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    Raptor ( liner)

    On my vanagon I have done the lower panels in raptor, because it's supposedly tough so should protect the paintwork from chips/sharp edges down there. I'm yet to do anything where that is put to the test, but it's certainly something a bit different - it feels more like plastic when it dries and...
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    Road Shower 2 Five-Gallon Pressurized Solar Shower Review

    This is a great review, I've looked at these before and always wondered if they're actually decent! Now we know :)
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    Why Did You Build Your Rig?

    To travel the Panamerican highway! I'm from the UK and I've seen San Diego in the US and that's it. I've also been to Peru last year for a few weeks and it left me wanting more. As someone who lives my life at my job in an office never really doing much I loved being outdoors, just meeting...
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    The Soot Yeti - 92 Turbo Diesel YJ Build

    I looked at these when I got my van, was 50-50 between a proper 4x4 or the vanagon so I could live in it and still adventure... the part of me that always wanted a vanagon won, but these are awesome little Jeeps! (not that they're what you'd call little, but compared to other jeeps...) Look...
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    MentalAtoms 1980 Vanagon Build

    Probably something a little different looking at the other threads in this forum :) Last October I got myself a 1980 aircooled vanagon to go adventuring in! Since then, I've been upgrading, changing, (paying people to change), painting, lifting, and generally upgrading the vehicle so that A. it...
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    Hello to everyone from Bedfordshire, UK

    Hi Everyone, I am pretty much a newbie to this whole thing but I have plans for big adventures in the future! I have a 2WD Vanagon (or T3, in the UK) that I'm kitting out gradually to be an adventure vehicle! Myself and a friend have entered a rally in Jan where we drive from Budapest to...