VW T4 Camper Van Upholstery

 Well hello to you all again...........I seam to be having a run of T4 vans.....loll.  But i do like these vans, they offer modern driving with a cool surf bus/ day van look.Bellow is a re trim i did for a couple who were over the moon with the end result. This transformed the whole look of the van from standard to a stand out from the crowd look. ENJOY.

                           Ready for the strip down......front seats and rear rock and roll bed unit.

 The seats were in great shape , so just a strip down and a clean of the runners ans a layer of over foam to the seat bolsters was all that was needed.

                            The inside of the van with the front seats removed ans a cool surf board table......

 Hear are all the seat components cut out and ready for sewing....you can see the piping cut and ready to be sew up first...a long process but the end result is worth the work.

 These are the rear rock and roll covers ready to be sewn, you can see the lone side boarders ready to all be sewn together.

 The foams cut and have been marked showing the process of working out the alignment of the materials and proportions before the sewing is done. Time is always taken at this stage as a mistake hear can mean starting all over again.

 The sewing process shown, I had to stop for a cuppa as this was late into the night as i had to meet a deadline for the customer....So tea and biscuits was needed.

 There all done, sorry about the jump in the process of pictures, If you want to see how the covers are put onto the frames please have a look at some of my earlier blog as they show this process.

 Looking good....I love the contrast piping it makes the plain blue of the seats stand out really good.

Here you can see the rock and roll bed all in place and ready for some use...I always look and try the seating out, As looks can be good but you need to make sure that the seating and bed use works....And it was just fine on this bus.

The buddy seat looking cool.....a great little extra seat for using for storage and when Friends pop in for a beer or two.
I hope you all liked and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me.....Cheers for now.
Colin

VW T 4 Van Rock and Roll Seat Upholstery

Hi all here is a short post of a nice 3/4 rock and roll bed that i re trimmed in a very Nice t4 day van......hope you all like.

                           This is the van just been dropped of ready for me to do some magic...........loll

                                                       

First steps was to cut out the foam, this foam i use is a mattress grade foam which is great for sitting and sleeping on.Making sure the foam fits good then you can go on to the cutting of the covers.

Here you can see layed out the blue and silver material the customer wanted....you can see the process needed making sure that it all lines up.

This is the under lining i use, it is a water proof liner just in case there are any water leaks in the van the foam will not get wet............

A closer look at the strips....i had to cut all the pieces very accurately so  when sewing you get this nice straight look.

 

And as if by magic...all done.You can now see how important it is to get the stripes lining up.... i think there is nothing worse than it not matching........

A cool look....loll seeing it from this angle give what could be just a plain looking re trim into something very good.

Te strips followed on the out side of the van to.....Cool. i managed to get the strips lining up with the inside.

There you have it...a nice little blog showing what can be done.......Hope you all liked and please leave a comment if you like or if you have any questions please contact me on : 07794978914 ......I'm of to the beach now........Cheers .Colin