112 rib bed fitting alignment

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james1976

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Hi everyone
So im at the stage of fitting my 112 rib bed I've dry fitted it so to speak . But when you look from the rear it looks nice and square equal but from the front it looks askew and vise versa. Also i seem to have a larger gap on the non kitchen side. It's not being fitted in recommend location as I dont like a big gap at the rear doors. Is it normal for it to be off centre 🤔
Hope that makes sense.
Cheers
 
I just fitted mine and I laid it out flat and lined up against the kitchen cupboards maybe a 40-50mm gap. That made it square and pushed it back so the corner was only just touching at the cut out at the back corner. This then meant that the base board looked right at the front near the sliding door and the c pillar
 
From my experience fitting mine, now the PTSD has subsided.

I had to get a rubber mallet and bray the wheel arch down about 15mm cause the seatbelt bolts were binding on wheel arch and subsequently it was wonky. Felt horrid.

First attempt I didn't have the bed far back enough to allow my fridge cupboard door to open... i only focused on it not touching the rear door when opened out and having an even gap along side the unit. This was obviously an error.

In this position I then drilled rear holes and bolted in the rear, with strengthening bar - spare wheel carrier moved to the lower hinge point of the two to allow for the spare wheel to go back on. Seemed all good. Not ideal about the fridge cupboard though when I realised but I felt I'd already committed. Meh

Then... when I drilled the front holes out i realised that the bolts came out underneath pretty much against the strengthening struts. So enough room for the bolts to go through but tricky to get a nut on and no chance of getting the 6mm plate square reinforcer washers on. Too far forward...

So I accepted I needed to reposition and redrill so unbolted the rears and pushed rib towards the rear door (in bed layout) so it was pressing gently against door (more than just touching, but less than deforming the cushion if that makes sense)

Again, once there I got it alligned against the unit, i drilled it out and the rear bolts fitted and the rib front left and right bokts were better. although the front middle bolt is still pending as it's in an absurd place to reach underneath.

I'd say make sure you've brayed the wheel arch out where the seat belt bolts hit it and push the rib back against the rear door gently and then check allignment down the side units is even.

Good luck!
 
Badjamin said:
From my experience fitting mine, now the PTSD has subsided.

I had to get a rubber mallet and bray the wheel arch down about 15mm cause the seatbelt bolts were binding on wheel arch and subsequently it was wonky. Felt horrid.

First attempt I didn't have the bed far back enough to allow my fridge cupboard door to open... i only focused on it not touching the rear door when opened out and having an even gap along side the unit. This was obviously an error.

In this position I then drilled rear holes and bolted in the rear, with strengthening bar - spare wheel carrier moved to the lower hinge point of the two to allow for the spare wheel to go back on. Seemed all good. Not ideal about the fridge cupboard though when I realised but I felt I'd already committed. Meh

Then... when I drilled the front holes out i realised that the bolts came out underneath pretty much against the strengthening struts. So enough room for the bolts to go through but tricky to get a nut on and no chance of getting the 6mm plate square reinforcer washers on. Too far forward...

So I accepted I needed to reposition and redrill so unbolted the rears and pushed rib towards the rear door (in bed layout) so it was pressing gently against door (more than just touching, but less than deforming the cushion if that makes sense)

Again, once there I got it alligned against the unit, i drilled it out and the rear bolts fitted and the rib front left and right bokts were better. although the front middle bolt is still pending as it's in an absurd place to reach underneath.

I'd say make sure you've brayed the wheel arch out where the seat belt bolts hit it and push the rib back against the rear door gently and then check allignment down the side units is even.

Good luck!
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Great write up. I got lucky think as my bed cleared my wheel arch
 
Badjamin said:
From my experience fitting mine, now the PTSD has subsided.

I had to get a rubber mallet and bray the wheel arch down about 15mm cause the seatbelt bolts were binding on wheel arch and subsequently it was wonky. Felt horrid.

First attempt I didn't have the bed far back enough to allow my fridge cupboard door to open... i only focused on it not touching the rear door when opened out and having an even gap along side the unit. This was obviously an error.

In this position I then drilled rear holes and bolted in the rear, with strengthening bar - spare wheel carrier moved to the lower hinge point of the two to allow for the spare wheel to go back on. Seemed all good. Not ideal about the fridge cupboard though when I realised but I felt I'd already committed. Meh

Then... when I drilled the front holes out i realised that the bolts came out underneath pretty much against the strengthening struts. So enough room for the bolts to go through but tricky to get a nut on and no chance of getting the 6mm plate square reinforcer washers on. Too far forward...

So I accepted I needed to reposition and redrill so unbolted the rears and pushed rib towards the rear door (in bed layout) so it was pressing gently against door (more than just touching, but less than deforming the cushion if that makes sense)

Again, once there I got it alligned against the unit, i drilled it out and the rear bolts fitted and the rib front left and right bokts were better. although the front middle bolt is still pending as it's in an absurd place to reach underneath.

I'd say make sure you've brayed the wheel arch out where the seat belt bolts hit it and push the rib back against the rear door gently and then check allignment down the side units is even.

Good luck!
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Any more info on the wheel arch modification?
My Cali seat doesnt clear it and Im wondering how hard/easy it was with the rubber mallet?
 
Having the bed board above doesnt help as its a flat roof rather than an arched one so you lose the valuable headroom when travelling in the back
 
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