Serious time pressure – how to add luxury to a 90 with a battered karrimat (equiv)

The issue:
We are away on Saturday for a month in the 90, I am told that “the insides are dirty and full of dust and mud, this needs sorting”.

Look, she has a cushion for the seat and a mat on the floor, what more does she need

The aim of this exercise:
Is to reduce the amount of dust and mud coming into the seating area from the under seat covers to the battery, the fuel tank and the transmission. All of the seals are stuffed, warped or missing. The covers themselves show some warp, and hence a lot of ****e comes up through all of the gaps.

The underside of the two exposed covers are caked in mud and dust.

To some degree this is to be a stop gap measure as I have a load of ply in the shed and intend to at least, make a cubby box (with cup holders!!).

Ah, I will sort out the loose fuse holders and relays at some stage too (but not now).

The solution:
In the shed I have 2no used karrimats. I certainly do not want to use the orange one though.

So I thought, lets do the seals as as one continuous roll, why not?

So I stripped out and fitted as the photos show this karrimat as a closed cell foam sealant

Now I have almost air tight under seat covers.

For the cost of time and screws, nuts bolts that I had in the shed.

You can get similar foam rolls for £4.00 in Asda I noticed the other week.

I have even put the mats back in too.

Dunno about reduced noise or insulation – but hey she cannot have everything.

Picture 1: The karrimat
The karrimat

Picture 2: drivers side stripped out vacuumed and some DS carpet tape down
drivers side stripped out vaccuumed and some DS carpet tape down

Picture 3: Foam starts to go down
Foam starts to go down

Picture 4: make some cut outs
make some cut outs

Picture 5: Drivers seat back in place & trim front edge of foam.
Drivers seat back in place & trim front edge of foam

Picture 6: Existing passenger side luxury (mebee a bit of dust and mud though)
Existing passenger side luxury

Picture 7: Passenger seat and battery out, a bit of vacuuming too
Passenger seat and battery out, a bit of vacuuming too

Picture 8: Passenger seat back
Passenger seat back

Picture 9: All done, look at the seal on the middle cover.
All done, look at the seal on the middle cover

send the other half on the bus

wiltshire landyman said:

send the other half on the bus

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With a single or a return?

I will be pinching your idear for my seat box seals , If you dont mind:bounce:

I used camping mats for all my insulation on my last VW camper, its ideal as its leightweight and stops alot of the noise, it also has great heat proofing properties, keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer...

Jongould said:

I used camping mats for all my insulation on my last VW camper, its ideal as its leightweight and stops alot of the noise, it also has great heat proofing properties, keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer...

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In my walking & camping days i used cary mats all the time , thier thermal properties are surprising:bounce:

I have heat issues with the dogs in the back, the floor gets really hot and the outdoor temperature gets very hot too; I have a malamute so he also overheats very easily (I know I'm stupid living south of the Alps and having a dog that should live in Alaska).
I've partially overcome the problem by fitting screens inside the back windows so I can leave them open 24/7

and I can transport shelter dogs without them leaping out of the window.
I found some rubber door mats that are about 2cm thick and perforated and have put them on the floor, covered by another rubber mat and then a layer of carpet; the malamute is now happy
The other advantage of the window screens is that I have the opposite problem of Skint: my defender fills up with masses of dog hair and I can't get it out, it lurks in every nook and cranny so keeping the windows open means it wafts around and eventually escapes outside.
I also thought it was really cute of Skint to make his Defender as comfortable for his wife as possible

Mandy said:

..heat issues with the dogs in the back, the floor gets really hot and the outdoor temperature gets very hot too...

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Can you get "safari roofs" for defenders? Not something I have thought of.

Without such, the roof will turn into a decent frying pan, so you can do a brisk trade in bacon and egg sandwiches as you tour the countryside - tell the dogs not to eat it all first.

Ahh, you need a "Skint special 1" safari roof made of high gloss aluminium foil, to deflect the heat, together with "Skint special 2" solar panel powered cold water chiller for a dog water bowl.

"Skint special 3" includes a chilled water dog bath too....

Dog Jacuzzi extra mind...



I like the window grilles too, especialy as the dog hairs are blown out automaically - brilliant.

I think I need some similar as my daughter is always keen to show me how easy it it to break into the 90 through the rear windows.

She is close to olympic gold getting in.

Can I get some lottery funding for her?? - just a couple of ££ million will do??

http://www.mobilestoragesystems.fsnet.co.uk/otherproducts.htm

The screens came from here.
I like the roof and chilled water idea (although the latter does seem a tad complicated).
Good luck with the funding for your daughter