Raised Headliner Shelf
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BrennWagon
He’s just this guy, you know?
No idea but it’s not hard to make one yourself
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white whale
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I ditched my 06 headliner for the 07 - some water stains and for checking out insulation options.
Top reason was really the slick shelf. It was about a 85% fit. Trimming required - final fit still a work in progress for me.
Tough to get a clear pic but here is front and rear. The wood helped hide the rear cut edge and
has doubled as speaker mount and extra shelf. The cabin divider does double duty for me.
Top reason was really the slick shelf. It was about a 85% fit. Trimming required - final fit still a work in progress for me.
Tough to get a clear pic but here is front and rear. The wood helped hide the rear cut edge and
has doubled as speaker mount and extra shelf. The cabin divider does double duty for me.
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Zundfolge
Always learning...
Cut my headliner out at a certain elevation. Parked the van exactly level and used the magnet on the back of my laser level attached to the rear barn doors to shoot a line on the headliner, traced it with sharpie, then used a razor to cut the line. The fiddled with a cardboard template 'till I got it right, transferred to 3/4" ply, skinned with 1/4" cedar, braced with 1/8" x 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" angle iron at the back, rivnutted the assembly to that, and voila! Attic.
It's unfinished like every other single damn thing in my van, but it works. Gave me a place to add that 3' LED strip of lights into, actuated by door, or switchable to manual or off, and dimmable...
It's unfinished like every other single damn thing in my van, but it works. Gave me a place to add that 3' LED strip of lights into, actuated by door, or switchable to manual or off, and dimmable...
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white whale
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Nicely done Zund. Like the wood work - looks like a sauna.
Zundfolge
Always learning...
Thanks for the photos. Gives me a good idea how to build one.
Joshill
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Thanks for sharing the pic, great work! I had a very similar technique with the cardboard template and I ran speaker wire up the windshield pillars to put in some better speakers. Mine's also not finished as yet but I love the light strip idea. I'm looking for multi-color ones and then it'll be a disco party
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owner
Oz '03 316CDI LWB ex-Ambo Patient Transport
I recently did this to mine. I put in a front headliner from a low roof van into my high roof. I haven't finished it yet, just literally swapped them over.
I'm waiting until I get used to ducking down before putting in a 8020 rail along the edge and a ply base. - Its at that exact height that I can't see it until its too late.
Note my van has the side curtain airbag option, so a custom setup like shown earlier isn't really an option and limits how deep I could make it.
At least using a stock airbag headliner I know I am not affecting the designed airbag deployment.
I'm waiting until I get used to ducking down before putting in a 8020 rail along the edge and a ply base. - Its at that exact height that I can't see it until its too late.
Note my van has the side curtain airbag option, so a custom setup like shown earlier isn't really an option and limits how deep I could make it.
At least using a stock airbag headliner I know I am not affecting the designed airbag deployment.
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StarryNights
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Wow, great reason to look for a low-roof van I can salvage a headliner from!
Nautamaran
2004 140” HRC 2500 (Crewed)
WRT brackets, the visors screw to Z-shaped aluminum drop tabs, which screw into flats above the top of the window frame. I used the aft face of these flats to secure a 1”x1” tube (pictured, dark bar) for a hammock support, placing rivet-nuts through the flats. There’s quite a bit of free space on the window frame...
-dave
-dave
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Zundfolge
Always learning...
For better or worse, I did not use brackets. I should. Dave's pics above though give a good idea of what can be done. My headliner was always meant to be "finished," and what is currently there is only ever meant to be "temporary." However in reality as of now it simply sits on the foam blocks above the doors, and is bolted to the tabs above the door pillars...
DannyCoolBeans
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How and where are you attaching the shelves to? Drilling into the frame? Are you using for points?
I see that 07 and up have kits. Are there kits for this van?
I see that 07 and up have kits. Are there kits for this van?
BrennWagon
He’s just this guy, you know?
I made aluminum tabs that I through bolted the sun visors in the stock position and with a couple screws on the rear (ledge) into the stock headliner
Nautamaran
2004 140” HRC 2500 (Crewed)
If you pull the headliner down, you’ll see there’s plenty of open space to attach to the frame both above the windshield and doors. If you stay above the sun visor tabs, you can cut the liner down with shears and the visor mounts will hold the remaining liner and the shades can park against the bottom of your shelf unit.
I use the space for a front hammock, so I’ve never looked.
-dave
PocketDrop
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If you hadnt had a laser level, how would you recommend tracing this cut?
Im trying to accomplish exactly this, preferably without taking the liner out, but having massive difficulties with trying to trace this cut in the headliner
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Zundfolge
Always learning...
I would have purchased a laser level.