Why should I bother installing racking in my van? To give your business a boost!

Syncro System racking makes your vehicle far more useful to you: its cargo compartment can finally carry all the tools, accessories, spares and equipment you need. And that’s not all. Everything stays tidy and easy to find when you need it, and you no longer have to return home to get something you forgot.

Consider for a moment how this not only saves you time and money, but makes you look far more professional in the eyes of your customers!

The Opel Vivaro L3 H1 seen in the photos on this page is owned by a plumber and Syncro System was asked to fit the liners and racking needed for his purposes. The result is a simple but highly effective configuration!

The bright, clean appearance of this Vivaro’s interior is in no small part due to the liners fitted to the floor, bulkhead, walls and doors. The liners that cover the van’s original body panels serve two purposes: they protect the bodywork against dents, scratches and spillages and they provide robust anchorage for the racking and accessories.

The floor is protected by a plywood liner with a marble-look finish. The walkable surface created in this way is extremely strong, thanks also to a special laying technique that uses spacers at strategic points to distribute weight over the ridges and recesses in the original floor. To protect the plywood against damp and to guarantee an extended working life, Syncro floor liners come with stainless steel anchor ring cups and edge profiles. The same marble-look material was used to cover the bulkhead where the liner panels are specially shaped to follow the contours in the bodywork. For the van’s doors and side walls, the Syncro team used super-strong steel panels.

The design of this racking system for a plumber’s Vivaro is extremely linear. The configuration on the left side consists of two identical columns made up of:

• two open floor-level compartments with hooks and lashing straps at the front to keep cargo securely inside
• a total of eight configurable shelves with non-slip bottom mats and internal space dividers, arranged in pairs

Note how the depth of the shelving changes towards the top of the van. Syncro racking can follow the contours of your van’s body while keeping the front perfectly vertical with no steps or protrusions.

The racking on the right of this Vivaro L3 H1 consists of a floor-level compartment with hooks and lashing straps and two more configurable shelves to complement those on the left. In addition, however, Syncro has fitted the following elements:

• three metal drawers with ball-bearing runners that allow full-length opening (drawers are among Syncro’s best selling products!)
• a plain compartment left open at the front
• a fully recessed, pull-out vice bench, sandwiched between two levels of racking, that extends out from the rear doors to form a robust work surface when needed

As its name suggests, Syncro’s vice bench normally serves as a support for a metal vice, for use when minor adjustments and repairs have to be done in the van. It is really up to you to decide how to use all Syncro System products, however. There’s nothing to prevent you installing a bench on its own first, and perhaps adding more equipment later. This is exactly what happened in the case of this Vivaro: in response to the need for a small space-saving work bench, the customer and the Syncro team decided to fit a pull-out vice bench without a vice. This can be added at any time in the future, after all!

The plumber who owns this Vivaro opted to wait before installing accessories. That’s not a problem, though, because all Syncro System products, especially accessories, can be added after the racking system has been delivered. Very often, the customer can even do the job himself.

The plumber who owns this van made only one exception: he asked us to install an LED tube light along the centreline of the van where it could light the entire cargo compartment.

Do you drive an Opel Vivaro for your job or in your leisure?

Don’t delay! Now is the right time to protect your van against damage and damp and make it so much practical!

Take a look at these other Vivaro racking solutions by Syncro System.

Here you can find liners to protect your Vivaro’s bodywork.

Here you can view roof rack solutions for the Vivaro.

If you work as a plumber, remember that thousands of your colleagues have already installed Syncro racking as a way to boost their business. You can see example here.

Call Syncro System now and book a no-obligations appointment to design a fully personalised racking solution for your van!