home made cab roof lining anyone?
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blue beasty
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Don't think you'd have much joy with board because you have 3 dimensional curves
samc88
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just carpet it. Look at my rebuild thread for pics of mine
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Used thixofix contact adhesive which is excellent if a bit pricey. I finished it off by just having it butt up to the end of the roof
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No, if you get a decent quality carpet, you can actually mould it round curves as it does stretch a bit. Mine was just cheapish stuff from carpet right but it was decent stuff
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to cure creasing. cut thru the crease, press the carpet down so the cut sections overlap, Then cut thru both sections at the same time. Remove the cut bits of carpet and the cut edges will butt up perfectly. 
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Foam backed carpet with no underlay, I tink it was about £3 a square meter.
Thinking about it, the very front part where it touches the windscreen is a separate strip on mine and the bit between the doors is 1 piece
Thinking about it, the very front part where it touches the windscreen is a separate strip on mine and the bit between the doors is 1 piece
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Ooof that looks tidy Sam. Come do mine...?
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The light at the front fastened to the windscreen frame,
The one at the back was different. Im not sure what the back of the cab's like on the defender. On the series its sort of recessed so I cut a bit of hardboard with the hole for the light The harboard is a tight fit by where the galvanised bit in the photos is and theres about 2" of space behind it for the wiring and things.
For some reason I thought you had a truck cab (me misreading), its why I didnt mention it earlier
The one at the back was different. Im not sure what the back of the cab's like on the defender. On the series its sort of recessed so I cut a bit of hardboard with the hole for the light The harboard is a tight fit by where the galvanised bit in the photos is and theres about 2" of space behind it for the wiring and things.
For some reason I thought you had a truck cab (me misreading), its why I didnt mention it earlier
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I am sort of doing this now.
Make it in sections then resin/fibreglass it all together.
For the simple panel across the roof from the top of the door to the door on the opposite side you can use bendy ply to get the right contour, then for the flat across the top use fibre glass sheet and resin and join it to your ply edges, for the slope up from the windscreen another flat panel which can be fibreglass or just some layers of heavy material laid flat then brushed with resin or glue (more flex) to create a ridged panel, then once set, bond it to the first section you made.
Once you have the main section all complete you will be able to form the diminishing curve from the highest section of the roof to the windscreen with various methods. 1 you can stretch material round the main panels from the back and brushing on resin to hold the curve, you can use something conical to keep the shape until it sets, or, use a piece of flexible craft card, and cut and radius a sort of 1/4 cone out of it, bond this in then resin and glass over it to make the right shape.
Once finished give it a coat of thinner material and resin to hold it all together as on piece then get some roof lining stretchy fabric and spray glue to cover it all.
