Changed the storage setup in my 90 today :)

matty_daak said:

Next was to start carpeting, I bought 2 metres of anthracite van carpet from a local carpet supplier, this stuff is quite thin and has no backing so it's great for this sort of thing. It came on a 4m wide roll so that gave me 8 square meters... I think that'll do to start with! I pre-emptivly cut the rough shape of the carpet using the 9mm ply as a template, this also allowed me to tuck and glue the bottom floor edge under the ply before it was fixed in place. This stage proved to be a pain in the ass as I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I wanted to get it right. Anyways, I carpeted over the ply and cut out little holes where the captive nuts are, I continued the carpet onto the sides of the vehicle and overlapped the sides as this will get insulated and ply lined later.

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I also carpeted over the back of the bulkhead and up to my newly fitted dog guard. The box in the middle of the bulkhead is for my speakers in case you were wondering, it holds two 6x9's which sit behind the front seats assisted by two smaller tweeters mounted to the side in their own little boxes

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Next was to start covering the top deck. I covered all the bits of the puzzle individually just on the top surface leaving the sides clear as there was not enough gap to allow for the carpet. My fixings for the top deck also double up as very carefully positioned lashing points for my fridge, jerry cans and gas bottle.

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I had to do some slight adjusting of the holes to allow for a nicer fit, but other than that it all went together very well. I also found that I had to add a few more fixings to keep the top deck in place and since I'd already carpeted over the 9mm stuff I had to do a quick trip to screwfix to get some different captive fixings that can be screwed in from the top. :frusty: After the extra fixings were fitted to was all kushty!

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And my 'really useful boxes' fit well. The centre support isn't really needed with the 18mm upper deck but it helps spread any load. It's not fixed, it just sits in with resistance - this turned out to be a good thing as the boxes wouldn't have cleared the boot hinge with out the centre support not moving over slightly when you pull them out

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I just need to add a bit of aluminium finishing around the leading edges and then crack on with the sides... watch this space!! :tea:

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