This Winter we have been mostly.....................

[cygnak]

Going from this..

To gutting

Removing engine, sanding, vactan priming and painting the engine bay



rebuilding engine



cutting and welding lower sill panel

Painting on shed loads of second skin sound proofing

and insulation

Stripped down all the cupboards, cut new panels to replace any damaged/swollen..there was quite a few. Covered with fablon. We decided we liked the original layout so stuck with it.

Carpeted interior, including replacing the roof panel that broke when we removed it. Replaced panels and re-covered with vinyl as well as rear cushions


Starting to put the jigsaw back together






Finished off with new LED lights


Apologies for putting them on all at once but as you can see it has been a mamouth task, and we are not quite finished yet. Did manage to take it out on Sunday which was fantastic

[very_bland]

Good job sir, looks smart Do you not listen to music or have you hidden your speakers somewhere?

[Titus A Duxass]

Nice Work.

[gsmoke]

Well done, looks great.
I've been rebuilding my engine and the bay had rusted in exactly the same way.
I bet you cant wait to use it now.

[quagmire]

nice job mate,looking really good!

[cygnak]

Good job sir, looks smart Do you not listen to music or have you hidden your speakers somewhere?

Cheers. Speaker cables are in place. I am going to build a couple of boxes for the back corners and probably put front speakers in the bottom of the door cards, unless i can find a better place so I don't have to cut any holes.

[cygnak]

A bit of nice weather today, took advantage and put a couple of coats of white primer over the grey etching primer, after a bit of fine sanding.



Doesn't stand out as much now. Hopefully will be ok to put the colour coat on in a couple of weeks when it warms up a bit

[jiffies]

Good work! What did you use for the soundproofing?

[cygnak]

Good work! What did you use for the soundproofing?

Cheers Jiffies. We used Second Skin. Brushes on so you can get into the tight places. Needed a few coats but you do notice the difference.

[jiffies]

Cygnac
Is this second skin soundproofing effective then?
http://www.deadening.co.uk/11-second-sk ... allon.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
How much of it did you use? Did you paint inside walls & floor?
I was thinking of buying a complete soundproofing kit from noise killer. Which includes rubber barrier mats which you lay on the floor or stick to the inside panels. Pricey at £250 though

[cygnak]

Cygnac
Is this second skin soundproofing effective then?
http://www.deadening.co.uk/11-second-sk ... allon.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
How much of it did you use? Did you paint inside walls & floor?
I was thinking of buying a complete soundproofing kit from noise killer. Which includes rubber barrier mats which you lay on the floor or stick to the inside panels. Pricey at £250 though

We used the sludge

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/second- ... allon.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

1tub did all of the panels, doors, over engine and battery compartments, each having 5 coats. We noticed a big difference the first time we took the van out last weekend, since we put it all back together. We could hear the kids talking in the back which was a struggle before, we'll probably regret that later