Any one else replaced their dinette with lounge chairs?

TramcarTrev · Post by **TramcarTrev** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:24 am

When I did this a while back it was with great trepidation I started unscrewing the dinette so I could rebuild the set up with reclining chairs...
It all worked out very well in the end see here: http://abb.activeboard.com/t58006658/re ... the-jayco/

TramcarTrev · Post by **TramcarTrev** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:01 pm

Found the pictures....

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TramcarTrev · Post by **TramcarTrev** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:07 pm

More pictures;

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hank · Post by **hank** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:53 am

The layout on our van looks identical to yours TCT and I am also interested in the conversion, any idea of the costs involved, I think I would be reluctant to try and do it myself though. Yours looks great.

Hank

TramcarTrev · Post by **TramcarTrev** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:11 am

About the only costs are the replacement chairs and a bit of edge trim. I did boost the strength of the Fold down table as it had piano hinge with 12mm screws into endgrain and used sold brass hinges there, some pics of that below.

All the material used to box in the wheel arch came from the original dinette. One of the drawers under the dinette was relocated to under the port side bed...

To cover the hole in the floor where the power lead came through I cut a section of Vynl out from under a drawer.

The screw holes in the floor can be "melded" back into the original using a hot hair drier to warm the Vynl then tap the "pimple" cases by the screw with a small ball pein hammer and it all closes over and only guilty knowledge lets you know there are holes there....

I've helped a couple of local mates do their own, one had a smaller van than mine and used "office" style chairs but they are eally very comfortable. My Chairs came from "Fantasic" furniture about $700 the pair but you can spend around $2k per chair....

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chanook · Post by **chanook** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:43 am

where di you get those chairs they look great

Stuartandjan · Post by **Stuartandjan** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:57 am

Trev has not been on the site for over a year now but I did the same and if you search the web you will find plenty. The best ones are Lazeboy but the best is expensive.

Jay&dee · Post by **Jay&dee** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 5:39 pm

Trev your set up looks very much like our except for the van interior decor.
As far as costs go, we converted a L shape into a tri fold table and 2 rec liver swivel with the sheekl arch boxed in.
The cost was 2x chairs $370 ex Ebay and a cost of $200 for a panel sheet exactly the same as our interior. I gave a mate a $100 for his help in the cabinetry.
So for around the $700 dollar mark we now have a great comfortable set up.
I was taken back by the cost of the interior panel that is $200, but I needed same finish as the rest of the interior of the van.
We could not sit in the L shape as we both have bad backs.
Great investment.

Jay&Dee

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