I would like to replace the rear curtins (the curtins that let down across the read door windows) with mini-blinds or pleated shades. As some of you have noticed the drop-down curtin reduces headroom by a few inches when laying in the bunks.
I could use some information from some of you who have replaced the rear curtin with the mini-blinds or pleated shades - how, exactly, did you mount them to the door, where did you get them, what would you do different if you were doing it again, what do I need to know that may not be apparent?
Have a look at my solution to covering the rear windows in my Pleasure-Way. The bonus is that they reflect the sun, and are somewhat thermal. Easy off and on with small patches of velcro, and they store flat inside one of my ottomans.
My sewing machine hasn't seen the light of day since that project.
I tried rerouting the tracks for the rear curtains in my 2002 Chevy 190 Popular. That gained me 2 to 3 inches of bed length, but I wanted more. I found my best solution was to cut 1/4 inch thick aluminum bubble insulation available at Home Depot and Lowes to fit the opening of the rear windows. These covers install in a matter of seconds, totally block out the light, are easy to remove and give the largest bed length.
By Jove! This looks way easier and cheaper (less expensive) than mini-blinds or pleated shades. This looks so easy even I can do it (and I'm and engineer, well, ex-engineer)
Hi, I have a R/T 2004, C 190 P. I use the bubble insulation as a single large sheet, it has slit at the top to slide over the door latch and the sides are held between the door and the gasket. Open the doors, hang it on the latch, slam the doors. We only use it when parked. It adds inches to the bunk length completely blocks light and keeps it warm when it's cold outside, cool when it's hot. I fold it in quarters and store it between the back door and the bunk. Another one fits inside the windshield, a slit for the mirror and it is held in place by the visors. Works well, blocks cold drafts or heat pouring off the windshield. I store it in the same place.
By the way, reminds me of another trick when it is REALLY hot. Open the bathroom / shower door to block the flow of A/C air up forward and cause it to recirculate the bunk area. After a hard run in hot weather a huge amount of heat comes up through the floor up forward.
Sorry, photos were lost long ago in a dam'puter crash. I just checked thru many backups; no sign of 'em. I relocated the tracks back to just in front of the rear doors (past the fabric-covered area), and had a sewing shop insert a ~2" widener into the curtain itself. The matching fabric came from the bottom half of the rear bathroon 'door'. The top snaps also need to be relocated.
Worked fine. Somebody at RT wasn't thinking the day they did that design.
Jim, "What you are experiencing is not a problem. It is an undocumented software feature. Thank you for calling Microsoft."
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I'm thinking that I might get a couple of thin throw pillows, sized to fit the rear window wells, appropriate color to match with interior colors and place small velcro patches on the corners to match mating velcro patches in the corner of each window.
The pillows will come in handy as back supports when sitting on the benches at the rear table as well as for general lounging.
Might need to cover the velcro patches on the pillows with something when not mounted in the windows to keep the velcro from catching on stuff.
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