VW Air-cooled & Water-cooled Specialists, Southampton
“We provide owners of classic air-cooled VW’s a place to take their vehicle where they can be safe in the knowledge that their pride and joy will be properly repaired by an experienced technician using only top quality parts and materials. We use only the best quality tools and operate a brand new custom spray booth ensuring a high end finish.”
VW Campervan & VW Beetle Restoration
Dream Day Campers specialise in breathing new life into Classic Volkswagen’s. Bring your VW to us for a full restoration and we will ensure your vehicle can be enjoyed for many years to come.
Our full restoration service includes
A full vehicle assessment
A full exterior and interior strip down with all parts catalogued and safely stored.
All welding works carried out - with full repairs removing the rust and replacing with new metal.
All bodywork preparation and paintwork - with all paintwork carried out in our Haltec Airstream.
A full interior/ exterior rebuild - replacing or refurbishing any old and worn parts.
All restoration work comes with a dedicated project manager as your first point contact who will guide and advise you throughout the build and provide regular updates including photos and videos of the work carried out.
Contact us to arrange to bring in your VW for a no obligation discussion with our team. Click below to view our recent VW Restoration’s.
We offer quality respray service for your Classic or Modern Volkswagen. We have invested in the best technologies and materials to ensure a high end no compromise finish that will last.
Our bodyshop services include full and partial resprays, accident damage, panel resprays and bumper repairs.
VW Paintwork
VW Pop Top Installations & Canvas Replacement
If you are looking for a pop top roof installation or a refurb of your current roof we can help! We only work with top quality pop top roof suppliers and our skilled technician’s are trained to install pop top roof’s to both classic and modern VW’s. We can repair, repaint and seal your current pop top and also provide off the shelf and custom made pop top canvas options.
VW Campervan Interior Conversions
We can build your vision with our custom interior conversion service available for both Classic and Modern VW’s. We offer a range of options on upholstery, headlining, flooring, kitchen units and rock and roll beds. Previous build’s have included custom made items such as a pop top beds, wetsuit locker, fold out tables and storage areas.
We can refresh and future protect the underside of your Classic VW by stripping and cleaning all suspension parts and gear linkage, removing all underside, dirt and grime before applying tintable Raptor truck bed liner. Before we rebuild we can paint the suspension parts, gear linkage and beam in black.
We can also protect your Classic or Modern VW with stone chip and/or waxoyl.
VW Campervan Underside Refresh
Other Services
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Mechanical
With our fully equipped workshop facilities we undertake a range of mechanical services on air-cooled and water-cooled Volkswagen’s. Additional services include engine rebuilds, engine replacements, gearbox rebuilds, brakes and suspension, carburettor set up and lots more.
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Welding & Fabrication
Our fabrication team assess each VW individually to ensure the most appropriate repair is carried out. We only cut back as far as needed to protect the originality of your VW. We use the best quality panels and when these are not available we fabricate our own from sheet metal in house. Spot , mig and braze welding are all jobs carried out whilst ensuring great attention to detail.
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Electrical & Heating
We offer a range of services to provide power to your VW Campervan including a 12v leisure battery system, 240v hook up and solar panel installation. We can also carry out electrical fault finding, wiring repairs and wiring loom installation.
We can install a 2KW Autoterm Air Diesel Heater to any model of Campervan.
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General Inspections
Ensure your Classic VW remains safe and roadworthy! We will carry out a 2 hour inspection on our ramp (bodywork and mechanical) and provide the results to you in a report. We can advise what essential works are required and provide an estimate for the work.
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What People Are Saying
“Thanks to the team at Day Dream Campers for bringing my Grandmas VW Beetle back to life. She needed a lot of work so it took some time but we’ll worth the wait . The bug is now good as new and looks amazing . Great work guys and thanks so much for restoring her to an amazing standard.”
— Nick Alfred Zammeti
“I recommend Dream Day Campers, I found them to be honest in their opinions and suggestions on the best course of action for what your VW needs. Their work shop is organised so showed that they would look after your vehicle. I am very please with the work that I had done including MOT work.”
— Graham Ferns
“I would recommend Dream Day Campers the team do a great job and are reasonably priced. I have had lots of advice from them. They replaced some rusty panels and welded and plated other areas, then sealed and painted them. Very nice work. They also sorted out some mechanical issues.
— Chas Haynes
