Monthly Archives: March 2026

Grenadier gets a new skin

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The Grenadier has its new protective skin on the front and sides. Images courtesy of the House of Tint and Paint Protection Film.

The Doc had to quickly drive back to Sydney via Wagga and Dubbo. It was suppose to be a week trip but the fuel crisis prevented that, however a few days in the van has allowed the Doc to do a partial shake down of the van setup.

The average price of diesel is now hitting AUD3 a litre, with petrol not that far behind.

The Kimberley trip is now in doubt. So The Doc is looking at shorter trips instead.

Trav and Trish at House of Tint did and excellent job on both the car and van. The Doc caught up with Rohan from GrenX who also inspected the Grenadier and was impressed with the new film.

Video of the work done on the van and car:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/14WcMAZyXDY

Vista RV Crossover XPEL PPF film

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The Vista RV has its new protective skin on the front and sides. Images courtesy of the House of Tint and Paint Protection Film.

Video of the EPEL film being applied to the van:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1492935335789729

House of Tint

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The IG and the Vista Crossover RV van have been dropped off at House on Tint in Melbourne for PPF film protection.

The van was picked up from storage in Dubbo, then driven to a mate’s farm in Wagga Wagga for a few days. The Doc was sleeping in the van and setting it up, at least partially setting it up.

Then on to Melbourne to House of Tint. He could not find a place to park the van so had to use a road side stop on the Hume Highway. Not exactly a quite location.

The Grenadier is being worked on now and should be finished Friday. Then they will start on the van.

The Doc is also trying different tracking software and made this lousy video of the trip.