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garyemunson
Jan 23, 2018Explorer II
The most nerve wracking part of the job was using a Dremel tool to carefully cut two rectangular holes for the switches to snap into. The cost of this job was about $750 for the shades and about $100 for the trim and assorted hardware. The new Winnebagos have A-pillar covers with a track molded in for the windshield shade to ride in BUT they wanted $175 each for them! I chose to go with Home Depot's $20 piece of aluminum angle and painted it to match. All that's left is finishing the trim. We are currently agonizing over whether to stain the wood to match the rest in the coach or paint it to match the rest of the cockpit area. You'll notice the trim sort of divides the cream color theme area from the stained wood cabinetry so we can really go either way. Probably try the stain first as if it doesn't come out that good, a paint job will hide my incompetence at staining! When installing the windshield power shade, it helps to have a lightweight piece of wood to mark the ceiling with a line all the way across so the shade mounting clips get positioned correctly. The curvature of the windshield makes it pretty much impossible to 'eyeball' the clip positions, especially with your head upside down looking up!
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