MountainBikeMike's Skodaru

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Originally Posted by brad

It looks the same. I have no eye for detail at times.

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Should have gone to specsavers

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Originally Posted by NOO63N

I like it! Might steal your boot light idea. I go fishing from time to time, the light would be a massive blessing! I'm thinking stealth install with a switch somewhere in the boot...

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It only looks like that as I dont have the rear panel on the hatch. Bloody clips dont line up its so hard to get back on

Can you post what it looks like when it's back on? Close ups of the set up pwease!

Update time:

My mobile bicycle servicing business is LIVE :D Exciting times. Info can be found on the website in my signature!

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...278f0c_o-1.jpg

So I'm trying to get the car a little more ready with an 2x2m awning. $129 on eBay. Its a little fiddly to open and close with one person, but I got better at it. Only about 90-120 seconds to open or close.

First I had it mounted on the end of the racks like this

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...428b50_c-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...c5918e_c-2.jpg

Since they are designed for high 4wd's it was kinda low. I ended up fixing on some 350mm fence hinges to the rack to achieve a bunch of things.
1. It doesn't sit at the side looked retarded
2. It sits in the middle so the 11kg doesn't trying and weigh the car over the edge of a cliff
3. It gets me the extra head height so it actually does the job properly
4. Rain will land on top of the car, not go straight through the doors to the seats lol

Result (notice the temporary marketing magnets before I get the car wrapped):

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...235b58_c-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...2b138f_c-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...74bf3e_c-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...fe56fb_c-2.jpg

O wow. That awning mount is great! I thought getting an awning in the past but could not get past the height issue ...

That's awesome mate, congratulations on the new venture! Makes me want to get back to my mountain biking days... Sigh!

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Originally Posted by MountainBikeMike

Update time:

My mobile bicycle servicing business is LIVE :D Exciting times. Info can be found on the website in my signature!

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...278f0c_o-1.jpg

So I'm trying to get the car a little more ready with an 2x2m awning. $129 on eBay. Its a little fiddly to open and close with one person, but I got better at it. Only about 90-120 seconds to open or close.

First I had it mounted on the end of the racks like this

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...428b50_c-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...c5918e_c-2.jpg

Since they are designed for high 4wd's it was kinda low. I ended up fixing on some 350mm fence hinges to the rack to achieve a bunch of things.
1. It doesn't sit at the side looked retarded
2. It sits in the middle so the 11kg doesn't trying and weigh the car over the edge of a cliff
3. It gets me the extra head height so it actually does the job properly
4. Rain will land on top of the car, not go straight through the doors to the seats lol

Result (notice the temporary marketing magnets before I get the car wrapped):

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...235b58_c-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...2b138f_c-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...74bf3e_c-2.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...fe56fb_c-2.jpg

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Nice one mate - good luck with the business.

Whooo! Love it!! :D

Kinda want an awning like that for camping... hmm.....

Hi guys,
I'm selling the drawers setup that I made for my business. I only used it for a month before deciding that I needed a toolbox setup instead. Its essentially as new, if you call it that since it is custom made. Would suit a tradesman etc, fairly heavy duty.

-It has a locking mechanism on the front that is easy to grip with the fingers and is spring loaded. It unlocks both drawers at once and stops them opening in transit.

-The drawers have a gap underneath them to the floor of 16cm, which is the depth from the opening to the floor of my Octavia. This means you can store things underneath by lifting up the front of the drawers 30 degrees. It is designed like an arrow at the back to allow this, and to make it easier to pivot! Means you can also store things underneath out of view. You could fit gas struts to it if you wanted to.

-Has lots of holes cut out underneath to greatly reduce weight while retaining stiffness. It does however need to be braced to the car at each side. This doesn't mean actually attached to the car, just making contact with the wheel wells so it doesnt bend back and forth on corners when fully loaded!

Dimensions:
Width 975mm
Depth at top 725mm
Depth to arrow point 972mm
Depth at bottom 870mm
Height 420mm
Height from floor to bottom of drawers 160mm

-Cost of making it was:
$60 for the 12mm and 16mm mdf
$20 for the hard wearing soft rubber on the top
$56 for the 4 drawer sliders
$10 spray paint
Assorted screws
About 10-12 hours hacking away

Asking price $150 FIRM, so pretty much just covering the cost of making it.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/nUyiJ1]http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...145760_c-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...ff62c0_c-1.jpg

[url=https://flic.kr/p/q5cscS]http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...727f63_c-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...bbc6d1_c-1.jpg

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http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...3ec704_c-1.jpg

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...f3133e_c-1.jpg

You must be a handy man to have around the house, that's an awesome custom setup there!

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Originally Posted by MountainBikeMike

So tonight I finished a couple of quick little 'convenience' mods that I've had in mind since forever. I cannot believe I waited for this long and how quick they were to do, with these little lights sitting in the draw for months...

So the first one is something I've wanted to do for about two years - since half way through owning my previous car... I finally did it tonight after fighting the mental block, and it took me an hour.... :facepalm: See I've always found it, 'not difficult' but not timely to reverse park in the dark at night. My crewman had a very tall rear and even after 50mm lowering the tail lights were still so high so no light made it to the curb. My Octy has the problem that the windows are so tinted I can hardly see through the mirror to the curb :p .

So the solution was these $2 screw type lights from AliExpress! These are round and have a thread behind them with a locking collar so you can mount them inside a panel. I ran them from the rear bumper near the wheel, up through the one way exit-air vent, up the the rear light panel, and ta-da! Heaps easier to see that curb, take less time parking, less 'guessing', and less gutter rash!

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...551fec_c-1.jpg
Ocky straps everywhere!!! Handy to hold stuff out of the way instead of removing them :p

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...652111_c-1.jpg
Where I soldered on to the reverse light so it only comes on when in reverse

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...c6d35d_c-1.jpg
See where I ran the wire through the circuit board and the air vent?

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...9246e6_c-1.jpg
Neat little inconspicuous circle. I could have gone lower with it, but I wanted it clear of mud

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...717b59_c-1.jpg
Decent output! This is with the car jacked up and wheels off the ground... And the curb non-existant. It will seem brighter ones those two factors are opposite

I will also get a nicer picture tomorrow night with the dslr of how it looks like through the tint and mirror inside the car.

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Thanks for this idea mountainbikemike - i did the same thing on my polo.

I had big problems trying to see out my tint at night and constantly hit my back tyre on gutters.

I dont anymore!! :cool: