SyncroHulk: VW Eurovan /T4 California Syncro from Spain

[Furgoman_u]

Hi, everybody.
Let my introduce myself and our van
We have moved just three weeks ago from Spain to Denver and we'd taken our van with us.
Our first test here in the US was a road trip from Baltimore to Denver crossing the country by secondary roads. Now we are exploring Denver and around...
We have a lot of plans for this year and we would like to share our adventures with you in this community and learn about how to travel and enjoy with the van here.
See you on the road!
Manu aka Furgoman_u
Some pis of our recent trip.
Pdta: I'm sorry about my poor english. I'm trying to improve it.

[IdeaNerd]

Welcome, and may you continue to enjoy your journeys here! Very nice that you were able to get the van imported here for the year. I'm trying to not be envious of you having a syncro T4 here in the States!

Do keep us posted on your explorations!

[Furgoman_u]

[VAEV1993]

Your van looks great and very glad to hear you are enjoying your time!

The CaveVan lift worked very well for me, and many other here too from what I have seen.

Keep us updated on your trip!
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1993 Weekender - Hula
2002 Golf TDI
2017 Golf Alltrack

[Broseph Stalin]

[saintjobe]

Hi there, my family has a 2002 T4 and we live in Denver! (Centennial actually) I have done the spacer lift and level (with Bilstein shock upgrade) along with a handful of other upgrades to our EVC.

Also, my wife went to grad school at ESADE in Barcelona and I have been lucky enough to travel there once. It was an incredible trip. My wife loves everything about Spain and really enjoys speaking Spanish. (Although she is admittedly rusty since she doesn't get to speak it daily here)

Also, we are planning to do some international travel with our van in the coming years. We are both teachers and we plan to take our family abroad to teach in international schools.

We would love to invite you over for dinner sometime. I'd love to see your syncro and I'd be happy to show you the lift kit I installed. We'd also love to talk about shipping vans around the globe and just welcome you to Denver. I'll private message you my contact information and if your interested just shoot me a text.

Welcome

[Furgoman_u]

Thanks so much to VAEV1993, Broseph Stalin and saintjobe for your message. I appreciate a lot your help and your warm welcome.

[Furgoman_u]

Hi, everybody!
Bad news: Last night somebody had tried to rob us the van. We have a Bullock Anti-theft and they couldn't. So They took few non importants things (iphone cable charger, etc...) and they leave the doors opened. We are scared and worried. Perhaps we must add some Thule van lock, or an alarm system.
What do you think or suggest to us?

We have another problem... We need to refill our propane canister but I don find where. I add some pics. Do you know where could I go for refilling?
Thanks in advance!

[saintjobe]

So sorry to hear that your van was broken into! I had a car stolen many years ago and it was definitely a bad experience. Also, it's not a very nice welcome to the US!

As far as your propane tank, I'm not sure if the one you have meets US laws to be filled. I admit that I am not sure about this, but I have never seen one that looks like yours where it is just an open ball valve on the top. Most of the ones in the US have a hand screw valve on the top of them. And the van mounted ones on the EVC have a similar female fitting that propane places screw a long male fitting into.

Lots of places fill tanks, Ace Hardware stores usually do... You may just need to take it in and see if they will fill it. I had an issue with my tank, which I ended up replacing, but I dealt with AAA Propane (7405 W. 44th Ave. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Phone: (303)425-7623). If you can't get it done at a normal ace hardware or RV service place, I'd try there as a last resort.

I hope I am wrong and it is easy to fill. Good luck!

[SplitBusVanatic]

Lovely van. And diesel too.
Cool.
Lucky no one was hurt in your robbery or anything was damaged or very valuable stuff taken.
Looking forward to your updates.

[perello]

[Zeitgeist 13]

Please accept apologies on behalf of my country. We're a bunch of idiots sometimes.

My Vanagon has an aftermarket remote locking system that includes a flashing blue light on top of the dash when it's locked. I haven't bothered adding the alarm since the light implies it's existence.
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Casey--

'89 Bluestar ALH w/12mm Waldo pump, PP764 and GT2052
'01 Weekender --> full camper
y u rune klassik?

[Furgoman_u]

Thanks so much to saintjobe, SplitBusVanatic, perello and Zeitgeist 13 for your words.
We have suffered an attempt of theft in Spain too two times. Unfortunately It is the same story everywhere.

Well... Yesterday I went to meet Cavevan. I follow them by instagram, facebook and I have learnt some very interesting tricks reading Cole's post (like the Sony XAV AX100 for example).

So, I'd been wanting to meet Cole for a long time and right now that we have begun to have problems with the shifter lever of the van (very common on vans with the years and the kilometers of SyncroHulk) it was the moment.

I want to say that I'm still amazed with the kindness and sympathy of Cole and his team. SyncroHulk is in good hands.

Thanks so much, Cole!!!

[Furgoman_u]

Hi, everybody.
Here is the SyncroHulk lifting 1.0 thanks to Cavevan 1.5 liftkit
In a few months we will install a new set of BF Goodrich AT TA KO2 215/70R16
I hope you like it.

[Joshwa]

A question on your spare tire swing out. I know that is the factory swing out for the syncro. My question is if it uses the same factory location that the hinges for rear barn doors would mount. Also, if you could add a picture of the hinges with the rear open that would be great.
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93 Weekender TDI conversion (AHU)
93 MV TDI conversion (1Z)
Weekender rear cot
Late model cabin air filter on 93
Euro spec bumper install on 93

[Furgoman_u]

[Joshwa]

Thank you. That’s a pretty involved add on.
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93 Weekender TDI conversion (AHU)
93 MV TDI conversion (1Z)
Weekender rear cot
Late model cabin air filter on 93
Euro spec bumper install on 93

[Broseph Stalin]

[Furgoman_u]

Hi, everybody!
I'm looking for the rear door inside panel cover or "hatch door carpet". I think it is the reference 7D0867601D

I f anybody knows where I could find one at a good price, I appreciate the help.
Meanwhile, I'm enjoying exploring amazing colourful Colorado State with the van and the bike. See you on the trails!

[Joshwa]

I would think that Cole at Cavevan would have that. You could use a 93 version and get the inside unlock handle as well.
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93 Weekender TDI conversion (AHU)
93 MV TDI conversion (1Z)
Weekender rear cot
Late model cabin air filter on 93
Euro spec bumper install on 93