Anyone make custom cabinents and seat?

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Has anyone ever made their own custom cabintry in their bus. I am planning on making my own to save money but I need ideas. Does anyone have plans or pics. Also, has anyone ever made their own custom seat behind the drivers or passenger seat? I also need plans and pics of this. Thank you very much.
matt

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I've found a few sites on the web with custom work. Most of it was done really well, some was crap. You didn't mention what year your bus was, but I bet you could find a junker cheap to use as patterns or just use the cabinets themselves. I don't think you will be able to save much once you price decent plywood, hardware, and all of the incidentals. Where are you located? My brother has a couple of wrecked Westy's he's parting out that still have furniture in them.

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I live in Greeley, CO. Where is your bro located. I would be interested in buying the cabinents if I can find them cheap enough. THanks.
matt

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Lexington, SC- It'd cost too much to ship them to be worth it I think. Check your local pick and pulls, the Samba classifieds, etc. Occasionaly they show up on ebay too, but be careful of the prices especially if they want to charge you for shipping and crating.

I personally am not talented enough to make my own and have them fit right, but I've seen some that easily rivaled anything in a house. I'm sure they spent some serious time on them though and cabinet grade plywood (stainable) isn't cheap.

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Hi Matt, check out www.Zproducts.com and look under van camper kits. they make these for bays and vanagons including cabinets, curtains, and Z-beds. Hope this helps

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I'm working on my own cabinets now. Very time consuming, but I think it will be worth it in the end. Im basically using the old ones as patterns. So far, so good!

EZ
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I'd tend to agree with the other posts here... if you want to do a decent job it won't end up saving you money in the end. Just read this the other day, though; very interesting--http://www.nateswaterart.com/vw/camper_interior/interior_prep/

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Should be pretty easy for you to find a Bay window Westy set up thats correct for your Bus. Check the Coloradovwbusclub.com first to see if anyone in the area has something for you. Maybe try Blakes in Eerie. That is pretty close to you up in Greely. I wouldn't even bother trying to cobble something together that I could get as factory original and simply bolt in. A z bed frame will set you back the price of a decent Westy interior if you shop around and are a bit patient. If you live in CO, you know how many campers are around, especially late model. Just remember that if you find one to part out, take every last nut and bolt, wood bows, etc. with you! Aside from that, when you go to sell the Bus someday, it will be worth more if it doesn't have a hokey homebuilt hippie setup in it. Just my two cents.

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