DIY Vanagon upgrades (sound deadening, wheels, shower, insulation)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 เม.ย. 2020
- We try to keep ourselves busy with upgrading our 34 year old van. In this episode we show how we worked through sound deadening the van while giving it a thin layer of insulation. Also, we figure out a clever and efficient solution for taking showers on the road, organizing tools and getting rid of the horrible hollow sounds of the T3 doors/hatch. Stay tuned for the full progress of insulating the van :)
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Watch to the very end for a before/after comparison of what we’ve done to this van, pretty massive change😳
Looks like this could be the same? www.biltema.no/bil---mc/biltilbehor/lydisolering/lyddempingsplate-2-stk-2000037971
Ja vi hadde noen sånne som funket bra, men Biltema hadde få på lager rundt her. Tror de er på tur ut av sortimentet. Har du gjort dette med din bil?
@@SimonBraeck Skal ut med hele dashbordet for å bytte vifta, så hadde tenkt å gjøre det samme på fronten når det først er ute. Men vil nok gjøre det samme i dørene på sikt 😀
Tøft, forventer video 😉
I used the Noico sound deadening and insulation in my 25 year old Land Cruiser. It went from sounding like a tin can to an ice chest. I still do the knock test every so often. Totally worth it!
Check the condition of the front door seals. Worn seals contribute to excess cabin noise. All the best from N. California. 91 Westy.
You guys do come a long way to finishing touch up. Looking great. Thank you for sharing the sound differences by tapping on the metal. You are the first people to show this, because most videos tell you that it deafens the noise. However, you showed it to hear the sound to understand the difference. I love the shower rod concept. You guys are so creative and are mind blowing me away with ideas. Getting very organized inside. Thumb up!
Thank you Joseph!😊🙌🏼 Lovely feedback, Benedikte is really clever with her smart ideas and together we’ve made this van into something unique which is quite fun to look back at. We’re looking forward to test the shower and we have some other cool projects we hope to realize shortly.
@@SimonBraeck It will only get better every day to make your van super cozy as a second home.
Nice progress on the old Van. Lot s of small things make a difference.
Thank you, it adds up after all these hours we’ve put in. It’s so fun to look back at how far we’ve come :)
If you want to decrease the Sound of the door you don't need to tape the whole door. Its enough if you place there only one piece. So you can safe some material.
You are investing a great deal of effort in your van and all to great effect. Key thing is the shell seems to be well worth the investment, being nearly rust-free at 35 years old. Once the engine upgrade is sorted (which it will be !) this van will give you many happy holidays and memories.
You guys worked well, and together. I am about my second one, hopefully a 1983.5 like I used to own. I still mourn my house on wheels. I'll watch your other informative videos for sure. Nomad on the move again, Canada.
We are still to get ours running, but I'm impressed the difference the sound deadening made. We are going to give this a try. Many thanks
Oh wow, sounds like you got quite the project going on, cool! It’s recommended for sure, we just did the floor beneath the front seats today. It also helped the cabin feeling much less noisy😊
OMG !!! I'm doing this to my doors !!! You two are awesome !!! inspiration to a noob like me
I follow you from Colombia, I bought a T3 one mounth ago and then, I´m try to learn a little with you. Thanks for the videos!
Thank you! Hope we are able to teach you some things, although we are no experts. Good luck with your T3😃
Van is amaizing !
Great..it sound nice...what a change ! 👍😊
Indeed, we look forward to do the same on other surfaces too, hope the road noise will be even better after that’s complete 😊
Simon and Binedict I have always admire your Skills with your VW..! it's a Awesome Facelift to your VW..!Both are doing incredible things 👍 keep it Up 👍👌
Thank you very much, we do our best and learn new stuff constantly when working on this old thing :)
Nice work guys. We done exactly the same on our T3 Syncro a few weeks ago. It makes such a difference. We also sound deadened the cab floor, up behind the dash and under the front seats. In the back the only area we haven't done yet is behind the cupboards. In the UK we have been in lockdown for about 6 weeks now so we've been able to get loads of jobs done on our van ready for when we can travel again.
Sweet! We wanna do the same exact thing, but we ran short of materials. Did you notice a big difference while driving? We haven’t got to test it properly yet. Same here, spending the «lazy days» building the van out. Hope to get proper insulation done soon as well as a diesel heater.
@@SimonBraeck Yeah we noticed a huge difference (only been to the shops and back a few times so far though), we used a product called silent coat as a base layer then sticky backed foam over the top of that where we could. I think the cab floor made the most difference. We also done under the seats as that's above the suspension. Its nice to be able to talk and listen to music while driving without all the road noise. You'll love having a diesel heater too, I fitted ours just before Christmas and it's amazing!! Not tried to cook anything with ours yet though :) Did you understand what I meant about connecting your solar panel to your leisure battery on the last video? If not I could draw it and email it to you.
Wow, I look forward to being able to enjoy some music without all the road noise. Can’t wait to start! Seems like you are a few steps ahead of our progress, I’ll simply follow your advice, lovely. We really want to fit ours underneath the van, but we need some proper expertise to help us out. I’m having issues with getting notified of the comments, so I actually missed it. But I went back there and read it, and to be fair it sounds really simple. We might add a secondary solar panel dedicated for the leisure battery, but I also like the idea and the dual purpose of being able to toggle between charging the Yeti and the leisure battery from one panel... Thanks for your insights 😊😊
@@SimonBraeck Your welcome. I fitted my heater (Webasto airtop 2000) inside under the bed, I'm not sure about fitting one under the van. Being left hand drive you have a flat area on the floor for fitting a heater. You can see where in this video th-cam.com/video/7RpFZ3vpIs4/w-d-xo.html Another really useful information resource is the Club 8090 Wiki which can be found here wiki.club8090.co.uk/index.php/Main_Page Club 8090 is the uk T25 (T3) club. There is also a forum which has some useful information.
We did the sound deadening recently and put glava in the back hatch and the side wall next to the bed. Worked great!
Nice, basically just like we did😃 I’m pleased so far, but we’ll add a moisture barrier to be sure the insulation stays dry.
@@SimonBraeck Stilig! Ja det burde æ gjøre også. Hvor i Norge holder dere til?
Norsk jo! Haha. Vi bor i Oslo😊
@@SimonBraeck Hehe :) Vi også! Møtes en dag? våre to t3'er.
Kult, det må vi få til!😊😊
Love the channel , it’s my dream to build a Vanagon. I have an 88 Jetta to match, I always wondered how I’d fit a shower so thank you
Thank you Joe! Hope you get to realize that dream, we decided to go for it and haven’t regreted the decision yet.
Great job on the sound deadening! Thanks for sharing your experience! Sub'd.
Hi from Spain. Nice work
Thank you Emilio :)
Termites ate my door panel on my Vanagon Syncro. They're just made with vinyl over what I've known as "hard-board".
Hello from Russia! 🇷🇺🇸🇯
Saw your comment under Anton Ptushkin's (Антон Птушкин) video about Switzerland.
Great quality videos. Immediately subscribed!
Hi there😊😊 Cool, we got to say hi to Anton at Matterhorn. Really great guy. Thanks for subscribing to my channel. спасибо!😊😊
Nice! Thank you! I just did my last night! Doors are like a Benz now 😂
Great! Feels quite a bit more premium, that's right :D
Nice t3 👍👍
Thanks, same to you 😊
Thank you! It's really good lifehack for bus!)
Sure thing, no problem! 😊👍🏼
Very nice van, hello from México 😎
Hola! Thank you☺️
Hi
you use some soundproofing material + some insulation in the car, what is it for a make?
super nice videos that you are making!
Hi thx for the awesome video! Idk if I missed it but how many of those foam pads did you buy for the door cards? I’m thinking of doing the same thing to my van! Thx!!
Nice job van looking good like ur wee dog am big fan vw t25 I got one all best from bonnie Scotland
Thanks! The good old vans are something special. We recently visited Scotland in a newer VW camper van. Although it was nice, you don’t get the same connection as you get in the older ones. Take care :)
Loch lomond 3o minutes way from me am always driving camper up there love it vw out door life..think u and girl friend dun well with van keep up good work b safe 2 .vw
Ps love shower am going copy u is brilliant......
It’s a clever idea and easy to pull off😊👍🏼
Top, algum dia pretendem vir para a América do Sul, Brasil?
Good work with the insulation! I did wonder whether you sprayed the brake discs with the wheels? ;-)
Thanks! And yes we did, but on purpose as we changed the worn disks right after😉
Kan anbefale å være tidlig ute med Biltema's oppladbare dusj - topp både som dusj og som reservepumpe for fylling av vann :-) Genial ide med dusjen!
Skal sjekke det ut, dette prosjektet er heldigvis aldri helt ferdig😄
@@SimonBraeck Det tror jeg på 😂 Biltema gikk tomme samme uka som NRK viste den på turen de hadde i sommer. Poof!
The black wheels look better anyway 😎
I think so too😎
Brilliant
Thanks!
Очень хорошее решение, теперь поездки будут тише. 👍👍😊😊👏
I don’t understand😂🤷🏼♂️ Thanks for watching:)
Sjekker du med bilstereobutikker, finnes det spray som fjerner resonans i metall, fungerer svært bra!
В мене теж є vw t3 і він мені подобається.
Дякую що ви зняли відео про свій vw t3.
Hei, nok en herlig video, gleder meg til neste oppdatering :). Hvor mye lydisolasjon kjøpte dere forresten? Tenker å lydisolere fremdører, sidedører og bagasjedør på min t3, noen ide om hvor mye jeg kommer til å trenge?
Takk for det William :) Vi har til nå lydisolert begge dørene fremme, gulvet under forsetene, bagasjedøra og det panelet bak skyvedøra (der spylevæsketanken bak sitter). Vi har brukt 5 pakker med lydisolasjon fra Biltema og vi har vært ganske nøye og fylt ut disse områdene bra. Det er et godt utgangspunkt for planleggingen din👍🏼
Thank you for this video! I will do the same. Did you use any other insulation in the van? I saw that you dont have any insulation in roof?
Thanks for watching:) No insulation in the roof, we might do this during this winter though:)
@@SimonBraeck thank you for your reply. Do you think that it is necessary? Because now I have insulation but in the summer There is Just warm and in the Winter I have heater. So now I am thinking about when i will change lining I will not use insulation 😁 in my roof it is very dificult put There insulation (reimo roof)
Insulation is helpful both when it’s warm and when it’s cold and it could also double as sound deadening. I would absolutely do it if you have the time;)
Hey Simon, fellow VWT25 1.6 TD owner here. These are some pretty innovative upgrades! Like you we have a problem with excessive cabin noise so I'm curious to hear how your sound deadening has worked out as we may follow suit. Is it worth it are there other areas worth doing for a quick win? Will I ever be able to hear what my partner is saying when we travel over 50mph?
Diesel heater - we bought a cheap Chinese one from Ebay which we fitted with 5L tank under the bed and it works great much better than the propex heater we had
In our year of ownership, the issues we have had have been fairly minor: reverse light switch, various coolant leaks, exhaust manifold needed welding and now a sticky injector pump
Hey! I know what you’re talking about. It will make a difference and I think the effort is worth it, the install isn’t that hard. However it’s not gonna revolutionize the noise levels... We had a air vent stuck on full power until recently, and that made a bigger difference tbh. Also, I’ve heard that changing the wind shield seal it good too. I’ll try that in a few days.
We’ll try to install a diesel heater underneath the van, but I need a custom enclosure to protect it, which seems hard to find.
@@SimonBraeck Thanks for the reply. I hope you find your enclosure but, if not you don't lose too much storage by putting it under the bed 👍
Cool 😊
Thanks😊
What did you guys use for the doors? The blue thing I can't catch it in the video. Cheers from Mexico 🇲🇽 👍
We had to improvise, so we cut up some insulating seat pads used for camping etc. in order to fill the small gaps in the doors. Works really great though :)
Good.... Ditunggu kunjungan ke 2 to Indonesia... 👍👍👍
Thank you, terima kasih🙌🏼
Hello,
I'm doing this too...
Why not drill a small hole in the tailgate interior, to pass a zip tie to the door release mechanism...
Then you can open the tailgate from inside...
Cordialement,
Such great idea, if you could please explain this more or link a how to i would be thankful :)
Ok can you explain the bag of rockwool in the background, did it go in the cavity ?
Check out the video I uploaded right after this one. It explains it in detail :)
Thanks for your quick response, I love the work you have done on the VW, I live in 🇨🇦 now and wish a van like that was still made.regards .Mark
Tusen takk
Thanks Mark! Good point, they are so iconic. I saw that VW are making an electric look-alike called «Buzz», but of course it will never be the same... Takk😃
Make a small squared teak step for shower floor to keep your feet clean. It may help to keep your feet away from dirt. Just a suggestion or idea.
Great idea, I hate the feeling of dirty, wet feet after a shower. I’ll bet Benedikte will take that step challenge willingly 👍🏼😄
@@SimonBraeck teak wood does not create mold or will have mold. It is the only wood that resists mold, especially you put it inside the van. Let it dry out first before putting in the van just like you shower afterward.
I watched a video of the GoWesty crew putting in sound deadening material and they didn’t attempt to completely cover the areas. They put a simple square of the material in the center of the three doors under the back seat and in the rear. I don’t know if it was enough to make it as quiet as what you’ve achieved or not. Just thought their approach was weird.
Really, I haven’t seen that one. Usually I find them very informative and professional, but I wouldn’t know why they kept the coverage that low. My research told me that the more film you add the better it is.
herlig video
Takk! Fint å ha noe å gjøre i disse tider :)
haha Simon looks like a German dad with his Birkenstocks and Socks ✌🏼😂
You can’t buy swag like this😄
Lubricate the parts inside that door while you have them open!
Прекрасно друг, я увидел тебя под комментарием Антона Птушкина, и ты классный.
спасибо! 😊😊
Little tip: You could have used less sound deadening, it only needs between 30 and 60 % coverage
Yeah, I realized that after we did the job unfortunately...
If you don't mind me asking, why is that? Doesn't more coverage mean it will be more quiet and warmer?
Sound deadening doesn’t insulate too much, it is for making less noise whilst driving like the name says and if you add more than 60 % coverage, it will have the same effect as 30 - 60 % coverage
Goood
Thanks🙌🏼🙌🏼
So hopefully it doesn’t sound like a tin can when you close the door anymore
Sitteunderlag = butt warmer 🤣
Hhahah🤷🏼♂️😂
@7:37 Wow, you could shop onions on that flat stomach 😉
Haha, yea pretty much🤙🏼💪🏼
Should’ve stuffed the doors with insulation
We couldn’t, need the space for rolling down the window and for the air flow channels
Simon Braeck ahhh you’re right!
Ok Simon honest truth...I'm here for two reasons the vanagon and the SMOKEN HOT female!!!...HOLY S#&T SHES HOT! .I hope you don't mind honesty!
Haha, I know😏
You really should have fixed the rust before you covered it over.
Black wheels are ugly, silver would have been much better.