My Shuttle Conversion
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Yes, that is my concern too. The Shuttle I'm getting doesn't have aircon in the rear, but does have all the passenger heater and blowers. What is the unit to the right just inside the back door? Is that aircon unit? Or heater blower as well?
I'm tempted just to pull it all out and ply and carpet/headliner it as I would a kombi. Hard to know when I haven't picked it up yet, but that stripped pic above is very helpful.
@L3hm4nn In a few weeks I might be very interested in two of those floor mountings (the spares), and a couple of load lashings if you are getting rid...
I'm tempted just to pull it all out and ply and carpet/headliner it as I would a kombi. Hard to know when I haven't picked it up yet, but that stripped pic above is very helpful.
@L3hm4nn In a few weeks I might be very interested in two of those floor mountings (the spares), and a couple of load lashings if you are getting rid...
Dont know about the unit, always wondered my self, I can see it through the side molding plastic grill.
Yes, very interested. Do you have a link?
I'm particularly interested in if you put a single skin roof in like a Kombi and how it finished to the cab headliner, or have you gone pop top?
The back should all be easy as it is still just a van under all the trim.
Thanks
i cut the end of original roof lining where it meets the cab, just done it the other day, worked out well, would have been better if i glued it but i want to remove cab head liner in the future. i will get a picture
Wow, these pictures are very helpful. I’ve been diy
WOW these are really helpful pictures, Thanks!! I’ve been dying to have a look behind the rear quarter trim. Maybe a silly question but does the aircon pipe run all the way through to the engine?
yes
think my vents were all on the roof liner
Just bought a Shuttle and now planning my conversion. Take it you stripped out all the plastic trim? Did you not want to keep it, to save you carpeting?
And the heater/air con you removed...am I right in thinking that this system only brings heat/air to the rear while driving? Were you not tempted to keep it? Pics of your set up would be massively helpful if not too much trouble, thanks.
I kept side door panels and tailgate trim, ripped the rest out, the fluid pipe's for heater will need looped under the floor if you decide to remove heater/ac unit, i have some photo's of stuff I have done so far, I have boarded, carpeted and stuck a recon rib bed in, I'm kinda doing it the same as I done my T4 Caravelle
did you keep the original rubber flooring?
No, put dodo matt down and boarded it with 12mm ply
darrenmhaine
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Hi Doulsy; been following this thread with interest; I'm about to start stripping out my T6 lwb Shuttle for conversion. Like you, I think I'll keep the sliding door/tailgate panels and carpet them, but I'm going to leave the HVAC unit in and reposition the vents away from the ceiling. Please can you post some photos of how you finished the roof against the cab roof? Also, how did you get on mating the ceiling to the sides of the bus? As the new ceiling would sit higher than the original and the B and C pillars would come up short?
Be grateful of any advice on the above and any pictures you could post or PM me with so I can get an idea of how I might finish mine.
Cheers, Darren.
I never used original b&c pillar trim, as for roof, I cut the originanal trim where it meets the cab, carpeted it and screwed it onto new ply boards
