Main thing is if you're mounting paneling in the van, be 100% sure of the shortest distance between the inside framework and the outside skin
No doubt. Im just doing a few little things to the TH i just bought and i keep thinking im going to fuck it all up.
Haha, I did that on my enclosed trailer. Couldn't get the door lock that keeps the door from closing to stay in the paneling. So I used longer screws, they ended up coming through on the inside wall. I just said screw it and left them, they're not hurting anything or in the way at all.
It's right next to the floor, I always sit the concrete blocks that I sit under the jack in front of them.
Ok, time for some pictures: Saturday's work included getting the side panels measured, cut, carpeted, and installed. I had to build an enclosure for the rear AC/Heat unit on the drivers side. Passenger side: Driver's side, I still need to figure out something for the wheel well, Ford doesn't make that part anymore and I haven't found any place online that sells the pieces individually: On Sunday I went to work on the headliner. Turned out to be a huge pain in the ass. I had to learn how to wire the led's (thank you Dustin). I wired four strings together in series then wired the strings into two parallel circuits with a switch on each. I'm a terrible solderer so this took a while. My soldering gun sucked and wouldn't get hot enough so I ended up heating it to red hot with mapp gas between uses! After lots of testing for loose circuits and improper wiring I figured out that I had done it all right except for which side the pos and neg were attached too. Apparently it makes a difference with leds. Even after that, the real fun didn't start until I tried to re-install the headliner. I had a minimum of space to reconnect the factory wiring harness that I'd had to cut to remove the liner. Then the headliner wouldn't fit because of the space taken up by my side panels. I had to bend down the edges and it made wrinkles in the headliner. I'm working to find some U-shaped rubber trim to put on the edges. Once I do I'll trim the headliner down to fit. I finally got this part done on Tuesday at midnight. Headliner installed: Closeup of the switch: Close up of the led: Led's in action. You can't see it well because it's light outside: On Wednesday night I installed my trailer hitch, trailer wiring harness, and Pit Bull Trailer Restraint System Hitch. I think I'm going to pull this back off and flip it over so it doesn't sit so low. PBTRS (this thing is so cool): This just about wraps it up for now. I've got some exterior mods I want to do: wheels and tires, fender flares, upgraded headlights, chrome grill, window tint, maybe a graphic to rep the shop, etc but I'm about out of money and honestly, I'm pretty tired of working on it.
I was thinking the same thing myself, hope he put the handle part in there to see if the door will close or not.
Shit! I hope so. I tested it with the bike in there but I'm not positive that I shut the door. I'll go check.
Just leave the door open. The breeze will be nice. I need to know how the ice/water barrier works for killing sound. I have a lot of noise coming from my little car. Between the noise and my bad hearing I can't really talk on the phone when I'm driving.
It seems to have worked really well. I know it was much quieter with just it in there than it was without. And for $35 for 100 sq/ft you can't go wrong.
I'll have to go look for some I guess. I've done 600+ miles in that car this week and was wishing I was on my Harley. At least then you expect the noise.
Looking good! I'm sure you will be happy with it. It makes life so much easier when transporting and camping at the track. I did the same with mine but I mounted a 2x3 on the side wall to hang my stands and get them out of the way....here is a pic. Congrats!