Date:         Mon, 2 Feb 2009 01:01:44 -0800
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [Syncro] Replacement for hatch panel?
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On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Matt Drew <T3Vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:

> Subject line pretty much sums it up.
>
> http://www.partsplaceinc.com/catalog/s-159_files/Vanagon-Interior.jpg
>
> Just seems as though time has taken its toll and it's time to replace it .
> .
> .
>
> Aside from buying the kit from Bus Depot and doing the cover work myself,
> I'm wondering if anyone else has replaced the hatch panel with something
> else that I can consider.



Drew,

It is easy enough to make your own out of hardboard if you are handy with a
jigsaw. If the cover is the only
issue, they cut recover instead. It's a matter of using something like
spray-on contact cement on the backer
board and also on the replacement vinyl. Once they get tacky to the touch,
you just press on. You're done.
I have also seen a Vanagon with aluminum diamond plate pattern screwed into
the rear hatch. That will be a
bit more expensive if you are buying new material. Another alternative if
you like the diamonnd plate look w/o
the metal and expense associated with it would be vinyl floori covering. You
can glue it as easily as soft vinyl.
I'm doing this to some front door panels for my Doka.

Failing all of that, you can always go the used panel route.


Cheers,

BenT