The beauty of baltic birch panels is it is super strong lightweight and it comes in 5 5 foot sheets.
Van wall panels on window van.
Measure and cut cardboard templates.
We used one screw into the van metal near the front of the wall panel and two screws in the rear near the d pillar.
We had to trim a few.
Starting from the most square portion of the van which was the partition right behind the driver s seat we worked our way back in four foot sections securing the panels to the furring strips with 3 4 lath screws.
You screw the furring strip to the van s ribs instead of the main shell because you don t want your screws puncturing through to the outside of the van.
Walls will be covered in tweed fabric in a later video series.
Home depot doesn t carry baltic birch plywood but your local specialty wood supplier should be able to get it.
This video shows how i made wooden wall panels for my diy sprinter camper van.
We sell the toughest van wall liners and partitions on the market to help you protect your van from the nicks scuffs and wear and tear that you put it through on a daily basis.
The bundle includes flares trim rings an interior finish kit two panel bed system a custom fitted mattress and sheets and bedding.
While protecting your investment bodyguard composites will also make your van look its best by covering up the bare metal interior with a textured composite liner for.
Securing the wall panel to the van.
The first step is to figure out how big you need to cut your panels.
Once your panels are cut out it s important to prep them before you attach them.
Ideally the goal when installing the roof and wall panels in our promaster van was to have a seamless trim connection between the two.
Once we cut out our template we tested it to make sure it fit.
The factory headliner holds the top of the wall panel in place.
While the connection isn t seamless it did turn out to be a neat and functional system to install and easily removed joint trim without drilling any additional holes into the factory farming.
Wood walls and ceiling first you ll be installing the wood paneling by using a furring strip.
How to install wall paneling in your van step 1.
We secured the wall panels to the van with the lath screws in 1 foot sections at the top middle and bottom of the panel where we had previously installed the furring strips.
The l track retains the top of the lower wall panel and the bottom of the upper wall panel.
Flarespace extends the width of your van and this bundle is made especially for your mercedesbenz sprinter 144 we re taking the guesswork out of your van buildout.
Just like the ceiling panels in our van we used 5 x5 baltic birch plywood except this time we used instead of.
Test fit and trim templates.
Our conversion van wall material 5 x5 x baltic birch plywood.
Secure wall panels to the van.
