MCD shades for front windshield +
Considering getting the MCD shades for our 2006 Coach. I hate the curtains. Anyone with personal experience that had them installed pros and cons ? Or any other thoughts on alternatives ? I know the...
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they came with our 2016 Suncruiser. two complaints:
- the programming switches were placed on the passenger side while the operating switches (needed in the programming process) were located on the driver’s side. this meant that two people were needed to adjust the programming. i have since moved the programming switches to the drive’s side. keep this in mind if you have them installed.
- we found that as we rolled down America’s roads and highways the night shade would drop a fraction of an inch with each pothole. after one season the night shade was down abt 2-inches so i re-programmed it. same thing happened next season. called MCD and reported the problem. an unpleasant tech answered my call and after hearing my issue replied that he was familiar with that problem. he said that the solution was an upgraded motor which he would send for $200. i declined. i solved the problem by removing one of two rods in the bottom of the shade that are used to keep tension on the curtain as it rises and retracts. the remaining rod was heavy enough to provide the needed tension but reduced the weight of the shade enough so that it did not creep downward after hitting a pothole, crossing RR tracks, etc
beyond those two issues we like the shades just fine. we did add a MagneShade exterior sun shade as the MCD version just wasn’t blocking enough of the sun’s rays when we were parked facing west or south.
- the programming switches were placed on the passenger side while the operating switches (needed in the programming process) were located on the driver’s side. this meant that two people were needed to adjust the programming. i have since moved the programming switches to the drive’s side. keep this in mind if you have them installed.
- we found that as we rolled down America’s roads and highways the night shade would drop a fraction of an inch with each pothole. after one season the night shade was down abt 2-inches so i re-programmed it. same thing happened next season. called MCD and reported the problem. an unpleasant tech answered my call and after hearing my issue replied that he was familiar with that problem. he said that the solution was an upgraded motor which he would send for $200. i declined. i solved the problem by removing one of two rods in the bottom of the shade that are used to keep tension on the curtain as it rises and retracts. the remaining rod was heavy enough to provide the needed tension but reduced the weight of the shade enough so that it did not creep downward after hitting a pothole, crossing RR tracks, etc
beyond those two issues we like the shades just fine. we did add a MagneShade exterior sun shade as the MCD version just wasn’t blocking enough of the sun’s rays when we were parked facing west or south.
