so guys if you've seen the channel before you'll know that i've converted two vw caddy maxis into
campers and i'm now working on my third camper so i've got a rundown of all the costs of the two
conversions so i can give you a good idea that you guys can use as a guide when converting your vans
bear in mind all this is for a vw caddy maxi so if you're doing a smaller van it'll cost less and
if you're doing something like a transporter or a sprinter it's going to cost a bit more
obviously you can use this as a rough guide and then add it up from there so to start off with
let's run through the first van i'm going to run through the cost of how i build the van and then
it's easy to keep check in the same process of what you guys are doing so hopefully this will
be a good guide so you guys know that if you're spending more money you're spending a bit too much
and obviously you can keep you on budget and you know if you go to a company you can see how much
it costs to do it yourself obviously just putting the time in rather than paying someone else to do
it starting off straight off the bat for the installation which is recycled bottle plastic
i spent 24 pounds obviously bear in mind of these prices i built this van back in 2020 it's now 2022
so you've got to account for inflation and you know everything going up in price recently so
a little bit more on for the raw materials but it'll be similar price so i spent 33 pounds and 57
pence on thermo wrap which is for the condensation barrier i then use some sound deadening which is
36 pounds and 99 pence the tape that i used to stick down on the thumb wrap i used two rolls of
tape so that was 12 pounds the double-sided tape that i used to stick the insulation onto the walls
helped hold it in place when i was building it that cost 12 pounds and 88 pence i used some
hammerite paint at the start just to paint over all the scratches that was eight pound twenty
three so then to cover all up all the insulation i used plywood i bought apply lining kit off ebay
so that cost me a hundred quid the wood that i use in the van to build the bed and that kind
of thing that cost me 30 pounds and 54 pence so then to do the bed i use foam that i bought off
ebay the phone cost me 71 pounds and 99 pence the dye that i used for the material on top that cost
seven pounds to 25 pence i put some sticky back feet on the bottom of the bed legs to help it
slide along and help it not scratch the floor by a roll of that for the felt that cost me five pound
99 pence so that was kind of the whole conversion on top of this i then added a few extra bits to
improve the van so for example i bought some pedal covers to go on the accelerator pedal the clutch
pedal and the brake pedal that was 10 pound 59 pence i bought a steering wheel cover which is 18
pounds and 99 pence i bought some little bits of bling on the steering wheel to make it look better
that was four pound 49 pence i bought some wind deflectors on the outside of the windows that
was 27 pounds of 39 pence i bought some caliper paint to make the calipers yellow so that was
19 pounds and 99 pence i then bought some floor mats to go in the front they were 30 pounds and
i bought some dry rope seat colors which is 80 pounds so in total for the whole conversion that
came to 584 pounds so you can see right about 500 pounds of conversion and then a little bit extra
for the extra bits so let's move on to the second van which was the white van where i did cladding
in the back of that and made like a beach vibe the first things first it needed a new seal way around
the back of the barn doors that was 56 pounds and 59 pence uh the insulation i just used one bag of
insulation had a little bit left over from the other build so that was 16 pounds i then spent
29 pounds and 95 pence on thermo wrap one roll of tape on this one so again i had a little bit left
there was like six pounds i bought a new sheet of plywood for the floor piece of plywood 27 pounds
the wooden battens i used to build the frame for the cladding that was eight pounds and 60 pence i
used self-tapping screws to screw the battens in a box of those was three pound 99 pence i also used
some wooden screws that was five pound 88 pence i then spent 42 pounds and 81 pence on cladding
for the walls flooring i put in the van that was 16 pounds and 28 pence wood glue to stick the
cladding onto the plywood sheet panels i bought a bottle of that so that was 10 pounds i ended
up needing some more cladding i bought a few extra packs of cladding some wood screws and a few bits
of like wooden trim just filling some gaps one bill i've got here is 31 pounds and another bill
was 16 pounds 66 pence i then added some paint obviously i painted all wipes a can of paint was
13 pounds and these are a few extra bits that make it a little bit better so i bought the lanyard in
the back to open the back door so that was 10 pounds and 86 pence i then got steering wheel
inserts again a bit of the chrome bling it's a six pound 49 pence so you can see that's gone by two
pound in one year for those chrome pedals again 11 pounds 56 pence so again they've gone up a little
bit i put fairy lights around the top which is quite a nice touch that's seven pounds and
88 pence i bought some paint brushes six pounds screwdriver two pound twenty pence van x curtains
on the back the sliding curtains on the barn doors it's really nice touch really good characters by
the way you should buy those 47 pounds and 49 pence and then pillows and furniture just to
finish off is 32 pounds in total everything that conversion came to 454 pounds and 9 pence the
only thing i haven't got on here is the carpet i know we did a lot of carpeting but that was
from the old van so on this one the carpet was free but i think the carpet is about 30 pounds
so obviously in total that's 454 pounds the old van came to 584 so you can see on average it costs