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Model Specific Questions and Info => MK1 Golf/Jetta and B1 Dasher => Topic started by: butch2000 on January 29, 2016, 09:07:44 pm
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Ok , trying to source some Caddy interior , headliner , side panels , etc is there a supplier that supplies new stuff ? thanks for the help ,
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or has anyone done there own , ? any pics ? thanks
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Check with the UK caddy forum guys.
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I can only suggest robbing parts from a 4-door Rabbit like I did. You can still get good seat covers, but the rest def. looks like it's hard to find. With these older vehicles it's often down to how innovative you are.
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im in the same boat. I need a headliner but I couldn't find a diy.
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For a new headliner I found if you took some of that tight foam mat that people use for camping, you know that 3/4 inch stuff, you could glue it in place on the roof with contact cement. Then apply some fabric, usually a couple of choices from JoAnns fabric or any place like that. It comes with a slight foam backing in rolls that are 6 foot wide or so. You just buy a section that will give you coverage from front to back. Maybe 15 feet of it. Then use spray on contact cement on the foam and the pad. Let it sit till slightly dry and tacky. Start from the middle and work to the edges. Tuck it under the rubber or fold and glue if need be.
I did it years ago and just this spring had to shoot a bit more glue to the roof and sleeping pad section in the very back.
Try it
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For a new headliner I found if you took some of that tight foam mat that people use for camping, you know that 3/4 inch stuff, you could glue it in place on the roof with contact cement. Then apply some fabric, usually a couple of choices from JoAnns fabric or any place like that. It comes with a slight foam backing in rolls that are 6 foot wide or so. You just buy a section that will give you coverage from front to back. Maybe 15 feet of it. Then use spray on contact cement on the foam and the pad. Let it sit till slightly dry and tacky. Start from the middle and work to the edges. Tuck it under the rubber or fold and glue if need be.
I did it years ago and just this spring had to shoot a bit more glue to the roof and sleeping pad section in the very back.
Try it
I was actually thinking of doing something like that but I would insulate the ceiling with the "Homedepot" dynamat and then use the foam that they use to insulate house roof that is foam on one side and foil on the other. and then use a thin piece of wood or the material that they used to do the door panels which is like processed pressed wood. what do you think?
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Isn't that Home Depot stuff like an inch thick? I am a tall guy so not a lot of clearance in the VW. Hat rubs the ceiling now.
I don't think you can get that thin pressboard to bend like they do for the OEM headliner. I have seen that put in but I wonder about how they secured it. Remember what goes up might come down. A cardboard like headliner is light enough that it won't do much damage but wood????
That is why I didn't go for anything other than the fabric.
Using the foil backed insulation might adhere to the roof better than a tight foam like I did. I also know that the Depot has that bubble like foil that goes in between the rafters so it is 22 inches wide and that is meant to reflect heat both ways. That might be worth looking into as well. I would think it would glue well to metal and fabric alike.
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If you're talking about the foil backed roofing tar stuff, it is not rated for interior use and will gas off toxic fumes in your car.
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No Libby I am referring to that really thin bubble like wrap that goes in the attic in between the rafters and is meant to keep the attic cooler so your A/C is working so hard.
I agree that roofing paper would be killer inside a VW. Which reminds me I have a roof to do yet this summer. I might look into that stuff as an upgrade. I just threw another R 19 up there last summer.
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I should have used a quote. I was referring to this:
I would insulate the ceiling with the "Homedepot" dynamat ...
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I should have used a quote. I was referring to this:
I would insulate the ceiling with the "Homedepot" dynamat ...
I've been reading a lot of car forums and they used that "Peel and Seal" or w.e its called and people are happy with it.
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That's the stuff that will gas off toxic fumes. I imagine it's a perfect product to use if you care more about sound-proofing while saving a few dollars (over a product that is approved for interior use) than you do about your long-term health. We'll probably have socialized health-care in the US before too long, so you probably won't even be the one who has to pay for the brain cancer treatments. :P