retro fit sliding windows to t5 crewvan

[aSimpleLife]

Maybe worth a call . Windows | Commercial | Auto Extras - Commercial

Have followed up Auto Extras and their price inc gst and freight to Melbourne is also $600
(basically the same as the Bushranger Jet-tec window)
That is for a Globe bonded sliding window.
I think I'll sit on this for a while and see how I go making up my own insect screen for the drivers door window as suggested on another thread.
Thanks to everyone for your advice and assistance. It's appreciated.
Apologies that I am not much of a contributor to the forum in return. But it's basically due to just surviving at this stage. Hopefully I am at least documenting my own requests well enough so they might be of more value to others in the future. And I do answer the occasional PM I get.

[Sunny43.5]

You are most welcome and thanks for keeping us informed on what you have found every little extra bit of info could help someone else as well .

[Tornado T5]

Thankyou very much for your suggestion.
No offence intended...but it's very very funny you should mention them (at least to me
No...on this occassion I have not tried them...despite them being literally a 15 minute walk from my house.
They actually did the dealer options for my van..including the current fixed windows...and what a terrible saga that turned out to be...although I was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt...and you wouldn't believe how often I get referred to them...for things like towbars, etc.
So when I wanted to fit out the rest of my van I went to them...emailed them...rang them...even went and turned up in reception twice...and every time they said they would get back to me...and they never once did...after 12 months...and they weren't the only one's...I ended up driving thousands of km's to Gloucester to have the work done...which I was very happy with.
I think with V group...in the end...I had to assume they only wanted to deal with dealers...and not with individuals...although it might have been just me...and likely after you read this...albiet after a couple of wines...you might be inclined to agree
But as I said...thanks very much for making the time to help.

Sorry to hear that as my last experience was the exact opposite. I had about $6000 worth of accessories installed by them through Burwins on my current T5 back in 2007. My front nudge/bull bar had lost the front attachment bolts and dropped almost to the ground. I strapped it up and drove to V-group really only looking to buy the bolts because I didn't know the size, had tried a few with no luck. They actually had me drive in, (I arrived unannounced) and spent upto an hour fixing it. The threads of the vans attachment points had stripped a little and to be honest I think the last dealer service is where it wasn't reattached properly. They re-threaded the holes, new longer bolts and charged me $50. All this on something they had installed 6 years ago.

[aSimpleLife]

Sorry to hear that as my last experience was the exact opposite. I had about $6000 worth of accessories installed by them through Burwins on my current T5 back in 2007. My front nudge/bull bar had lost the front attachment bolts and dropped almost to the ground. I strapped it up and drove to V-group really only looking to buy the bolts because I didn't know the size, had tried a few with no luck. They actually had me drive in, (I arrived unannounced) and spent upto an hour fixing it. The threads of the vans attachment points had stripped a little and to be honest I think the last dealer service is where it wasn't reattached properly. They re-threaded the holes, new longer bolts and charged me $50. All this on something they had installed 6 years ago.

I suspect it is a matter of timing. My issue(s) were from mid to late 2010. I understand they were (still are?) a long time family run company. I dealt with a son who explained his mother was running it and I got the impression the father had passed on not that long before. I think there might have been 2 sons and the couple of morning production meetings I observed were pretty animated. Anyway my problems started with my dealer (not Burwin) and then got compounded by Vgroup). In the end the dealer avoided their responsibility and left me working with them directly. And they/we eventually got it all sorted but it took months. As I said, my issues may have just been a once off problem. But when I tried to contact them again for more work I wanted done, I got ignored, multiple times (2 emails, 2 phone calls & 2 visits - I eventually get the hint). It might have been because they just didn't want to deal with me again. I got the impression eventually though, that they just didn't want to deal with individuals any more. Maybe it was a deliberate change of direction. Whatever it is, I certainly won't be wasting any more of my time trying to get in contact with them.

[Tornado T5]

Totally understandable. I call it the "polite p1s5-off", a case of don't actually say it but their actions show it. Who did you use afterwards?

[aSimpleLife]

Well they weren't the only ones...although as you say they were polite...although it was a waste of my time.
I had a worse experience down the road in Boronia at Topshelf storage solutions.
There I had a great initial discussion...then waited for the quote...and waited for the quote...then rang a few times...and again turned up at their premises twice...to be finally told after a couple of months of waiting for my quote...that they didn't want to waste their time because they didn't think I could afford them.
A bit hard to tell that when you don't know the price - I mean I wanted to spend up to $6,500 - but when it takes 2 months to not get a quote - how long would it be before I got my van back?
I later heard from those who referred me there that they were probably also focussing on fleet customers now - all they had to do was tell me that up front - and I wouldn't have wasted either of our time - their website still doesn't mention fleet only - although it does say "...you won’t find a team more committed to customer satisfaction..." RME.
I did try a caravan mob in Bayswater North too but at least they were up front about not wanting to do the job.

As detailed in another Aust. Volkswagen Campervan/Motorhome List thread on this forum, I ended up driving to Drifta in Gloucester northern NSW, had an excellent job done by really nice people over 2 days, and probably saved a couple of grand - less fuel cost