VW Crafter overhead storage compartment.
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- I decided to use the steel bulkhead from the van to make a finishing panel for the sides of the B pillars. Also utilising it in the design for an overhead storage compartment for above the cab of the van. I re trimmed the headliner and matched that with trimming the newly cut bulkhead to finish things off. #campervans #vanlife #selfbuildcamper #vwcrafterconversion
Superb job. Very handy . Will help with my convertion. 👍
Thanks glad it will help 👍🏻.
You have done a great job. Had mine converted and they should have insulated over the cab but didn’t. Also fitted a shelf and just screwed in to the headlining. Needless to say I will strip it out and utilise your useful video. Thanks and all the very best
Thank you for your comment, insulation is the key I think when doing a conversion. Sorry to hear that quite, amazing that they would screw a shelf to the headlining as that offers no support. Hope the video will help if you have any questions comment on here and I’ll try and help if I can. 👍🏻👍🏻
Really like your idea of repurposing the bulkhead for over cab storage, I’m just about to start converting my Crafter 4Motion and will consider it for mine. I think I might try a sheet of aluminium for the shelf, cutting tabs out and riveting to the bulkhead and framework in the cab. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching was looking at about ideas but decided to try and use the bulkhead panel. Think it turned out ok and the shelf is very strong, aluminium would be good to use also. Depending what your going to use it for make sure you add support in the centre as it’s quiet a long stretch for the shelf panel. I added some support after the first fit as I found it sagged slightly in the middle. No issue with that now so I’m confident I can put a fair bit of weight on it if I need to. 👍🏻
Great work 👍
Thanks 👍🏻
Many thanks for your videos! I like the look of the tweed. Can you tell me the supplier? Also is it easy to reinstall the headliner? Thanks for any info
Thanks for watching 👍🏻. The tweed was from a supplier on eBay here’s the link for the one I used
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252197862682?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=9ZzkCLPhQPC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=VpZcwKQnTKm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
The headliner is a pain to get out because of the clips that hold the sun visors in place. When you get those out it’s pretty straight forward to put back in. Just be careful not to break the clips, it’s worth buying the flat nose pliers to do the job.
Many thanks for your reply
Need to sort mine yet.
Have you got a link for the pliers?
Hi these are the ones I got from Amazon, did the job nicely and I don’t break any of the clips.
amzn.eu/d/gRnD0dZ
Hi Getting there with recovering the headliner in tweed. Overall pretty pleased but I have a few thin creases that I’d like to sort out. Any advice? TIA
Hi
The best way I found to get creases out was using a heat gun to warm the tweed. It allowed a slight bit of stretch enabling you to pull it and work into place better. This got rid of any creases I had and smoothed things out nicely.
@@luxduoverland674Thanks for the tip!
@@digb1 hope it helped
Another headliner question! How did you fix the rear of the headliner to the ‘letterbox’ panel? Did you use the original black plastic moulding?
Hi, no I’ve added a strip on batten to the underneath of the shelf as I’ve added curtains along the bulkhead and needed fixing points for the curtain rail. I’ve screwed up through the rail and headliner into this batten, it’s right along the edge and you can’t see the batten just a small curtain rail. It’s a good solid fixing all the way along which supports the headliner really well.
@@luxduoverland674Ok many thanks. Makes sense!
@@digb1 I’ve taken a picture to show you but can’t upload it in the comments unfortunately. Hope
my explanation helped. 👍🏻
Quick question. Did you have any problems getting the headliner back in with the thickness of the tweed added?
No it went back in place without any issues at all.
@@luxduoverland674Thanks for getting back to me. Taking those clips out on the visor mounts was fun - even with the pliers! None broke though.
@@digb1 no problem happy to help out if I can. Yep they are a right pain to get out without braking them happy to say they are much easier to out back in 😂.