My interior renovations completed :) whatta mission

Post by **plurker** » 17 Aug 2008, 19:33

no pimping exterior yet, but I just got my interior finished and thought I'd share.

Before:
Nasty, cheap and no cupboards. At all. Shagpile carpet, and look at those curtains

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So i stripped:

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and soundproofed:

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insulated:

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rock n rolled:

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and put some panels in and flooring too:

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this was taking aaaages, so bought another van, (seen behind!)
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Got cupboards made:

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and sprayed them up myself:

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the missus did some bloody amazing upholstery on the bed, and we made curtains with magnets in the sides and bottoms so they just snap on really easily, and just (2 days) before we went to France we finally got it finished:

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Now just gotta get the headlining redone, sort the rusty bits out, lower her 40mm, get some alloys, tint the windows and she'll be almost finished!

Thanks for looking....more pics here if anyone cares

http://www.flickr.com/photos/piersmason ... 304695580/

Post by **ELVIS** » 17 Aug 2008, 19:38

cool! dont forget to put soundroofing under the seats in that 12" box area - cuts out LOADSA noise/drumming.

Post by **tomhaigh** » 17 Aug 2008, 22:46

it looks really good. could i ask what the rubbery looking stuff is that you have used for the soundproofing?

tom

Post by **plurker** » 18 Aug 2008, 08:20

Elvis - thanks, was gonna but there's foam in there atm and it's a chore to clean it off. A job for winter perhaps!

tomhaigh - they're self adhesive sound deadening mats, I got them from bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk (their website's not showing them though

) Brilliant addition, cuts out a lot of road noise and cause i put it on the doorpanelss also they go 'clunk' when they shut!

Post by **irishkeet** » 03 Sep 2008, 12:21

looking good

Post by **Iceworx** » 03 Sep 2008, 14:44

Thats excellent mate!

Im planning on doing something similar. Started stripping it last night

Can I ask where you got the sound deadening from?

Post by **shanco73** » 28 Sep 2008, 20:56

Great work mate, where did you get the cabinets from?

Im hoping i can manage to make some new ones for mine.

I found the sound deadening panels on the same site, I am gonna fit these to my t25

http://bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk/category ... ing-panels.

Post by **lhd** » 29 Sep 2008, 23:24

shanco73
The link would not work so I removed the full stop for you.

http://bodyshopwarehouse.co.uk/category ... ing-panels

Post by **Cruz** » 03 Oct 2008, 11:11

Great work

A couple of questions as my van is stripped at the moment.

How much sound deadening did you use and which pack size did you get?

Where did you get the floor covering?

Also where did you get the insulation from? As I'm going to replace the horrible loft insulation stuff leisuredrive stuffed behind the cupboards and tailgate trim panel

Post by **Titus A Duxass** » 03 Oct 2008, 11:24

Nice job.

Post by **plurker** » 05 Oct 2008, 21:27

Cruz wrote:How much sound deadening did you use and which pack size did you get?

I used 3 full packets of 500x500mm sheets. I need to get 2 more sheets, but they only sell packs of 10

though i might be able to use some in my new Golf when i buy it next week

Cruz wrote:Where did you get the floor covering?

http://www.jaymart.co.uk/info.php?item_code=MANDALAY Cost iirc around £20 but postage was about £20 too cause it's heavy. Very hardwearing tho, have spilt petrol, engine oil, dropped cigs on it and allsorts and it's unmarked still!

Cruz wrote:Also where did you get the insulation from?

Celotex expanded foam came from builders merchant (£17 for an 8ft x 4ft sheet- 1 was enough), silver foil stuff is loft insulation from B&Q, it was around £12 for the roll iirc. Remove the loft insulation stuff asap as it holds moisture against the metal!

PM me if you need any more info!

Post by **squire** » 06 Oct 2008, 00:45

Fantastic job, full credit to you....

Post by **Cruz** » 06 Oct 2008, 08:03

Plurker did you sound deaden the front footwells and walk through?

Post by **plurker** » 06 Oct 2008, 08:38

yes i did, i soundproofed literally everything, every exposed piece of metal I could reach *except* the under seat storage box/battery areas - which i now understand are the noisiest areas

Post by **Cruz** » 06 Oct 2008, 11:01

plurker wrote:yes i did, i soundproofed literally everything, every exposed piece of metal I could reach *except* the under seat storage box/battery areas - which i now understand are the noisiest areas

great I was wondering if you did the side panels what with condensation etc. You used the sticky matting on side panels too I take it?

Can you still not do the seat box? How would you go about it, from inside the van or underneath insulating around the suspension?