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I just worked out the +/- weight of my new interior. (Domestic stuff from Howdens). Just 4kg less! Doors have to go on yet but I reckon it's not going to be that much more. Pictures will follow soon.

meggles wrote:I just worked out the +/- weight of my new interior. (Domestic stuff from Howdens). Just 4kg less! Doors have to go on yet but I reckon it's not going to be that much more. Pictures will follow soon.

Look forward to seeing the pics, remember though it's the space inside the cupboards that ends up weighing the most, at least it does with ours.

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The other year there was an article in Camper and Bus magazine, it was about a T2 owner who had come to the point of replacing the Devon interior as it was past saving. He replaced it with a homemade lightweight version and saved from memory 50kg ish, so much so it gave a noticeable performance benefit.i assume the lightweight took quite a bit of building.

Can't save that much weight! I wonder though, as these vans do around 20mpg, does some extra weight really make such a drastic difference

On the flat the extra weight won't make much difference, going up hills will be easier.

I took the interior out of mine before it went in for a body refurb, noticed a marked improvement in performance.couldnt make toast though.

My recent beach-hut theme interior came about because I wanted to make it as light as possible. Full of gear, the saving is irrelevant but few drive with them loaded 24/7 - comes into its own when you're NOT camping. Thats why I have a 3-way cool box (not a fridge) so I can strip it out off-season. With cupboards empty, its light as a feather in comparison to say a westy that is crammed with chipboard. And yes it does affect acceleration certainly.

I used the really lightweight ply when I did mine,5 years ago from scratch, and I have to say the price difference to save 40kg over ordinary ply is not yet recovered in the fuel costs .
Yes my Camper is always fully loaded , always ready to go and it’s my only vehicle .
It not worth worrying about , I did it to keep within the vehicle fully laden weights rather than fuel or performance
Yes it’s almost definitely slower , but it’s a 2.1 on lpg o it’s always going to faster , cheaper and quieter to run than a diesel anyway......

Yes mine is always fully equipped, fueled and ready to go at a moments notice.
Now that's what I call freedom.
CS

I suppose it depends on your circumstances. If you drive something else the rest of the time, weight matters not. If its a daily driver, extra weight certainly does matter.

This is what 850Kg of interior looks like... standard springs 70mm lowering for free

20170915_152847 by Paul_Barr, on Flickr

20170915_161122 by Paul_Barr, on Flickr

I don't think the fire extinguisher quite makes the grade as a safety feature though