evac05 Posted October 31, 2018 Howdy from San Antonio. I am nearing completion on my 2017 standard roof NV3500 conversion. I bought the van brand new in mid April, and dropped off at Colorado Camper Van end of May for a penthouse, windows, and electrics install. When I got it back, I finished the interior. Here is an album of the finished product. Please ask questions! https://imgur.com/gallery/7J5fLjg 5 laharview, radin2son, ASD Dad and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ASD Dad Posted October 31, 2018 Nice work! Hope you have many miles of happy traveling in your van. 1 radin2son reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
radin2son Posted November 5, 2018 That is a tall penthouse. It also has taller profile when down. Do you have it set up to sleep there as well? Great for warm/ hot weather, particularly since you have a rear upper window as well. Or is that an option? One of the criticisms of Sportsmobile tops is their use of round tubing to support the top. Does CCV use the same system and tubing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evac05 Posted November 5, 2018 The CCV penthouse also uses round tubing, but I understand the lifting geometry is different. Not sure if that makes it stronger and weaker, but I know I can grab the penthouse tubing and shake hard ... then penthouse is solid and the entire vehicle moves. I’m located an hour south of Sportsmobile Austin and it would have been awesome to get my van converted there ... but other than the small run of Nissan NVs they did several years ago, they don’t convert Nissans. I wanted the Nissan because of its tow capabilities. Yes, it is set up to sleep two upstairs, in addition to two downstairs. The penthouse bunk is in 2 foot sections, and can be stacked to the front or rear when it is up to give you more head room.————Installed a dfgoffroad,com fridge slide this weekend, so that I can slide my fridge back into the kitchen area if I need to get into the back without going outside ... and it will allow me to install a seat swivel on passenger seat. 2 radin2son and ASD Dad reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
radin2son Posted November 6, 2018 SMB’s version is stiff “enough” but will come down off center if not parked on level ground. (We don’t use leveling blocks.) You have to muscle it in place with your shoulder. We also have had to pull it down 2 or 3 times in severe wind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ducnut Posted November 11, 2018 That’s a REALLY nice setup. 2 radin2son and evac05 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
