We decided that rather than paneling the van walls with wood we would carpet it to get a better finish and make it seem warmer.
Carpeted van panels.
It looks a lot cleaner has a nicer finish and also helps to further insulate the van and reduce condensation build up while cooking and sleeping.
Hopefully this helps anyone trying to build out their van or any vehicle.
All vanax lining kits are manufactured in house to order by our time served joiners and carpenters.
Use heavy duty trim or automotive headliner adhesive for your vans wall panels.
We used the kiravans easyliner 4 way stretch.
Van conversion walls job well done.
Jul 22 2018 we decided that rather than paneling the van walls with wood we would carpet it to get a better finish and make it seem warmer.
Remove all the hard board panels from the interior of the van.
If you don t want to do this on your own contact us and we can cut the wall panels for your van.
The full back panels.
This week i take on the challenges of tracing out the panels for my walls.
We find that it helps to use cardboard or paper to make templates of your van wall panel areas and trim accordingly.
Your van will be fully lined in one or two hours at the most.
Wall panels are cut from your 4x8 1 4 birch.
Carpet lining a van with removeable panels.
Protecting the inside of your van with a plywood lining protects the outside panels from dings and dents caused by loose loads which will inevitably lead to rust marks.
Finish the nooks and crannies.
The addition of wall panels have started to tie the van conversion together there are still a lot of trim panels that will need to be built and installed to give it that clean finished look.
To install the panels we used 20 countersunk machine screws and finishing washers.
With all our panels on the van looked amazing.
All our floor panels and interior liners come cut to size and predrilled ready for installation it only takes a few self tapping screws and rivets and a couple of hours and the job is done.
Spray the surface of the panel with a generous covering of glue.
We used the kiravans easyliner 4 way stretch carpet in wheat to get a nice warm but light look to the van.
Remove all the plastic fittings and screws.
It looks a lot cleaner has a nicer finish and also helps to further insulate the van and reduce condensation build up while cooking and sleeping.
It was still a bit strange looking because of the plastic gray panels on top but once the cabinets were in it felt like a cozy warm.