mhiscox
Expedition Leader
And a few loose ends . . .
We have privacy shades, custom made for T1Ns, that go around the outside of the windshield and front windows. However, it's inarguably easier to use shades that deploy from the inside. A pleated, reflective accordion shade that stores in a fairly innocuous plastic housing
was attached so it covers the windscreen when pulled across and attached on the other side.
We have fabric blackout curtains that snap over the side windows, but we were able to replace the one used on the slider window with a different size of the pleated shade.
These shade units aren't custom for the T1N, so there are some gaps that let in light. But the gaps are all under an inch and thus the shades give more than enough coverage to work well as privacy shades.
We got a new grab handle for getting in through the slider
which meant we could move the Sprinter handrail we'd transferred from the rear door to the slider back to the rear, though I rotated it to horizontal and attached it to the rear of the streetside cabinet, so we now have a combination towel rack-grabrail.
We always carry a folding step stool to put outside the slider, but I stumbled on a semi-trick fix that makes it easier to get in and out without the stool. I knew that the short "running board" steps under the driver and passenger doors just bolted on and off--making them easy to remove if you have a reason, like use in a boulder field--but I recently discovered that the bolts go through elongated slots that allowed considerable adjustment. Simply by loosening the bolts and pulling the curbside step toward the rear, I was able to get it far enough back that it works as a handy step for making entry through the slider less of a climb.
And we've also done some work with the truck electronics . . . we first put in a bluetooth-capable Jensen radio in the dashboard--good of Paul to help with our campers when he apparently owns a global electronics firm--and then put this round JBL marine radio into the forward edge of the curbside overhead cabinet, and then most recently put a small-form-factor Zotac Zbox computer below it.
The white plug connects to the back of the previously-mentioned Vizio unit, and then it's simple to plug an HDMI cable from the Zbox to the Vizio. A wireless keyboard with touch pad is carried in the bag attached to the passenger's seat. At that point, the computer (which has a wireless adapter) will put an HD display--your browser window, Netflix, whatever--onto the Vizio. (Zbox computers are available at various price points; Newegg has a good selection.)
That's it for the moment. Responsibilities fulfilled, it's back to the rest of the To-Do list for me.
We have privacy shades, custom made for T1Ns, that go around the outside of the windshield and front windows. However, it's inarguably easier to use shades that deploy from the inside. A pleated, reflective accordion shade that stores in a fairly innocuous plastic housing
was attached so it covers the windscreen when pulled across and attached on the other side.
We have fabric blackout curtains that snap over the side windows, but we were able to replace the one used on the slider window with a different size of the pleated shade.
These shade units aren't custom for the T1N, so there are some gaps that let in light. But the gaps are all under an inch and thus the shades give more than enough coverage to work well as privacy shades.
We got a new grab handle for getting in through the slider
which meant we could move the Sprinter handrail we'd transferred from the rear door to the slider back to the rear, though I rotated it to horizontal and attached it to the rear of the streetside cabinet, so we now have a combination towel rack-grabrail.
We always carry a folding step stool to put outside the slider, but I stumbled on a semi-trick fix that makes it easier to get in and out without the stool. I knew that the short "running board" steps under the driver and passenger doors just bolted on and off--making them easy to remove if you have a reason, like use in a boulder field--but I recently discovered that the bolts go through elongated slots that allowed considerable adjustment. Simply by loosening the bolts and pulling the curbside step toward the rear, I was able to get it far enough back that it works as a handy step for making entry through the slider less of a climb.
And we've also done some work with the truck electronics . . . we first put in a bluetooth-capable Jensen radio in the dashboard--good of Paul to help with our campers when he apparently owns a global electronics firm--and then put this round JBL marine radio into the forward edge of the curbside overhead cabinet, and then most recently put a small-form-factor Zotac Zbox computer below it.
The white plug connects to the back of the previously-mentioned Vizio unit, and then it's simple to plug an HDMI cable from the Zbox to the Vizio. A wireless keyboard with touch pad is carried in the bag attached to the passenger's seat. At that point, the computer (which has a wireless adapter) will put an HD display--your browser window, Netflix, whatever--onto the Vizio. (Zbox computers are available at various price points; Newegg has a good selection.)
That's it for the moment. Responsibilities fulfilled, it's back to the rest of the To-Do list for me.
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