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    Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:05pm
Wow Stephen!  It  looks great.  Far cry from pics of the plywood band-aid.   Enjoy your "bionic" pod.  A little jealous of your awning, but we still love our Pahaque shade awning.  Just have to store it when not in use.  Oh well.
Have a great trip.  You and the wife deserve it.  
Happy Father's Day. 



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https://goo.gl/photos/qcVSdxL2Qa7M4Nms7
Here are three more photos. If you go back and see the original damage, you will see that the factory did an excellent job on the repairs.

I did figure out how to mount our wind deflector on the Frontier. I had to build a custom cross-bar for mounting. I'm not sure how much it helped. The front of the 'Pod was much cleaner than it could have been. There were some bugs on the sides, but the center was clear of bugs. That tells me that the deflector does seem to be helping. Our average towing mileage for the return trip was 12.306 mpg. That includes mountains as well as relatively flat land. Our mileage for non-towing was around 18 mpg.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 9:27pm
Well, here is a link. I am trying to paste it directly in the body instead of going through the photo tool.

https://goo.gl/photos/gdoVzD8xi2sd9kFi7

Since we got home, I have reinstalled our double steps, the battery locking system, the Stromberg-Carlson Trailer Tray (for our generator), the mattress, the shelf above the bed, the curtains, and the kitchen and wardrobe lights. I decided to move the mounts for the SC Trailer Tray which means I need to relocate the sewer hose holder. It is removed and I am trying to figure out where to put it or whether to go with something different so I can fit a longer hose.

I will work on reinstalling our nice kitchen faucet, shower head, and the rest of the cushions tomorrow. Then it will be time to clean everything up and start loading it up for our upcoming trip.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 2:12pm
Google does not work for me either.  So I just added onto to this site and it worked
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 12:25pm
If using a direct link, I just post it in the body of the message...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 9:45pm
Okay, I am trying to post a photo, but even though I get the link from Google photos and put it in the URL of the dialog box for pictures, all I get is a broken link. I'll try again tomorrow.

Edit: I am trying again after a good night's sleep.


Okay, what am I doing wrong? I paste the link from Google Photos in the URL box but then I get an error message. Are photos from Google blocked on the forum?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 5:01pm
I was a little unclear in my description above. The end plates are wider, but the steps are a little narrower, meaning the end plates are a little closer together. That is why I needed the shims. When I reinstalled them, I reworked the notch so they now sit better than they did before. I needed to deepen my notch about a 1/4 inch. Now they are level whereas they were slightly tipped up before.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 3:33pm
Thank you for the information on the steps!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 6:42am
Yes. Since they had to replace both the door side and re-do the roof, they reinforced it so it could support the awning. I would not recommend having an accident in order to get an awning installed. However, in our case, it happened to work out.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2017 at 12:11am
Originally posted by StephenH

Thule Awning: This is what I have been wanting. It does not quite match as it is made for the blue/gray color scheme. However, it looks great and is simple to deploy/recover.
Did they reinforce the structure to hold the awning, or do something on the exterior to make sure it doesn't detach?
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