0:00 -hi I'm Jeff from Sussex installations
0:02 -today's video is about you probably
0:05 -guess it it's a hole in the van hole
0:07 -through the side lad door of a Ford
0:09 -Transit Connect van this is a Ford
0:12 -Transit Connect van it's a short
0:14 -wheelbase Ford Transit Connect van short
0:16 -wheel Bas and long wheel Bas are have a
0:19 -different size door and they need a
0:20 -different shield this is the short
0:23 -wheelbase one and it's an absolute
0:25 -nightmare we've got people Tradesmen all
0:28 -over the country that keep getting in
0:29 -touch with us have you got a shield for
0:31 -uh to repair the damage in my door my
0:33 -full connect and the answer up until now
0:37 -has always been no and the reason for
0:38 -that is the body shape of this is a
0:41 -nightmare look we've got the Contours of
0:43 -the van the suage lines here which is
0:45 -normal enough but then just below that
0:47 -we've got this wheel Arch and where the
0:49 -latch sits inside the door it's near the
0:52 -wheel Arch and that seems to be where
0:53 -the fees were attacking so if the fees
0:55 -were just sticking to attacking up high
0:57 -near that Sage line and we could just
0:59 -make a shield and finish
1:00 -like here on this flat Edge that would
1:02 -be fine with all the Contours of the van
1:04 -here and then with these curved Contours
1:06 -of the van here it's an absolute
1:08 -nightmare what I've done is been
1:10 -wrecking my head trying to come up with
1:11 -a solution for this like I spent weeks
1:13 -on this I dreamt about it I felt about
1:16 -it throughout the day and I've tried
1:17 -many many things but here's the good
1:19 -news Well fingers crossed as long as we
1:21 -get through this today there will be a
1:27 -solution behold we have the B Shield I
1:30 -present to you I do
1:33 -a
1:35 -Batman would that be copyright violation
1:38 -but it's I'm not sure if we can get away
1:40 -with the bat Shield but internally I'm
1:43 -referring it to it as the bat Shield
1:46 -it's bat Shield developed by someone who
1:49 -might be
1:51 -bat crazy at times to come up with such
1:54 -a crazy idea and to still be trying
1:57 -after all them different versions one 2
1:59 -2 3 4 38 whatever we got to but guys we
2:03 -have a solution for you um it's
2:06 -difficult to get here ideally we just do
2:08 -like we do with normal we just go with a
2:10 -body workor with a nice flat Shield that
2:12 -just matches all the Contours perfectly
2:14 -but in this case it's just not possible
2:16 -so rather than you guys having to have a
2:18 -whole new door on your van there is a
2:20 -solution at least so short wheelbase the
2:23 -back shield from Sussex installations
2:25 -available on our website or on our
2:27 -Amazon shop or eBay shop I'm sure also
2:30 -so go online or get in touch with us via
2:33 -the website is
2:34 -www.Sussex install. co.uk thanks for
2:37 -watching this video also check out our
2:40 -internal shield for this van I put a
2:42 -heck of a lot of effort into that one
2:43 -too so maybe check the video out on that
2:45 -one on our YouTube channel the internal
2:47 -Shield very very useful from a security
2:49 -point of view the external Shield really
2:52 -good to repair and cover up the whole in
2:54 -your door the external Shield can also
2:56 -give an additional bit of additional um
2:58 -security too and if particularly if used
3:01 -in combination with the internal Shield
3:02 -so thanks for watching the video we do
3:04 -have a solution for you don't forget to
3:06 -um give us a like on the video be much
3:08 -appreciated and please do subscribe to
3:10 -our YouTube channel so we can keep you
3:11 -up to date with the latest inan security
3:14 -as things do change look if you're um
3:17 -thinking about buying one of these
3:18 -shields and thinking about fitting it
3:19 -yourself carry on watching I'm just
3:21 -going to give you a little bit of an
3:22 -idea we're going to fit one start to
3:23 -finish and you get a bit of an idea of
3:25 -what's involved in fitting it if you're
3:27 -going to fit it yourself if you feel
3:28 -like it's a bit too much F to fit then
3:30 -either get us to fit it or your local
3:32 -van security specialist to fit it for
3:34 -you but we do provide really detailed
3:36 -instructions so it's it's actually not
3:38 -that difficult in most cases you know if
3:39 -you're competent with a drill and all
3:41 -that kind of stuff so again thanks for
3:42 -watching stay tuned if you want to check
3:44 -out a little bit of the installation
3:46 -from start to
3:51 -[Music]
3:58 -finish
4:10 -[Music]
4:16 -[Music]
4:28 -[Music]
4:34 -[Music]
4:43 -[Music]
4:56 -okay so we just did the installation of
4:58 -it start the Finish finish give you a
5:00 -bit of an idea of what it's like to fit
5:01 -it yourself this is a solution for you
5:03 -van if you want to sort of stay tuned
5:05 -and check out how I come to the
5:06 -development of this bat Shield this kind
5:08 -of crazy idea with a solution for this
5:11 -really really difficult problem then
5:13 -stay tuned and I'll give you a bit of an
5:15 -in-depth FL from the development bit of
5:17 -behind the scenes stuff going on stay
5:19 -tuned if you're interested check it out
5:20 -it was an absolute nightmare getting
5:22 -this done but we did get it done check
5:24 -it out I do have a prototype here which
5:26 -I've spent like forever making and we
5:28 -are just about to test it on this van
5:30 -we're just fine tuneing a few little
5:32 -details while this tradesman's here
5:34 -wandering the streets of uh eastor we're
5:36 -fine tuning the details and we're going
5:38 -to get ahead nail the final design on
5:40 -this sign it off fit it to this van
5:42 -build all the jigs so we can attach the
5:44 -studs to it short wheel base and long
5:46 -wheel base I'm going to show you some of
5:47 -the differences if you got short wheel
5:49 -base like this door
5:51 -here small Gap there you've got a short
5:54 -wheel base if you've got a long Gap
5:58 -there
6:00 -you've got the long wheel base for
6:01 -connect the long wheel base we've got a
6:03 -solution for that which is here and
6:05 -we've had that available on our website
6:07 -for quite some time we sold lots of
6:09 -these so that's there as a great um
6:11 -repair Shield if you've got a long wheel
6:12 -B connect that's got a hole in it but
6:14 -this short wheel base this is what we're
6:16 -now talking about how do we solve this
6:20 -problem so this is my trail of
6:23 -development in a lap not normally you
6:25 -refer to development in terms of laps as
6:27 -more of a racing thing but let's take a
6:29 -lap of this van because that's what the
6:31 -development spans we started
6:33 -here trying out many different concepts
6:36 -different shapes what can we do what can
6:38 -we make of it just kept going and going
6:41 -kept going and going and going and going
6:43 -and eventually we are at this point
6:46 -here it's a very unique design I mean in
6:52 -life I've been going around for many
6:53 -years I got my 50/50 projects you know
6:55 -where something's like so out there so
6:57 -crazy because it's a difficult um
6:59 -problem like and it's difficult to make
7:00 -a solution for it that it could be
7:02 -absolutely amazing or it could be an
7:04 -epic fail and there's really no way of
7:06 -telling until you actually just go ahead
7:08 -and do it so I've had lots of those in
7:09 -life where I just go ahead do it so
7:11 -Charlotte from my office a couple of
7:13 -years ago she upgraded my 50/50 project
7:15 -she says well Jeff they normally work
7:16 -out so we settled with 75 25 projects so
7:20 -let's see this is definitely one of
7:21 -those projects let's see can we get this
7:24 -working can we get this van repaired
7:26 -looking nice can we get this out the
7:28 -door today with this shield on our
7:30 -development door and it was basically
7:33 -basically there I got a good fit on the
7:34 -door I've actually got a solution so
7:36 -could save you guys a heck of a lot of
7:38 -money and a lot of hassle trying to find
7:39 -new doors for your Ford connect short
7:41 -wheel bases with this little invention
7:44 -behold it is the bat
7:46 -Shield I played Batman but then I won't
7:49 -be able to put this music I wouldn't be
7:50 -able to put this YouTube video up
7:51 -because the copyright of the music no
7:53 -doubt um so here we are with it and I
7:56 -got to the point where basically it
7:57 -fitted the door but we actually needed a
7:58 -van we needed a van so we could check
8:01 -that it's going to clear the body work
8:02 -as the as the lip that I've got on here
8:06 -as the lip of it that I've got on here I
8:07 -need to check that we clear the body
8:09 -work of the van and that's what we got
8:10 -here we got a van customer's been broken
8:12 -into um yesterday he's come down from
8:15 -London today we're very busy here but
8:17 -I'm just going to slip this in and try
8:19 -try and get this nailed because it's
8:21 -been such an effort that's gone into
8:24 -this Shield the external shield for this
8:26 -van for the short wheeel base we did the
8:28 -external Shield for the long wheel base
8:30 -and we also gone to a lot of effort for
8:32 -a standalone internal Shield that's
8:34 -compatible with both the short wheel
8:36 -base and the long wheel base whether
8:38 -they got the external Shield fitted or
8:40 -or our internal Shield fitted so a good
8:42 -product range for the side load doors
8:43 -for these connects whether they're short
8:45 -wheel base or long wheel base stay tuned
8:48 -let's
8:56 -go so we're really up against it here
8:58 -we're going from one thing to another
8:59 -we're making the um making the test fit
9:03 -then we're making like the real Shield
9:05 -we're making the Jigs and also at the
9:07 -same time we're trying to take
9:09 -um pictures ready to make the
9:11 -instruction manuals for you guys if
9:12 -you're fitting this this yourself so we
9:14 -got you know we don't miss any steps um
9:17 -we're trying to take the video so we can
9:18 -make the video to put on YouTube which
9:20 -you might be watching right now trying
9:22 -to get the whole job done and yeah it's
9:24 -it's quite a lot of work but it's it's
9:26 -coming together um we have the holes
9:30 -drilled so we're ready to go we just
9:32 -need to wax all this area up we've got
9:34 -the gaskets cut which we cut on our
9:38 -gasket cutting machine or other CNC
9:39 -machine upstairs what I've done with the
9:41 -gasket
9:43 -is I've got it so it's the right shape
9:46 -I've also got it so we're going to put a
9:49 -an extra strip along this Edge just to
9:51 -stop any water running in if any water
9:53 -was to run in down the side of the
9:54 -shield and I'm just looking to have so
9:58 -just in case
9:59 -on the oddd like chance that there is a
10:03 -possibility that any moisture Gets
10:04 -behind the shield between the actual
10:06 -like in this recess area then I want it
10:09 -to come out if there was a chance that
10:11 -somebody fitted one and there was a bit
10:12 -of a gap down the side where they fitted
10:14 -it here and water did somehow manage to
10:15 -get in obviously the vehicle's driving
10:17 -forwards the water's not naturally going
10:19 -to come in from the back but if someone
10:20 -managed to jet wash it or do something
10:22 -of it strange to get water in the shield
10:25 -then I've got this water channel here
10:27 -where it could drip back out in the
10:29 -gasket so trying to put all these steps
10:31 -in trying to finalize this cuz like I
10:32 -said I spent weeks on these already
10:34 -doing those designs for the external and
10:36 -designs for the internals and then
10:38 -putting the timeing today and we got a
10:40 -customer waiting to to get his van and
10:41 -go home so you know it's it's all
10:43 -happening we got Drew here we got Danny
10:45 -on the job we've had to make some
10:48 -realistic calls here haven't we like
10:50 -just to get the stuff done we just got
10:51 -to right okay we just got to get the man
10:53 -at the door get this one um gone and
10:56 -then we can also make a few more little
10:59 -little fine tunes to it back with our
11:01 -development door so I've still got the
11:02 -door here development door but really
11:05 -what I couldn't do what was stopping me
11:07 -from going ahead with this van with this
11:08 -shield and get it developed weeks ago
11:10 -was cuz I had this lip on the edge I
11:12 -needed to make sure that that wasn't
11:14 -going to bump into the Bodywork as the
11:16 -van door closed
11:19 -so I needed an actual van itself to
11:24 -check that out on so that's what we've
11:26 -been doing we just had the masking take
11:27 -there to to protect it where we was
11:29 -testing it and we was been testing with
11:31 -the blue tack but you can't really tell
11:34 -until you actually get one and put a
11:35 -real shield on and be careful with it
11:37 -and test it so we've done what we needed
11:39 -to do with the development of this van
11:41 -we can now just go ahead get the
11:42 -customer get the H customer gone and
11:45 -then we can just finish off those fine
11:46 -little details with our development door
11:48 -and then get this available for you guys
11:50 -so you can fit it on the website if
11:51 -you've got a hole in the van you connect
11:52 -you're going to want one so hopefully
11:54 -it's there available for you right now
11:55 -that you can buy online from us here we
11:58 -go it's it's halfast 5 it's finished
12:00 -going home time isn't it we're after
12:02 -going home time it's been quite a hard
12:04 -day rushing rushing lots of lots of
12:06 -different things going on but we are
12:08 -ready are you
12:10 -ready we have the reveal here it
12:15 -comes put the
12:17 -Batman I would put the Batman music on
12:20 -but I fear that this YouTube be this
12:22 -video be pulled from YouTube for
12:23 -copyright violation here we go look at
12:26 -it go look at it oh
12:32 -nice very
12:34 -[Music]
12:43 -good okay guys so look that's it we've
12:46 -done the um problem we've done the the
12:49 -installation showing you it and I've
12:51 -given you a bit of uh behind the scenes
12:53 -footage of what this development what it
12:55 -took to develop a shield like this which
12:56 -was absolute nightmare um hope you
12:59 -enjoyed the video check out some of our
13:00 -other videos we've got the transit
13:02 -connect the long wheel based version in
13:04 -another video and we've got the internal
13:06 -shield in another video also so please
13:08 -do check it out obviously lots of stuff
13:09 -on the YouTube channel please don't
13:10 -forget to uh give us a like for the
13:12 -video be much appreciated and to uh
13:14 -subscribe to our YouTube channel so we
13:15 -can keep you up to date with the latest
13:17 -inan security thanks for
13:24 -watching
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