so in fairness id say if you have 5k to spare from sales id say your onto a winner there & all you need is the right design to make it happen.

you could always start by loosing the stripes & giving it a well earned t cut so the final look would be black & white, add some clear lenses & maybee add some alloys = little outlay big change.

oh & loose the box

Silver or another colour
Im still not sure about it is nice and i like teh overall effect however by going that far it will mean the inside would look far more dated

Alloys
Doubt i would have then prefer to size up the standard wheels and stay with oem equipment as suspension staying put where it is, so expensive alloys are pointless, unlessa set of maybe 16 v 17 " oem Volkswagen ones can be sourced that will run standard tyres

Box
The rear box will be staying no matter what happens to the rear as it is a very useful storage are for seat, awning etc which otherwise would have knowehere to go..... [Rob weren't you the one thatw as talking about having a rear box on yours ? also its a Fiamma box in excess of £300 to buy so it willbe getting well used in the fiture be sure of that, saving loads of stuff from rattling about in the rear a pet hate of mine almost as much of a hate as lowered bone shaking T4's ]

Going to have a talk today to ask a few localish companies for their views [now i can get her out of the driveway as the snow has now gone thank god]

I am still worried about spending in excess of £3k as i doubt i would ever see the return on it should i decide at some point later to upgrade to a newer one [if i did it would be basically the same as this one only newer].

Having investigated further the other things A bar, indicators and bumper shouldnt be a massive hurdle as the back bumper needs work anyways and is probably irreplaceable i may just get both totally reburbished and keep it original but updated slightly with a bra to keep the slightly moderner look about it .....

Any further suggestions as always welcome

Just the load rack not the box, & that was to carry the tent on a long road trip to scotland. Now i will just be carrying the tent to the dump as its been deemed un-reparable. here comes edward sissorhands

This was what i was thinking you dont want aftermarket ones on that.

saw a few moter`s done and if you get bored easily you can change it

i no a man that can do it in boness work`s from home so a bit cheaper but good

stick a long nose front end on it i also no someone who might be braking a long nose

cheer`s rjd