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the pictures do the talking with this one. the westy fridge panel has lots of intricate details about.


the mark is in line with the top of the draw















neil

Interesting you put this up Neil. Al and I are just about to launch a fridge and install kit package that gives you a very handy draw underneath. We obiously can add a Sterling option too as we are UK agents for them but good work I like it.



Jed

You ladies and your fitted furniture...

Nice bit of pro wood butchery why the vent in the cupboard door?

E D I T: Neils shoe cupboard.

Looking good, nice colour match too

I too am confused about the vent?

Does the Waeco need a vent? (and there's one in the side of the unit anyway)

You should sell these front panels... in cream (ready for when I can afford the fridge to go with it )

The colour match is a vaguely accurate one. The laminated panels in the vans are all slightly different shades I guess due to the timescale since Westy built them, sun, heat etc. , all of these also being effected by where the laminate is in the van . The laminate is the closest match and was the one suggested on other threads. I ordered samples from 4 manufacturers and compared. Laminate is supplied in 10' x 4' sheets so buy the time you have laminated / edged the frame and popped in a door insert you still have most of it left for other ideas & repairs.

richlaz wrote:
Does the Waeco need a vent? (and there's one in the side of the unit anyway)

You don't need the one underneath on a compressor fridge, it is a great place to pop a pretty good draw that you can fit loads of stuff that you want to hide away on long trips. I can not comment on the door one as I have never been able to get what that is all about

I hope this helps.


Jed

The door had the vent on when we bought the van. The gas bottle was in there so i guess that it may be some french gas reg maybe.? But now we have lots of spaire laminate so making a new door should not be a problem.

Neil

The vent at the bottom of the original door would have been for the original Westy fridge (RM182/RM184) which would have been in the cupboard beforehand

axeman wrote:

One hand on hip, brew in other, stiff little finger...class

Nice job Neil and Jes. Something for the amateurs like me to aspire to!

We considered fitting a draw too the bottom of the unit which is a viable option, this was my initial thought using high quality self/soft closing runners and using a folded steel or alloy caucus, there are 2 reasons for using metal rather than ply, first is the internal dimension will be grater ( wider) second is the strength it would incorporate a locking pin so it could be used as secure box,

When I first shoe horned the fridge in I raised it as high as possible in the opening, this did 2 things that I was not happy with it made the fridge project further forward from the kitchen unit than I liked, it also altered the o/e lines of the unit. The top of the draw lined up with the top of the o/e fridge door

Both these issues have now been addressed although not 100% perfect it has worked out very well. As Jed said and peter has done by using the o/e bottom fridge vent it would make a very good place to mount a charger, you also maintain the look.

Neil

jed the spread wrote:Interesting you put this up Neil. Al and I are just about to launch a fridge and install kit package that gives you a very handy draw underneath. We obiously can add a Sterling option too as we are UK agents for them but good work I like it.



Jed

Looking forward to seeing this. Sounds very interesting....

Maybe I'm being a bit picky....and what you have done looks very neat however, I would still like to have seen a matching 'door' with trim and not the front of the Waeco fridge.....like Westfalia fashioned for the original.

Martin