getting fitted. Garage is still a mess. We'll do some clean-up tomorrow.
Small things
Over the last day's not much has changed Due to waiting for parts, thinking over how to do and change
Heights and depths
Measurements are taken... We went to Peter from verreweg (http://www.verreweg.be) so he can take the measurements he need to make
Raised Cubby Box
In need for an extra space to fit the extra electrics, an box needed to be made As the box
Worklight and quick release cubbybox
Yesterday and today we modified the way the cubbybox is attached to the "techroom" I've found some "box lockers" and
Tinted Windows
A free day due to Belgian National Day. So what better to do but working on Olli A free day
Isolation Part 1
Cooler temperatures and some hours without rain. Ideal to install the isolation. Cooler temperatures and some hours without rain. Ideal
Isolation Part 2
Went this afternoon to Peter from Verreweg to collect the interiour storage cabinets Went this afternoon to Peter from Verreweg to collect the interiour
Lightbar and lights
No more rain. Time to install the light-bar and the lights After a long search I finally found a light
Let there be light
Wiring done... Let there be LIGHT... Day-off today, relax start on the wiring. Started to get the power from the
Cabinets
Last 3 days was working on the cabinets from verreweg.be Some days off, time to work on installing the cabinets.
Interior work
Sunday, neighbors are gone... we can make noise.... Ideal to continue on the interior and making sure al drilling in
Mattress and Treesliders
Sleeping and sliding is now possible... Earlier this week we picked up our custom made mattress made by Camper-Diem. It
"War" Lights
Well.... That's what I call them when using that red light at night 🙂 An evening work to hide the
Raised air-intake and exterior table
Today we've taken the time to install the raised air-intake and make the exterior table to attach on the cargo-rails.
Details I
Sunday, so we can't make loud noise... So not being able to saw wooden plates we decided to start on
Skid-plate - Outdoor table 2.0 - stickers
Productive afternoon today.... Early finish with work today, so an early start to continue on Olli. The Mantec G4 skid-plate
Water tank and table 3.0rc
Last works to do before the first test Fitting the new water-tank, water-pump and work on table 3.0 Fitting and
Blackout
Keep out the light and isolate Probably (and hopefully) the last add-on before the maiden trip. With the cut out
Last additions before the trip
Some last (not final) additions before we're of to the Alps The electrics are not final, as by next year
Switch changes
After the first long trip it was clear some of the switches needed to change Now the waterpump and interiour
Eberspacher Airtronic D4
As we want to use Olli all year for camping, some internal extra heating is needed For this we have
Snow Cowl
Klaar maken voor de winter Kleine extra om de winter aangenamer te maken en te zorgen dat de verwarming droge
Mirror Gloves / Spiegelwanten
Met de winter voor de deur dachten we ook aan verwarmde spiegels... With winter in front of us we were
Bonnet Checkerplat / Motorkap traanplaat
For future plans we need to re-enforce the bonnet. Voor onze toekamst plannen is het nodig om de motorkap te
HD suspension
Still suffering from a shacking defender, and a dealer who is unable to find the root cause we decided to
New Rims / Nieuwe velgen
I ordered the first rims with a wrong part number. It should have been full blacks. After a year, time
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Side-locker
Finaly some time to install the goodies that arrived earlier from Nakatanenga. Eindelijk tijd om de extra's te installeren die
Delta-Bag
Can't have enough storage / Je kan nooit genoeg opslagruimte hebben As you never can't have enough storage, we orderd
Some last minute addons before we head to Portugal
Een paar nodige aanpassingen voor ons vertrek naar Portugal A few needed adjustments before we head to Portugal Daar we
New Table / Nieuwe Tafel
What to do with some spare time Wat te doen met wat vrije tijd   During last trips we noticed
Off-Grid
Gisteren bijna 2u een aangenaam gesprek gehad met Klaas van Eberco, over de keuze van inverter, lader, zonnepaneel ed. Yesterday
Zonnepaneel / Solar Panel
Eindelijk kwamen tijd en onderdelen samen om er aan te beginnen. Finally time and parts came together to start the
New rear windows
After a new experience a new solution was needed While it rained, we wanted to make some coffee inside. For
(Storage)Space, the final frontier
Where does the maximum storage ends, and can it be expanded? We wrote it somewhere before, the building of Olli