Mobiframe Composite Flooring System

[cocky9]

Had an hour spare so put some left over super liner down. Couldn’t be bothered putting it between ridges so not sure how effective it will be but got to be better than nothing

 

[Ralpher]

Have you installed the floor and bed system? I’m picking the floor up Monday

No mate, I'm waiting to see your pictures and advice

 

[WeeCobi]

Watching with interest; as wanting to go for the SAF42 double seat/bed and composite floor to go in my VW Transporter.
I cannot see how best to fix a third party side kitchen though.
With the added thickness of the Mobiframe floor I would also like to know the detail at the side step and rear door. Is it finished or exposed composite?
I have seen the seats in the Knights Custom van and the 3 seater within the CamperKing van; but I’ve not seen anyone use their floor or fit a kitchen.
If anyone can enlighten me it would be much appreciated. TIA

 

[cocky9]

Watching with interest; as wanting to go for the SAF42 double seat/bed and composite floor to go in my VW Transporter.
I cannot see how best to fix a third party side kitchen though.
With the added thickness of the Mobiframe floor I would also like to know the detail at the side step and rear door. Is it finished or exposed composite?
I have seen the seats in the Knights Custom van and the 3 seater within the CamperKing van; but I’ve not seen anyone use their floor or fit a kitchen.
If anyone can enlighten me it would be much appreciated. TIA

So the floor is quite thick I cannot remember the exact depth now however I believe it means that you can’t have the standard wardrobe unit. However happy to be corrected. I’ve ordered a low level kitchen from van furniture as this is suitable and I prefer that style anyway. I think it makes the van appear a bit more spacious

 

[WeeCobi]

Watching with interest; as wanting to for the SAF42 double seat/bed and composite floor to go in my VW Transporter.
I cannot see how best to fix a third party side kitchen though.
With the added thickness of the Mobiframe floor I would also like to know the detail at the side step and rear door. Is it finished or exposed composite?
I have seen the seats in the Knights Custom van and the 3 seater within the CamperKing van; but I’ve not seen anyone use their floor or fit a kitchen.
If anyone can enlighten me it would be much appreciated. TIA

So the floor is quite thick I cannot remember the exact depth now however I believe it means that you can’t have the standard wardrobe unit. However happy to be corrected. I’ve ordered a low level kitchen from van furniture as this is suitable and I prefer that style anyway. I think it makes the van appear a bit more spacious

Yeah, Van Furniture look good. Are you going to have to collect the Low Level from them? How are you thinking of fixing it to the Mobiframe floor? Please keep me posted. Thanks

 

[Conney]

Here is a picture of my floor insulation before the pop-top was installed...

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You could install a Mobiframe composite floor on such an insulated floor, but it will require some effort. Only the contact surface between the composite floor and the vehicle floor is glued. Therefore, it would be necessary to remove the insulation from the grooves/ridges on the floor of your VW (Mobiframe's floor needs to be glued to the metal directly).

 

[cocky9]

Having spoke to the guys at Camperware house they stated the adhesive goes only on the ridges. So I think as long as it’s not on the ridges it’s ok

 

[T6 Syd]

Hi, I now have the Mobiframe floor, 4 rail version, and 150cm seat.

As supplied and fitted, the edges are unfinished with the floor covering slightly larger than the floor to allow it to be trimmed to a more precise fit if required. I have actually left mine untrimmed so lapping up some of the walls.

I have found that the Caravelle step threshold fits nicely with the floor, but is a slightly different shape at the sides - there is a few mm gap but hardly noticeable and I'm not attempting to do anything about it yet. A bigger issue ids the rear threshold. The Caravelle rear one fits after some trimming, but I have barn doors and the Caravell doesn't, so there is a bit of work to do. The door shape is different too and I don't think there is sufficient clearance to fit the top cover part of the Caravelle threshold, so I may carpet the bottom section instead which will also allow me the fill the 50mm or so gap at each end of the threshold as it doesn't go full width. The alternative at the back is to fit an aluminium angle to the raised edge.

The sliding mechanism seems good and smooth so far, not tested it out much and not slept on the bed yet. There are a few rattles but they are reducing as I check tightness or make adjustments.

I asked how people attach a kitchen, knowing how mine was attached to the floor when I was removing it. I was advised that it was not recommended to screw into the floor, so I don't know how it should be secured. That is not an issue for me though, I've gone to a full width seat and will be fixing a removable small kitchen pod in front of it when camping, clamped into the offside floor rail.

 

[timgsxr]

Hi, I now have the Mobiframe floor, 4 rail version, and 150cm seat.

As supplied and fitted, the edges are unfinished with the floor covering slightly larger than the floor to allow it to be trimmed to a more precise fit if required. I have actually left mine untrimmed so lapping up some of the walls.

I have found that the Caravelle step threshold fits nicely with the floor, but is a slightly different shape at the sides - there is a few mm gap but hardly noticeable and I'm not attempting to do anything about it yet. A bigger issue ids the rear threshold. The Caravelle rear one fits after some trimming, but I have barn doors and the Caravell doesn't, so there is a bit of work to do. The door shape is different too and I don't think there is sufficient clearance to fit the top cover part of the Caravelle threshold, so I may carpet the bottom section instead which will also allow me the fill the 50mm or so gap at each end of the threshold as it doesn't go full width. The alternative at the back is to fit an aluminium angle to the raised edge.

The sliding mechanism seems good and smooth so far, not tested it out much and not slept on the bed yet. There are a few rattles but they are reducing as I check tightness or make adjustments.

I asked how people attach a kitchen, knowing how mine was attached to the floor when I was removing it. I was advised that it was not recommended to screw into the floor, so I don't know how it should be secured. That is not an issue for me though, I've gone to a full width seat and will be fixing a removable small kitchen pod in front of it when camping, clamped into the offside floor rail.

Sounds good, I think I am about to pull the trigger on floor and seat / bed, what covering did you go for, do you think you could vinyl floor over the top with cutouts for the sliders? Was also thinking about some sort of rubber with slit down middle to go over rails so they don't fill with sand from kids. Great if you could get some detailed pics up of the edges.

 

[frizzuti]

I went to fit my MOBIFRAME floor today but on double checking the floor before cutting, they were meant to cut the second sliding door step out but didn’t, I noticed that not only could I not get the floor flat on the van floor as it contacted at the passenger B pillar but there was a gap (70mm) at the bottom of the driver side B pillar - as though it was cut incorrectly at the factory (see photos). This can’t be right…I’ve emailed campervan warehouse so awaiting their response. I’m assuming the B pillar widths are the same between all transporter variants for economics of manufacturing, irrespective of left or right hand drive. Essentially the passenger side b pillar is wider as it accommodates the fuel tank and AdBlue tank filler necks.

For reference I have a LWB panel van with twin sliders.