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Richand Cindy 
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Joined: 16 Apr 2016 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 328 |
 Topic: Recliners in 179Posted: 07 Oct 2018 at 9:05am |
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We are gon\ing to do that in our Passport Elite. We started researching it. The couch is in the slideout. It will have to be taken apart and perhaps cut up to take out the door. The recliners will NOT be made for RVs they are too expensive. There are a bunch sold on Amazon between $100 and $150. We are looking at the ones that are 1. Fake leather but look good. 2. Come in two pieces so will fit through door. 3. Very narrow width (some reviews claim not for anyone over 5'8"). 4 And most important we want the footrest to go up independent of the back, so that we can rest our feet while still sitting up waching TV. Most cheap recliners do not do that. We do not plan on bolting it to the floor but will use belts to anchor them when traveling (just like the TV has)
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6418 |
Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 10:39am |
You could remove the queen bed and put recliners there. You can't remove the dinette and put recliners there because the floor under the cushion of the dinette is the base of the slide-out. Since the slide-out has to clear the tire and fender, it is impossible to modify the base to enable installation of recliners. That is not to say that you can't do anything. You could remove the ottomans. Removing the ottoman closest to the bed is the easiest. It is only held in place with some screws. Removing the ottoman closest to the refrigerator is not so easy. Inside of it is wiring that can't be removed. The best that could be done is to try to compact it as much as possible and build a low cover for it as some have done. Others have modified the dinette area to make it into a nicer sofa with a slide-out or flip-out base that makes a better bed than the cushions that come with the 179. One person even built a storage area which makes a new sofa back that is a storage area. He uses it for wine bottles. You may need to check the Facebook group for ideas as well. |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 9:52am |
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I did see a 178, the owner removed the dinette and put 2 RV recliners in. The size of the recliner makes a difference, but there is products that will fit. What is under the seating in a 179? In a 178, the area under the dinette is storage with the exception of an outlet that can be relocated. The issue maybe the recliner can't sit on something, the area where you want it has to be clear.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Tars Tarkas
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Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1454 |
Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 7:40am |
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The subject has come up before and I think the issue is getting recliners through the door.
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Jeffpugman
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Joined: 26 Mar 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13 |
Posted: 08 Feb 2018 at 1:03am |
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Has anyone ever removed the couch area to the floor and replaced that space with two recliner chairs?
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