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Building a camper in a Renault Trafic L1H1

Load length
2,537 mm
Load width
1,662 mm
Load height
1,387 mm
Between the wheel arches
1,268 mm
Kerb weight
1,755 kg
Gross vehicle weight
2,900 kg

This van is 1.662 mm wide, which is 238 mm short of sleeping across it if you are 1.80 m. That is the single most important thing to know about this model: a transverse bed physically fits, but you will not lie stretched out. For a fixed bed here you want the slide-out or the lengthwise bed — those sleep along the van and reach 2.050 mm whatever the width.

Of the ten layouts we have costed, 3 fit this model with room to spare. The fullest is the Seating group: it leaves 1.162 mm of aisle and weighs 134 kg, leaving you 631 kg of payload for water, batteries, bikes and yourself.

At 1.387 mm of load height you cannot stand up in here. That need not be a problem — all our furniture stays below 900 mm and you cook seated or from the sliding door — but if you want to stand inside you need a pop-top, and we do not supply those.

Between the wheel arches it is 1.268 mm. That number matters more than the load width, because everything that runs along the floor — a bed, a bench, a run of cupboards — has to pass it or clear it. That is why our frames stand on adjustable feet and not on a continuous plinth.

What to watch out for

  • Too narrow to sleep across: 238 mm short
  • No standing height: 1.387 mm
  • Dimensions from the manufacturer, not measured by us

These dimensions come from the manufacturer and have not been measured by us yet. Manufacturers measure differently; expect a deviation of 30 to 50 mm and measure your own van before ordering.

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Layouts that fit in this van (3)

Seating group

Bench bed only

Just the bed. The only layout that fits an L1.

Sleeping surface
1266 × 1662
Aisle
1,662 mm
Garage
0 m³
Payload left
667 kg
€1,315+1171 mm space left
Adjust this layout
cabfree space1271 mm leftBench bed 1266along the wall, seat height 480Bench bed 1266along the wallrear doorsload length 2.537 mm1.662 mm

Transverse bed

Transverse bed

The most frugal fixed bed: it costs only 1.40 m of length.

Sleeping surface
1400 × 1662
Aisle
662 mm
Garage
1.49 m³
Payload left
634 kg
€1,505+171 mm space left
Adjust this layout
cabGarageunder the transverse bedTransverse bed 1400garage underneathKitchen 866worktop at 890Cupboard 443h 1287rear doorsload length 2.537 mm1.662 mm

Seating group

Seating group

Two benches along the walls that become one bed at night.

Sleeping surface
1266 × 1662
Aisle
1,162 mm
Garage
0 m³
Payload left
631 kg
€1,645+528 mm space left
Adjust this layout
cabfree space628 mm leftBench bed 1266along the wall, seat height 480Bench bed 1266along the wallKitchen 643worktop at 890rear doorsload length 2.537 mm1.662 mm

What does not fit, and why

Renault Trafic L1H1 compared with another van