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What a hateful job! But now all 4 doors are lined.
Word of warning – the doors with handles (OS & NS slider, and rear large door) leak internally. We guessed this was the case as you can see light out, but in driving rain when I was lining the sliding door, water was “pouring in”. Seems Nissan go for “let it in, and let it out again”. So be very careful in these doors and do not insulate around the handle/mechs.
Fortunately I guessed this was the case when I did the OS slider, and just put foil bubble wrap loosely around the lock so any water that came in would run down to the drain holes. But its more than you think!
See index and insulating/lining section for more tips
Great job. You seem to have a plastic edging to the carpet around the windows etc. Do you mind telling me what that might be?
Plastic tile edge trim stuck with contact adhesive.
Its *ok* but I bet there is a better way! Maybe if you can cut carpet better than me, and glue neater than me, go without. Or if you find better trim let me know. Could do better here….
I guessed that was what it was but was unsure as it must have taken a bit of cuttting to get a uniforn decent edge, especially on the tight corners. I have looked at different options as I think it is so difficult to get a neat carpet edge no matter how good my cutting skills are. I have some samples of thin rubber U edging on their way to me which “may” be a solution, I will let you know how I get on.
Please do!
Just FYI, I used rubber trim on other bits, and getting it to stick wasn’t great – my contact-adhesive just refused to stick to it. But, if you’ve got rubber trim that you can stuck, I reckon that’ll be 10x better – so looking forward to hearing. Good luck
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I just stumbled on your blog. I’m currently making my nv200 into a camper/work van. I too saw the NS and OS gaps around the door handles. I sealed mine up with some Sika flex. right or wrong? who knows? but leaving a channel for he water to run out is a great idea. I also saw the storage you made from the dead space in the rear wall panels, great idea! I’m jealous of your fore thought!
thanks. The thinking and planning takes more time than the build!
Trying to stop the water getting in is fine as long as there is a way out. Blocking water exit holes is a problem 🙂 But (IMO) blocking entry could be ok as long as its not designed for draught/airflow.
No van design is perfect, so hope you can steal and improve my ideas 🙂
Van now sold on (2020!) so hope its still going strong