Do you want to borrow the window sucker handles to offer the glass up to the van?
Badjamins van conversion
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I will humbly and gratefully accept your offer of window suckers please if you wanna DM me your address. I'm gonna use the jigsaw for cutting as I am very used to it - will definitely mask up more and put more protection in place for the bodywork this time though.
I was gonna go complete maverick and manhandle them on but when I did the back windows there was a level of anxiety present I thought I could handle but when I realized the chip in one of the windows AFTER I'd set it in, I lost my cool and may have sworn and self deprecated for not being thorough enough to check the glass before I 'cut in' as it were.
I contacted Kiravans to complain and to be fair they immediately offered to send a replacement window - I went stubborn on them and demanded a refund though... kinda wished I'd accepted the replacement now but yeah... I should really have bought all the bits for this separately and locally maybe. I feel they were a bit tight with the sound deadening as I had hoped there'd be enough left to do some of the cab floor, behind the skuttle and the wheel arches. meh
Borrowed some kit from @Bigsidavies tonight nibbler and suckers for the side windows. Am filled with confidence after the pep talk. Great guy! Gorgeous wheels!
Okay so update and ideas below
tonight and over the next two days and also on friday and maybe even sat morning I am going to finish sound deadening, clean front cab and paint bare metal from the bulkhead removal job, clean everywhere in the rear, sound proof vapour barrier in, insulation in, cut old wall panels down to create two rear side panels and two barn door panels and possibly even sliding door panel, set up awning as shelter for cutting out window on O/S and cut it out, carpet line O/S interior steel, install window trim to cover carpet, install window, then do same with N/S on sliding door, install hidden trim clips and carpet line panels all round and install, buy two sheets of 2440 x 1220 ply (width tbc) and cut out for floor, buy some cheap lino for intial flooring.
Also need to make a decision on whether to buy an ecflow D2 and sloar charger...
Photos will be flowing for a few days - thanks for reading
tonight and over the next two days and also on friday and maybe even sat morning I am going to finish sound deadening, clean front cab and paint bare metal from the bulkhead removal job, clean everywhere in the rear, sound proof vapour barrier in, insulation in, cut old wall panels down to create two rear side panels and two barn door panels and possibly even sliding door panel, set up awning as shelter for cutting out window on O/S and cut it out, carpet line O/S interior steel, install window trim to cover carpet, install window, then do same with N/S on sliding door, install hidden trim clips and carpet line panels all round and install, buy two sheets of 2440 x 1220 ply (width tbc) and cut out for floor, buy some cheap lino for intial flooring.
Also need to make a decision on whether to buy an ecflow D2 and sloar charger...
Photos will be flowing for a few days - thanks for reading
Good to meet you yesterday mate.
This is where I got my Altro floor roll end piece from.
No point wasting cash on lino, do the job once.
Also, mine is the express lay and is held down with double sided tape by design, but for such a small area I don't see why you can't use tape on the other Altro variants. Saves a ton of messing with contact adhesive.
Tbh their normal price Altro contraX is only £11.39 psm so £56 to do the full van.
This is where I got my Altro floor roll end piece from.
No point wasting cash on lino, do the job once.
Also, mine is the express lay and is held down with double sided tape by design, but for such a small area I don't see why you can't use tape on the other Altro variants. Saves a ton of messing with contact adhesive.
Tbh their normal price Altro contraX is only £11.39 psm so £56 to do the full van.
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This is absolutely excellent progress, how hard was the awning rail to install? i used split conduit in mine, i have a load left over if you would like it. Good luck with the windows.
Awning rail was very easy. Unscrewed roof bolts, squeezed a but of sealant in each hole, laid awning rail over and screwed bolts back in, wiped down. The awning rail was straight so I put a slight vertical bend near the back of the rail so that it followed the shape of the van (downwards) - i sealed the bolts in on the offside too for good measure.
Perfect drop me a PM with your address and ill get it in the postHappy to liberate you of excess conduit Led
You're fooling no-one - you're just emulating VW's leaky windows, aren't you!Today has been hard. Lots done but stupid errors.
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It rained, hard, before I'd finished and packed up... off side window leaks at top
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Just went out as it's torrential to stick some plastic with magnets over edge of roof... it's not leaking... so confusing. I dragged an edge tool along the seam when i saw the drip. Maybe the adhesive was still soft enough and it sealed...
IS IT LEAKING OR ISN'T IT!
in other news i drove the van into the Mrs car... have some light rashing... fml
IS IT LEAKING OR ISN'T IT!
in other news i drove the van into the Mrs car... have some light rashing... fml
Wow, what a transformation.
Looking great.
Looking great.
@Bigsidavies Yeah I have been pondering that - 15mm maybe the way to go.
Am gonna make the bed with @roooms design for now and secure it straight on the floor and just put some old flooring I have in the garage between the front of that and the front seats (no budget now at all) and do the final fix flooring at a later date - the bed should come out easily enough for doing that also. Busy day friday!
@roooms - I'd likely need to pack the whole unit up as I'm initially installing onto bare floor. I'd imagine uprights in a PV would need to be higher to reach the top of the wheel arches as the kombi flooring is quite thick so gives more height to your 376mm uprights - lookin forward to getting into this all the same
