Tailgate carpeted bulkhead covers

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Tailgate carpeted bulkhead covers

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Hi Gents
I've had a good look, and wondered if anyone has bought a rear bulkhead cover for a Tailgate Caddy Life ?
There's a number of people on eBlag who do some nice ones for the barn door models, see pic
But I've not seen any for below the window of a Tailgate Caddy Life model ? Ideally I'd like one that has proper fixings for it already like in the pic attached, and is a straight forward replacement, rather than the carpet coated hardboard ones that you need to make up a fixing arrangement for ?
I currently just have the standard VW OEM cover, that is a bit tatty where items in the boot have knocked it about a bit over time, and lets down my interior somewhat.
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Those are for the bulkhead (behind the seats) not the rear doors.
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I would be interested in one of those for the tailgate if you manage to find one. But yeah those ones pictured are for the bulkhead behind the seats.
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Easiest way is to buy some material and some adhesive, then cover your existing trim.
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Ahhh I thought he meant one to cover the glass? Yeah probably best off making one to be fair
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Cheers Chaps
Yes, I know the picture wasn't the rear doors, but was the sort of look I am after if that makes sense ?
I have previously bought rear barn door ones for our 2012 1.6 but wasn't really overly impressed by
the fact that it was just 2 pieces of ply that had carpet on them, and there were no fixing holes.

So, If I go down the DIY route then, where do you get/recommend I get the stretchy carpet material ?
Obviously won't need a great deal of it., and I have got a can of the 3M ReMount Removable Repositionable
Spray Adhesive in the garage. :D
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eBay, from megavanmats

It’s the 4 way stretch carpet which most people use. If your feeling fruity and you want something a bit more classy looking, you could also do it in Milano suede from AS Trim which also has a decent bit of stretch to it so you can mould it round shapes.

The main thing you need from the adhesive is hi-temp because if you use one which isn’t hi-temp it’ll come unstuck as soon as it gets hot in summer. I’ve found that out first hand. :mad:
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Thank you @Barbel300
I'm currently on a 3 month nightshift stint doing 12's :cry:
But gives me time to do a bit of surfin :D
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Another place worth a look is vanlingcarpet.co.UK
Its not a wind up, it really is a place! It works out cheaper and comes with the High temp glue.
They do the rubber floor matting cheaper than anywhere else I've seen it too

https://www.vanliningcarpet.co.uk/produ ... gKo7vD_BwE
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