Ridiculously cheap, ridiculously easy mods to consider

[GlampDaddy]

It's been awhile since this thread saw some attention, and with Ard's post of the new Magna Shade Floor Mats, I thought I'd contribute a poor-man's version of the same. This was a fun family project, and it added a ton of usefulness, as well as contributing to the looks of an older coach.

My last diesel was a Tiffin Phaeton, and it didn't come with any indoor/outdoor carpet in the cockpit area. And as can be expected, what was outside, generally found its way inside. Trish found a nice remnant at the local carpet store, and with some cardboard and newspaper, we made a templet. Using the templet, I cut the carpet and then were were back to the carpet store to get the edges bound.

Pic's 1 & 2 are the templet and how we layed it on the carpet before cutting. Pic 3 is the cut carpet before having the edges bound. And pics 4 & 5 are finished product, but you'll probably have to zoom in to see the finished edges.

The finished product looked great and was quite functional.

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Looks great! New coach?

 

[Jim]

Looks great! New coach?

Lord Buddy, has Jeanette left you unsupervised again?

 

[GlampDaddy]

Lord Buddy, has Jeanette left you unsupervised again?

As a matter of fact...I put her on a plane to Philadelphia yesterday morning. 10 days - woohoo!

 

[Jim]

As a matter of fact...I put her on a plane to Philadelphia yesterday morning. 10 days - woohoo!

I thought I detected a false sense of bravado. . .

 

[DavidL]

It's been awhile since this thread saw some attention, and with Ard's post of the new Magna Shade Floor Mats, I thought I'd contribute a poor-man's version of the same. This was a fun family project, and it added a ton of usefulness, as well as contributing to the looks of an older coach.

My last diesel was a Tiffin Phaeton, and it didn't come with any indoor/outdoor carpet in the cockpit area. And as can be expected, what was outside, generally found its way inside. Trish found a nice remnant at the local carpet store, and with some cardboard and newspaper, we made a templet. Using the templet, I cut the carpet and then were were back to the carpet store to get the edges bound.

Pic's 1 & 2 are the templet and how we layed it on the carpet before cutting. Pic 3 is the cut carpet before having the edges bound. And pics 4 & 5 are finished product, but you'll probably have to zoom in to see the finished edges.

The finished product looked great and was quite functional.

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Looks like a nice job!

 

[Jim]

Looks like a nice job!

Thank you, David.