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19/7/2024 at 6:07pm
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Outfit: Lunar Cosmos 524
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Often the criteria is it needs to 'look' like a camper. Friends are in the process of converting their van, and intend to add graphics, as they had comments/rejections about it's appearance when used as a ad-hoc camper, it wasn't the lack of interior fittings or windows the camp sites objected to, it was it's exterior commercial vehicle appearance!
I think it's 'normal' for campervans to have graphics as opposed to being a plain finish indistinguishable from a truly (un-sign written) commercial vehicle. Even DVLA make it a requirement to have graphics if you wish to officially re-register a former commercial vehicle as a campervan!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/converting-a-vehicle-into-a-motor-carav........
The form the graphics take is largely down to you, fake windows are not excluded, but neither would they fulfil the DVLA need for 2 or more genuine windows, but they would likely satisfy most campsites. Almost any graphics that make it appear to be a camper would likely do for most campsites.
Rules vary enormously from camp site to camp site, some blanket ban anything that looks like a commercial vehicle, others allow un-sign written ones, yet others allow 'commercials' to tow a caravan to pitch, but insist the vehicle is parked off pitch in a car park!
Graphics can be relatively inexpensive if DIY fitted, they may also deter someone breaking into your van on the premise it's a commercial with potentially goods or tools to steal! - my mobile service engineer has his van mocked up as a camper for that very reason!
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