TGE / Crafter - Side Markers

[Spuffington]

Wondering if anyone can save me some initial grubbying of hands...

I have a campervan based upon an MY23 MAN TGE (MWB). See below:



I've noticed that many other MWB vans have inbuilt side markers in the side protection panel trim. Before I go routing around behind mine, does anyone know if the loom for the side markers would already be in situ? If so, I'll set about buying new panels from MAN but if not, then I'm not going to go about messing with adding wiring looms and I'll stay as is.



TIA

Edited by Spuffington on Monday 3rd June 15:56

[Spuffington]

Thanks all for your help on this. It's really strange how some vans have it and others not. I perhaps can buy into the fact I don't have one of the packs but I've seen other vans which I don't think would have either, which have the side markers included. Heyho.

I'm going to get under the rear of the van this weekend and see what's going on as far as loom is concerned. Looks very much from the pics above that there won't be anything there. I've got my tame Auto Electrician mate coming this morning to fit a dashcam in the Disco so I may get him to take a look at what would be involved to retrofit a loom.

Thanks for all the help. I'll keep this updated if I get any further with it / pull the trigger on the upgrade.

[Spuffington]

So an update quicker than I anticipated....

As it happens, my Auto Electrician who does a lot of work for Essex Police says he's worked on Crafters and side markers. It turns out that it was an absolute pain in the backside to do in an empty van pre-fit-out, let alone a camper so he's done a mixture of politely decline, advise against and priced accordingly (£2k labour) so as to incentivise against not doing it.

TBH I was only ever going to do it if it was a relatively straightforward plug & play job; don't like the idea of butchering my beloved camper. But good to hear from someone who's done it.