Do I put the stuff over these spongy bits ?
T6 Combi silent coat
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Cheers, the first one is off and just the rest to do then !
I’ll be a while ....
The rear floor is thick soft rubber, it doesn’t need it.
Plus, I have this leftover. A right bugger to get two of the screws out. Used a Dremel type tool in the end.
That's what you think.....
Use any solvent/degreaser and a scraper on the sticky remains of the foam. It falls off.
I did my entire cab and rear floor. I have a thick rubber mat in the back too, but I just took it out, SC'd the floor and put it back on. The cab was the trickiest bit. I may have gone overboard covering every single inch, but its a 204. I can handle the additional mass. I'm assuming your thick rubber mat is glued down. Mine was removable as was the thick plush foamed carpet in cab. The thick rubber may act as an insulant in a thermal sense, the purpose of SC is to reduce high freq vibes and to attenuate noise ingress. Thermally, i have access to a variety of products in my industry. I intend to maybe investigate something fancy. Some VIPS. (Vaccuum Insulation Panels). It may or may not be suitable, but I am not going to freeze my tits off like we did in our old T2 moneypit. Anyway, once I get the interior hardboard panels off from underneath the carpeted rear I can assess if theyre possible. If anyone else here has looked into this, I'd be interested.
I saw that Kiravans reused the original panels carpeted in a different colour.
I was informed that I should use ply.
Why’s that then ?
I was informed that I should use ply.
Why’s that then ?
From what I understand the OEM hardboard panels (essentially compressed fibreboard) might not be sturdy enough should you wish to mount speakers etc. I think the choice is yours to make. Personally, Im going the 6mm ply route for the ones at the rear and 3mm ply elsewhere for the smaller ones. I want to do this job once. I dont want to find out later I should have used something better. I intend to put speakers up at the rear. However if someone with experience suggests or confirms which one is okay, I am happy to consider 3mm ply everywhere. But I am deffo not re-using the OEM. I had vinyl fibreboard cards in my old T2 and they just absorbed moisture, expanded and had to be replaced with ply versions. Which cost me money to replace them. Im not making that error twice.
Like you, I am only recent to my Campervan conversion and Im doing it myself, bit by bit.
Like you, I am only recent to my Campervan conversion and Im doing it myself, bit by bit.
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