TheSamba.com :: View topic - Post your pics of non-stock headliners for your transporter

Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:43 am

Good morning, can you post your pics of your non-stock headliners. I am looking to see what busses look like that have headliners that the owner did themselves.

Thanks in advance...

Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:48 am

Here's a picture of the Landmark headliner. I know, it looks like the padding from an insane asylum...

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Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:07 am

actually, I like it... something different for sure

Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:50 pm

These are the panels the Po of my bus made. It is a thin foam lining and blue material over the stock wood. I have not installed them yet. I am going to put B-quiet sound deadener on the roof and then install them.

I actually like them, It matches the rest of my bus, and I think these combined with the sound b-quiet on the roof it will reduce the road noise in the bus.

Shawn

Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:51 pm

Does wood count?

:lol:

Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:55 am

Bay Window Steve, did you do that yourself?

Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:59 am

I did not do it myself. I did help the guy who I got the bus from do it though. I thought it was kinda fly actually. Its paneling. :lol:

Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:10 pm

I covered masonite paneling with vinyl and screwed to wood stringers.

Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:06 pm

what did you bolt the stringers to?

Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:38 pm

MikeHill wrote: I covered masonite paneling with vinyl and screwed to wood stringers.

That looks great!

I'm curious too, how did you fasten the stringers?

Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:57 pm

gostros wrote: MikeHill wrote: I covered masonite paneling with vinyl and screwed to wood stringers.

That looks great!

I'm curious too, how did you fasten the stringers?

My bus has a sunroof so I screwed the stringers to the inner panel (where the metal sunroof used to go) in the back. In the front I screwed the stringers to the cross support beam. In a non-sunroof bus you could screw wooden stringers to these support beams from front to back.

Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:16 pm

I was going to go with wood, but instead I went with the stuff that is used in bathrooms. Its a glossy white on one side and made of particle board. A BITCH to hang up because its so still and thicker, but I was able to manage!

Mon Apr 07, 2008 6:20 pm

It's wood, but it is cool....Did this to my 70 deluxe. Ripped the old nasty vinyl out and in went a baltic birch. See link for a thread on it and my gallery for more pics.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1...mp;start=0

Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:31 pm

simon66, your roof looks amazing! Looks like you got yourself a bowling alley on your roof! Good Job.

Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:32 pm

I have a Martin Walter Dorm and would love to replace the ceiling, Has anyone found a place for the metal J channels, besides going to a junkyard? The dorm was fitted with a different type of channel but it is pretty worn on one side. I would need to replace the entire ceiling. I love the look of the Baltic headliner. You guys do some nice work.

Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:09 am

Mine is 5mm PVC sheeeting.

This material is synthetic, available in many colors and will never de-laminate or curl from moisture. Great for door and kick panels as well.

Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:34 am

I used 1/8" Masonite and painted it gloss white. Screwed to bows & sides using pan head screws with decorative cup washers.

Can't see a lot of it in this pic, but you get the idea. Goes well with the rest of the interior - trying to keep it bright & fresh looking . . .

-Klauss

Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:10 am

Jeff Geisen wrote: Mine is 5mm PVC sheeeting.

This material is synthetic, available in many colors and will never de-laminate or curl from moisture. Great for door and kick panels as well.

Jeff.......I like the idea..........tho, if it's the same stuff I've looked at, there are expansion/contraction warnings. Have you observed anything in that regard? More of an issue for me, based in Minnesota.
Any thoughts re toxic off gasing?
Thanks

Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:43 am

Since starting this thread in March, I redid my headliner, door panels etc in felt. Here are some pics of the headliner, door panel and speaker compartment that I added. The felt is durable and glues easily to whatever you want to put it on. It is also as thick as the vinyl headliner so you can fold it over the windor channel lip when installing the new rubber seals...

In the pic of the door panel, I used a piece of Lexan to protect the material if someone so happened to spill one of their soda's onto it.

Here are some before / after pics:

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Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:04 am

... I have had no issues with either toxicity or expansion.

The reason I installed PVC is because I use my Westy extensively for camping. The original paneling was de-laminating and the door cards were warped like most others. When one or two sleep overnight inside the moisture builds up, especially overnight in cold weather with windows all closed tightly and this material is not effected. As well, if doors are opened in rainy weather the panels are waterproof so there are no worries if they get wet. Nothing to cover or coat with the plastic either, just cut it out and attach.