Trim-a-Van

25/10/2026

Jacqueline Imms came to us from Erdington just up the road from us with her LDV Maxus van. Although this was rough around the edges it has potential and we could see this. The vehicle arrived smelling bad, carpet hanging and boards falling off, it wasn’t great. The only thing to do was gut the van out of all the old stuff and start again. We insulated it to start with, thermal lined key areas and boarded out the entire back. Spotlights were added, blue lights running down the sides and a maxxfan. Everything was glue removed around the edges and carpeted in anthracite. We sorted out the passenger step and intergrated existing lightings upwards.
Adam Maher came in to sort the floor adding a concrete vinyl to finish off. In the meantime the vans alternator gave up so this was replaced here thanks to J.TECH Car and Commercial Repairs LTD Jack who supplied and fitted it in record time.
For an old bus it came out well and hopefully Jackie has a good base to go on with now with whatever she chooses to do with the van. Thanks again to you & Mo for trusting us!

24/10/2026

This morning we had the pleasure of both 1 OFF’s land at the unit nice and early. Both Lee’s were heard before they were seen and trust me we I thought the roof on the unit was going to cave in 🫨. The bass out of the silver one has to be heard in person 🔊🔊. Trucking Sounds need to be praised for the phenomenal set up from the speakers to the door builds and the lighting in this one! After getting my hearing back and giving my head a wobble we got down to sorting out some business between us and big Lee. We fixed a fault on little lees van and made a plan for the next stage for these 2 vans. For those that go to the shows you’re in for a treat next year, most of the units by us were closed today but people were popping their heads around the gate to see where the noise was coming from 🤣 Thanks for coming by and look forward to seeing and being part of the next step 👌🏼

18/10/2026

Dominik came to us from Spalding with his sprinter van. As a long distance European driver and already having his Tacho fitted 😂 he removed his pram hood bed and opted for a fixed bed behind the seats. (Mattress on order). Pretty straight forward this one. He included a Halo roof with a maxxfan thanks to Midland Leisure Supplies Limited, this was connected to to a leisure battery and split charge system and we also added an Autoterm Night heater under the seats, the rear of the bed was left bare to match the rest of the vehicle. We also added some 12mm wheel arch covers to protect the arches. Nice set up this van and thanks for trusting us, hope it makes your journeys more comfortable! 👍🏼

12/10/2026

Tim from Sutton car repairs found us on Google search and got in touch. This van had been involved in an accident where the drivers side needed replacing, to do the work they had to remove existing carpet and boarding to do the repair work. We had the task to piece it back together and get it back as close as possible which involved making 2 new panels and carpeting it in two-tone to match the previous work. A pretty simple job which we sorted in a day for his company in a day. Everything cleaned out and all panels reattached. Thanks for the work hope your customer will be happy with the repair!

12/10/2026

Father and son Duo Kevin and Harry local to us came in with a small challenge to sort their ex fridge van out. Apart from a set of wheels the outside of this van has had full colour change and it looks amazing in this blue but inside was a different story. Harry had already started to do bits like weld the bed frame into position and add some sound deadening and thermal pads and fit a Truma aircon pod. We finished off fully insulating it out and boarding the van out. Around the windows he wanted to hide the curtain track so we had to line the recess areas first, fit the tracks and curtains then cut the holes to suit, wrap the panels first behind then wrap the front of the panels to finish. Bit of a challenge this one as the suede was a pig to use and only came a set width of 1.4 which is great for small vans but not for taller vans. We added a roof, 1 piece side door panel, a couple of storage cupboards and shelf above the cabin. Adam Maher did his magic on the vinyl floor and that was basically our bit done our end. Now Harry can go and carry on adding his bit to make it into a great little camper. Thanks again for the continued work you keep finding us!

12/10/2026

Martin Bates came up to us from Heathrow to have the back of his sprinter van sorted out. Although the ply looked good from a distance once the load lock was removed each panel was held on by 2 screws so as you can imagine the rattles were terrible. This was removed and we templates it onto some decent 9mm and fixed it properly into place.
We added a roof with spotlights and colour changing LED’s down the sides. The bulkhead we added flat boards so he can load and strap down his stage cases better and then wrapped both sides. 12mm wheel arches were then added along with some rear loading lights for them dark evenings. Martin also asked if we could fill the gap by the side door with a pallet support so we came up with what you see in the pics. Easily removed if not needed and also handy to store ratchet straps.
Finishing off the van we changed his grille and also fitted him a new horn as the standard horns are terrible 🤣. Thanks again for the work and hope the ride home was a bit quieter 👍🏼

27/09/2026

20/09/2026

Lewis Smith came down from Newcastle to see us with his ford transit van. This was to basically turn it into a bedroom style van with rear storage. This got stripped out and fully insulated and boarded with a bulkhead to the rear and a halo roof. We added a maxxfan thanks to Midland Leisure Supplies Limited and painted the surround black. Under the seat we added a Nightheater thanks to Autoterm.store UK direct to the vans main tank also a split charge and leisure battery. The van was wrapped in Anthracite and Adam Maher came in and played the ‘concrete style’ vinyl floor. We moved Lewis’s sign to the headboard and ordered a mattress to finish off. Be nice to see what you do with the finished van and even better to see it back on the scene. Thanks again lewis 👍🏼

18/09/2026

Valentin from CPS Transport Ltd came in with his sprinter van to us. We had the honour of fitting a Genuine overhead Tacho unit into his roof liner. These vans come with a cut out already scribed into the liner, all you have to do is Stanley knife the line out to give you the hole. The base plate is secured by 4 riv-nuts and up it goes with the liner held into position by 2 screws. Everything else is self explanatory. Thanks to Paul Cartwright for sending Valentine to us. Now he’s off to go and get a Tacho fitted 🤣

15/09/2026

Well that’s it guys, we have just taken in the last entry for this year which will take us into January 2027!
Can’t believe how busy it has been but for now we will not be taking in anymore vans until at least mid January maybe early Feb.
For those of you that I have been in touch with up until today you are all still good for your bookings.
Big thanks to those who keep supporting our little business and keep us going it means a lot!
Also big shout out to the 5 people that failed to turn up and not even communicate this year, really don’t get why people book in and don’t show 🙄 and to the 3 people that still have outstanding payments.
Very annoying when you bust your gut to go out of your way and do a job then not to get a payment at the end of it.
Anyway enough of that thanks again and more projects will be uploaded in the up coming weeks 👍🏼