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When I said my Mega Mat deflated well, I forgot to mention that I took out the small flap that serves as a check valve on the deflation side. This seemed to make deflation notably faster, and while I now have the possibility of air coming back in while I'm trying to deflate it, the amount is...

I have items 1 and 2; no experience with the Nemo. The Therm-a-rest Dream Time is very good, but the Exped Mega Mat is, in my opinion, in another league. It is VERY comfortable, and not that hard to deflate given the size. The price is substantial, but I will say that not only is it the best air...

Thank you for the compliments. It's working out very well . . . just a regular SUV until it's time to do some camping. FWIW, as it's gotten more use, I've been surprised and impressed by the amount of storage available. All those cubby holes provide more room for things than you might think...

Congratulations, Ryan. It was a nice piece of work. Have the new owner PM me if he wants to collect the promised copy of Travel Vans. Best, Mike

"Good artists copy; great artists steal," as Picasso said. Have at any of the ideas. Everything's working as expected, and the setup might prove just as useful in an FJ62. Newer vehicle or older, it's pretty cool that no one know you're driving around a comfy camper unit.

Foxwings have gotten a little cheaper over the past couple of years . . . looks like you'd pay about $550 now, though they'll be some additional cost for whatever attachment hardware you need. Seems to me to be fairly priced for what you get. In my use, it's proven a quality piece of kit that's...

That's the ticket, I think. Gets around the disruptive looks of something homemade, and it's actually made for the purpose, unlike pool noodles and gutter screens. They're the right size, come ready to attach, and are certainly good enough to test the idea that just making the air flow do...

Jay: Thanks for the warning about the paint. I probably would have failed to think about it. Everybody else: Good ideas. Seems like doing something is the important first step. I'll see what I can find that won't look too fugly, and report back.

The sink/stove combo you've targeted is pretty much the one I had in my Mog camper, and it worked great. If you have any connections in Europe, it should be easy to find a bunch of options through Reimo (the German equivalent of Camping World); check at reimo.com for an on-line catalog. And if...

:clapsmile: This will be a wonderful vehicle and it shows amazing talent. (Plus extra points accrue to anyone with the necessary courage to cut apart a perfectly good Lexus. ;) )

A vote for a modular helmet. The advantages, to my mind, are too great to ignore. No pulling off and trying to wrangle your helmet--which in my case fell on the ground way too often--to talk to people. I'll even leave it on when making a quick trip into a store. And if you wear glasses or...

Thanks for getting me thinking in that direction, Chris. Looks like a topic of discussion by truck camper owners, with lots of different ideas. (Even one made with perforated gutter screens.) I also saw that it's easy to buy an inflatable boot meant to go between the camper and the pickup...

Sadly, I'm not going to be much help. The lights where the foglights should go are actually Hella HID projector lamps that go on with the stock high beams. They're really bright and make a big difference. This strategy, though, means that I no longer have any foglights, and the foglight switch...

Thanks for the ideas, everyone. Much appreciated. I'd agree that some strategy that (flexibly) filled the void would work, but I was worried that the results might look kinda tacky and homebrewed. Hence my preference for something subtle, and easy to implement to see if I'm on the right track...

There are lots of people, and lots of expertise on the Portal, so I'm sure we must have dozens of aerodynamanics experts. Or perhaps at least one. Here's the problem . . . Earthroamer built the XV-JPs cabin with an extension that goes over the cab, and then replaced the remaining section of...