Awesome, that's why we are here! Thank you for the comment, I always appreciate the positive feedback.

Still laughing at the thumbs down comment, haha.

Thank you using this

Hakuna Matata - only a total twonk would give a thumbs down for a video this useful.

Also- what scissors are those??? I need a pair like that!

Found them! :)

Awesome, glad you like it! I'm very happy I went the upholstery route.

Thank you, that's a huge complement! I wish I had the time to build another one because I really enjoyed the process. I think I'll wait ten years until Mercedes comes up with a more modern 4wd system. Until then I'm super happy with the one I have!

Thank you, I appreciate that!

Haha, thanks!

Thank you! It’s been in the van for 4-5 years now and it still looks as good as day 1.

@@ourkaravan I especially like that you don't have exposed screw heads everywhere. How did you attach the panels to the van walls? Never mind, I visited your site and see that you used L-track plus a headliner with a minimal number of screws. Very nice! There is a commercial upfitter I have been following that uses/recommends 3M 90, but uses 3M Fastbond Contact Adhesive 30NF for the majority of the panel upholstery. The DAP adhesive you used is $.20/oz. less expensive than the 3M Fastbond.

Awesome, thanks! It's relatively easy to do. Corners are a little tricky but play with folding them over without glue first.

Thank you, we are very much enjoying it so far!

Thank you Dani, the positive feedback is always nice to have!

I wish that were true but I appreciate the comment!

Slow and steady wins the race. It's always looked great, but it's really coming together nice and sharp!

If only I could really cut that fast

Thank you Jess! I was pretty pleased considering I have never done anything with fabric other than wear it. 😄

ourkaravan haha seems all that fabric wearin’ experience gave u a leg up (see what i did there?) 🤣

Haha!!

Wow, thank you!

Thank you!!

Thank you!

Why thank you!

That's some high praise, thank you!

It seemed like kind of a hack at the time but it works great. I love seeing it in other people's vans too. Thank you!

Ha, it's called OCD. I appreciate the positivity!

@@ourkaravan What type of work do you do for a living? I bet you job has little to no room for error. And you were raised with an outstanding work ethic.

Environmental scientist. So I do educated guesswork, haha.

Thanks for the info!

Thanks for watching!

Awesome, thank you!

Thank you!!

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

You are very welcome!

Thank you!

Fantastic, thank you!

That's a huge complement, thank you very much!!

I'm glad you found it helpful!

Good to know, thank you!

Mine has held up great the past four and half years.

Thank you, I'll keep that in mind for future videos. You can see more on my website ourkaravan.com including a wall panel write up.

Yeah I'm not a fan of the 'speaker carpet' look. The tweed is very easy to work with and looks professional.

@@ourkaravan do you have a link for this fabric? So I can take a look? Thanks in advance 😊👍🏻

Certainly, it’s from perfectfit.com

The ceiling is a factory mercedes headliner. I did a video on how I added the lights to the headliner, which can be found on my KZfaq channel.

Possibly. I didn't find the wall panels to be all that time-consuming, but saved time is saved time.

Thanks, upholstery ended up being easier than I was expecting.

HI Paul, I was having trouble following the question...can you try again?

I think I'm missing something. What would this help accomplish? Flattening the fabric against the glue? Thanks.

Thank you for your reply & helpful tip about cleaning the spray gun. I may consider that route instead of buying 3M 90 which is too expensive. About "fabric button", I thought you were using fabric button or some types of screw caps to cover the screw heads that hold the panel in place. At 1:42 there is a "button" (or is it just a screw head?) on the left side. I'm going to have a row of at least 4 screws at the center to hold the panel tight against the curve wall. Looking for a way to aesthetically cover the screw heads. Thank you again.

I’m also curious about cleaning up the spray gun. I’d rather not treat it as disposable. Would please share that as well? Thank you

Yes, my reply is missing. When I’m done spraying I pour all remaining adhesive back in the container. I then pour mineral spirits in the reservoir and swirl it around. It will turn the adhesive into a ball and you can use a few more paper towels to wipe the remainder. Then pour mineral spirits in the reservoir and spray it through the nozzle. My gun has been reused several times.

Thank you! I believe MB does sell it but I'm guessing it would be prohibitively expensive as standalone parts. They come standard in passenger vans (with the AC cutout) and optional on crew and cargo vans and I purchased mine used through the the sprinter-source forum website. If you haven't seen it, my most recent video is on the headliner and overhead lighting install.

Thank you Rob, I appreciate the positive feedback. I haven't upholstered any plastic trim but there are places where I adhered the upholstery directly to the sheetmetal of the van. I did this behind the sliding door and I also wrapped the D-pillars in the rear of the van. A couple of weeks ago I wrapped a small, curved trim piece and it came out great--it is easy to work with.

Perfect Fit in Oregon, they have a website , and I used the gray heather tweed

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

I bought 10 yards of foam and fabric and had enough for the two wall panels, my over-cab shelf with a small amount of leftover material. I’m not as clear on the amount of adhesive-maybe 1/2 gallon?

Thank you, I appreciate the complement. The metal channel is called L-track or airline track and it makes it convenient to tie down cargo in the van. There are a number of attachments that fit in the holes. -Ken

Thanks Bruce, I used 1/8".

Where did you order that big roll from? Having a hard time finding

Sorry for the delay, write up and links here : ourkaravan.com/upholstered-wall-panels/

Yes, that's exactly what I used. Don't be tempted by the 1/4", much harder to get a nice end-product. (i.e. get the 1/8".) Good luck and thank you for the kind words!

There are three sheet metal screws per wall panel. Two toward the rear of the van and one toward the front. The cabinetry partially holds it in place as well. Thanks for the positive feedback!

I second this

The foam and fabric came from perfectfit.com

The wall panel has nothing on its own to keep it in place, it relies on the factory headliner. The headliner has some metal tabs that slip into those ovalized slots in the van. Once engaged, they not only hold the headliner to the wall, but pinch my wall panel up against the wall as well. There's just enough room for the finished wall panel to slip in there. Thanks for the positive feedback!

I have a video coming out later this month discussing how everything in the van is holding up after five years of use. Spoiler alert, the fabric is great. I purchased from Perfect Fit in Oregon. Thank you for the kind words!

Hi, it’s marathon tweed fabric from perfectfit.com in Oregon. Mine is the gray heather color.

Thank you, I had to pull the direct links as the company is in the process of updating their website. I used the gray heather tweed from perfectfit.com as well as the 1/8” landau foam.

Thank for the reply! also what screws or small bolts did you use to secure the panels to the wall. I saw a glimpse of yours which were black i think and tidy

Congrats on the van! There are only three screws per wall panel, and they don't really "hold" the wall panel, they just help make it curve with the side of the van. Two are located vertically at the far back of the wall panel near the D-pillar, and one forward screw at the center and start of the panel. The panels are retained either by the cabinets pushing against it or in the case of my passenger side, the L-track retains the bottom and my headliner retains the top. I hope that helps!

@@ourkaravan yes that helps a lot! Did you use adhesive as well? We are definitely doing this! Thanks for the reply and inspiration!

Hi, no adhesive between the wall panel and the van itself. Of course there is adhesive to attach the foam and upholstery to the wall panel.

Hmm, upholstery button?

@@ourkaravan how do you hide the screw head of the panels?

@@stuffs6335 There are only three screws that retain the panels, and they are visible. They just aren't noticeable as there are two right along the vertical D-pillar in the back corner of the van and one in the middle of the panel at the front edge. Most of the panel retention comes from the L-track and the headliner holding the top in place. I hope that makes sense.

I took apart my conversion van. They had stapled some small pieces of plywood to the backside of the wall panels where other pieces met, and were screwed together there. The wall panels were basically floating from the floor to the ceiling, except where screwed to added metal around the windows and to the other trim pieces.

HI Sam, there are only three fasteners--two sheetmetal screws with trimhead washers at the far rear of the panel (located near the switches in the back pillar) and one single screw toward the front of the panel near the sliding door. The bottom of the wall panel is held in place by the L-track, which has a lip on it. At the top, the factory headliner sandwiches it in place. If you are not using the factory headliner you may find it necessary to add some additional screws at the top of the panel. I hope that helps.

I should clarify that for some reason I had to use some internal fastener clips to pull the wall on the passenger side inward. I've never heard of anyone else having to do that, but if that's what you were asking about, let me know and I can clarify further.

The switch covers are factory pieces. My van did not have them but I was able to buy a set from the sprinter forums. Thanks for the complements!

That’s exactly what I did. I wanted the wall panel to extend behind the headliner and the cutouts were the locations where the headliner clips into the body. It worked out well and makes the wall panels fairly easily removable. I ended the 1/8” foam just short of where the headliner contacts it so the panel wouldn’t be too thick to tuck under. I used 5.2 mm plywood.

@Dave Ness - I did not do any thinning but I suppose there's no real harm in doing-so. I would do it in conservative increments though. Be sure the temperature isn't too low when spraying and you may have to adjust the air pressure and/or the settings on the gun. I had the same issue and quite frankly I started turning knobs on the gun (without knowing what they did) and it fixed my issue. I fully recommend using my half-witted knob turning method!

You and me both! All the skills I gained from taking my time and from watching and reading online. Time and money haven't been in my favor either but found a way to make it work. Best of luck and thanks for the comment.

Hi Chris, I purchased the window spacers and the 10x36 windows from RB Components.

Hi, I have a separate video on my channel showing how to do exactly that. It should be the video published right before this one.

It's a Hehr 10x36" window I purchased from RB Components. Thanks for watching!

Hi Rob, On both the driver and passenger sides, the OEM headliner (which curves and comes partway down the wall) retains the top of the wall panels. On both sides there are also two sheetmetal screws vertically along the D-pillar, mostly to help the wall panel conform to the curve of the van. On the driver's side, the cabinetry presses against the panel to retain it while on the passenger side the wall panel sits and is retained by the length of L-track. I hope that helps!

Hi, you are correct that the trim ring is screwed to the wall panel. Most people wrap the trim ring in upholstery first then screw it to the upholstered wall panel, but you are left with exposed screws around the window, which I did not want. I decided to take an alternate approach which you saw detailed in the video--I did this to avoid exposed screws. Each wall panel is supported by either L-track or 80/20 at the bottom and held in place by the stock headliner at the top. Only one screw at the front of the wall panel and two vertically at the D-pillar retain it--there is no attachment of the wall panel to the window. (I tried some marine clips but they did not work.) The driver's side is fine, but for whatever reason the passenger side is not tight up against the window. A friend had the same issue on the same side, and his solution was to make a curved wooden brace to which to screw to the backside of the wall panel to introduce a curve. I would recommend doing that. Magnets may not be strong enough to introduce a curve in the passenger side wall. I hope that makes sense.

@@ourkaravan Thanks Ken... appreciate the thoughts on this.

Van is 5 years old and there’s not a single sign of any moisture issues. I’ve had wall panels off and it all looks like the day I installed it, minus some dust of course.

nice. thanks man

What about the wood window trim? Is that DIY. Looks great