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Mk5 camper / hobby van restoration

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Re: Mk5 camper / hobby van restoration

Postby tartboy » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:43 pm

Hi,

Well had a good few days, been very lucky with the weather, and its finished! 8) Other thatn the poxy grill frame (whcih hasnt turned up) :evil:

It took far longer than expected, totalling 8 days! inc masking etc .

Here are the pics :shock:

Some serious masking!
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State of the art door prop :lol:
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Rear cross member fully sprayed
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Front finished and pimp clear indicators added 8)
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Rear end looking sweet
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Front looking good other than no grill :evil:
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Complete van looking 100% better then before, very happy :D
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Started pieceing the cab back together too, looks like a new van!
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Im just waiting for the exhaust to turn up, aswell as some new wheel trims and then its in for an MOT :shock: :o :( :oops:

Hopefully all will be ok!

Cheers

Will
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Re: Mk5 camper / hobby van restoration

Postby AndyG » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:58 pm

8)
Nice to see a MK5 getting the attention they deserve :!: :D

Good job there :!: :D
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Re: Mk5 camper / hobby van restoration

Postby kennystag » Sat Feb 07, 2009 1:19 pm

Hi really nice job what sound insulation did you use and did it make much of a difference as i am going to do mines
cheers
Kenny
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Re: Mk5 camper / hobby van restoration

Postby tartboy » Tue Feb 10, 2009 1:12 pm

kennystag wrote:Hi really nice job what sound insulation did you use and did it make much of a difference as i am going to do mines
cheers
Kenny


I used dynamat and some instulation foam. I wouldnt bother doing it to. Cost me over £300 and made barley any difference :(
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