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darsben
Explorer II
Mar 13, 2016

Dometic 9500 with metal guard

I have a 5ver with a dometic 9500 awning installed. It has the metal weather guard installed.

Can the metal weather guard be removed easily and a standard awning fabric put in its place?
As you may realize with the metal guard the fabric is shorter so it seems to me if I removed the guard a standard fabric would be the correct length.

The reason I am considering this is the 4 to 5 times difference in the cost of the fabric. I do not see any place to buy an aftermarket generic replacement for the original fabric but online there are tons of aftermarket fabric for standard awnings.

Anyone ever done this?
Any pitfalls?
Anyone know where to buy the fabric for a 20 footer that will fit the metal weatherguard for less than the RV dealers want. Even the discount RV dealers are high
It is NOT LISTED on EBAY or AMAZON.

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