Martin holt

Did you find any plans to do a camper conversion for the alphard 🙏🏻

Good evening I have just joined the alphard owners club as I am awaiting delivery of a Japanese import in December.

Thinking of installing LPG and converting to day van.

Can you give any advice based upon your experience 

Regards Martin

On 7/11/2021 at 9:49 AM, Pritch said:

Were in same position as you but have not yet taken delivery of ours, so can let you know where we are now, why we have come to this decision, and hth.

Weve bought an 05 with less than 30k on the clock, direct from a Converter.We've gone for the 3.0l as this will be mainly a camper use van, and having test driven both the 2.4 & 3.0, my preference is for the 3.0, which will I think be better on long motorway hauls.

 

Insurance - dont be scared by some of the stories & prices you will get from some Co's. Initial price I got from the Co pushed on here was over £700 for an 05 3.0l...

                    However have got that down to less than £400 with CaravanGuard (used before when we had a tourer), spoke with them as well so happy were getting full cover.

Conversion - We are going down the conversion Co route, no way we can do ourselves. Take a look at likes of Calder Campers / Wellhouse Autos (there are others but weve    

                       been to both these), and were going with Calder. But yes, the whole interior from behind driver & passenger seats needs doing so a lot of work.

                       Some converters wont touch the speedo/odometer but Calder change it to MPH and equiv mileage (our preference). 

                       I would say the average cost of a full side kitchen conversion, roof, heating, bed etc is circa £13-14k through a Converter.

Pop Tops - I guess this comes down to personal preference, but for us its a yes, as no way could we function without the headroom. This again is being done by the

                    Converter.

Classification - For us this is being handled by the Converter

 

So hope that helps, but one question you also need to consider is are you going to use this just, as a camper, or for an everyday vehicle as well. Ours will be just for camping, me fishing, and odd trip out, so not a day to day van.

 

Cannot wait to pick it up....good luck