#nissan Elgrand Archives - Nomad Life Kiwi

Additions to our van

Mike — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 02:44:00 +0000

House battery and fridge. To make life easier on the road Jo wanted to add a fridge to our van, but how do we power it when not driving. The simple answer is to add …

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Removing the middle seats

Mike — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:30:00 +0000

Originally we were going to keep the middle row of seats in the van. This would enable us to carry passengers and they would also lay flat to form our bed. However to enable us …

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Our trial road trip

Mike — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:02:00 +0000

To complete our camping experience we have added an awning to our van. Again this is nothing permanent, but a blow up awning we brought back from the UK, on our last trip there. To …

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Fitting out and Self Containment

Mike — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 04:52:00 +0000

In this the second part of our Nissan Elgrand conversion we fit out the interior and take Keith to get his self containment sticker.

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Self Contained camping

Mike — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 02:41:00 +0000

In New Zealand there are many places you can freedom camp, ie camp for free (not in a camping ground). To do this you must however be self contained. Watch our video to see what …

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Removing the rear seats

Mike — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 02:21:00 +0000

Today the first task of converting our Nissan Elgrand E51, Highway Star into a camper van is to remove the rear seats. We are undecided at the moment whether to make this a permanent conversion …

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How we converted Keith

Mike — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:08:00 +0000

Keith is our Nissan Elgrand and we converted him to a self contained campervan for under 600NZ$. Here is the video on how we did it.

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Introduction to Keith

Mike — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 04:46:18 +0000

This is Keith, our Nissan Elgrand We have owned him for just over a year now and will be converting him to a self-contained camper van. He will be our home in between house sits …

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