Bongo tidy up and Vrt!
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 10:28 pm
Hi, hope everyone doesn’t mind me putting this thread up. I am going to write about tidying my bongo up and about how to vrt a bongo in Ireland!
Firstly, vrt which is paying import duty’s from the UK reg camper to an Irish reg camper! I had to get an engineers report to confirm the camper conversion which is €120, for the engineer I had to get it weighted! I got this done at my local weight bridge, it usually cost €10/€20. Then I had book it into the Vrt centre for them to take pictures of it and to give them the necessary paperwork e.g tax book, receipt, etc. The Vrt centre then sent all this information to the main Vrt in Dublin to be assessed by a board to give a price! They decide the value of the camper then the Vrt is 13.5% of the value! Our camper Vrt cost €795.00. So in total it cost €925 from Uk to Irish reg! I hope this helps anyone in Ireland deciding to buy a UK camper as there is very little information out there on how to do it!
Secondly, I looked all over Ireland for the past year for a bongo, I noticed a majority of bongo needed a lot of work due to rust or have been filled and painted numerous times! It was difficult as I was unable to determine the condition of the bongo and how much work they needed! Also it was difficult to find one in the colour that I wanted!
Then I found my bongo in Scotland. It was the colour I wanted! Also it had low mileage, 4wd, a manual gear box and a camper conversion already done! However, I knew it had a little bit of rust from pictures but not till I got it home I realised it needed a lot of work! I only had 15mins to look at it at the docks before I headed back to Ireland!
I have decided to do a bit of a tidy up! I have started to strip the bumpers, light etc off to see how much rust it had and how much work it needed! It has slightly surprised me in certain areas lol however it is all fixable as none of it is structural!
I have decided to try to do as much work to the bongo as I can myself, however I am not a painter or welding so it could be fun or a headache! Lol
The good news it is all external rust damage, not internal damage! I have decided to start from the top and work my way down! The roof and tent was slightly damaged! I tried to find someone to fix the tent but no one was interest or want mental money to fix it! I sourced a roof and tent over in England! Luckily my brother was coming back in a lorry from England and he was able to collect it for me! I decided to spray the hard top roof the same colour as my bongo as the roof was faded and had missing stickers etc. plus the roof had a purple tent to match the bongo too!
Then i serviced the bongo! It got engine oil, gear box oil, diff oil, oil filter, fuel filter, heater plugs, brake pads, tyres, coolant and a new clutch so it is running a 100% mechanical!
Firstly, vrt which is paying import duty’s from the UK reg camper to an Irish reg camper! I had to get an engineers report to confirm the camper conversion which is €120, for the engineer I had to get it weighted! I got this done at my local weight bridge, it usually cost €10/€20. Then I had book it into the Vrt centre for them to take pictures of it and to give them the necessary paperwork e.g tax book, receipt, etc. The Vrt centre then sent all this information to the main Vrt in Dublin to be assessed by a board to give a price! They decide the value of the camper then the Vrt is 13.5% of the value! Our camper Vrt cost €795.00. So in total it cost €925 from Uk to Irish reg! I hope this helps anyone in Ireland deciding to buy a UK camper as there is very little information out there on how to do it!
Secondly, I looked all over Ireland for the past year for a bongo, I noticed a majority of bongo needed a lot of work due to rust or have been filled and painted numerous times! It was difficult as I was unable to determine the condition of the bongo and how much work they needed! Also it was difficult to find one in the colour that I wanted!
Then I found my bongo in Scotland. It was the colour I wanted! Also it had low mileage, 4wd, a manual gear box and a camper conversion already done! However, I knew it had a little bit of rust from pictures but not till I got it home I realised it needed a lot of work! I only had 15mins to look at it at the docks before I headed back to Ireland!
I have decided to do a bit of a tidy up! I have started to strip the bumpers, light etc off to see how much rust it had and how much work it needed! It has slightly surprised me in certain areas lol however it is all fixable as none of it is structural!
I have decided to try to do as much work to the bongo as I can myself, however I am not a painter or welding so it could be fun or a headache! Lol
The good news it is all external rust damage, not internal damage! I have decided to start from the top and work my way down! The roof and tent was slightly damaged! I tried to find someone to fix the tent but no one was interest or want mental money to fix it! I sourced a roof and tent over in England! Luckily my brother was coming back in a lorry from England and he was able to collect it for me! I decided to spray the hard top roof the same colour as my bongo as the roof was faded and had missing stickers etc. plus the roof had a purple tent to match the bongo too!
Then i serviced the bongo! It got engine oil, gear box oil, diff oil, oil filter, fuel filter, heater plugs, brake pads, tyres, coolant and a new clutch so it is running a 100% mechanical!