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Have You Done Any Mods?
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    Posted: 11 Jun 2016 at 1:35pm
Hey Marco,  Did you say that you wired an audio out from the tv/radio/DVD CD player?  I couldn't figure out how to run battery operated external speakers from the unit.  Could you explain how you did it?  My unit doesn't have any audio out outlets. Ouch  Jobwabe
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Originally posted by Marco T

Modding seems like it's half the fun when podding!  Here's what I've done/added so far, but we haven't done any substantial trips yet so I am sure I will come up with more mods to add to the list Tongue


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- I replaced the drawers in the kitchen with deeper drawers, going from 17" depth to 22.5" depth.  There was a lot of wasted space back there.
- Added legs to a cutting board to cover the cook top.

These are also on my list of things to do soon. I have the cutting board. Do you have a picture of how you did yours? I built a drawer for the kitchen in our house, so building two new ones for the R-Pod should not be too hard. I can't replace the top drawer because of the "P" trap for the kitchen sink. (see my mods) The new sink's drain is not set as far back as that of the original sink, so I don't have room to extend the top drawer. The middle and bottom ones are a different matter. I also want to put some kind of protection over the lower drawers in case the sink leaks. We had that happen when the R-Pod was new and it leaked into the middle and bottom drawers. I was not happy about that. Angry It damaged two brand-new cookbooks that were in the middle drawer. Even though I was able to dry them (and everything else) out, it should not have happened in the first place.
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Modding seems like it's half the fun when podding!  Here's what I've done/added so far, but we haven't done any substantial trips yet so I am sure I will come up with more mods to add to the list Tongue

- replaced the Group 24 battery with two Group 27 AGM batteries (formerly used as telco batteries, reconditioned and $80CDN each)
- added 72W solar over four panels and a charge controller.  The four panels are each only 1ft wide, so they are easy to store in the pass-thru storage.  The whole kit was $188CDN.  I will test it this weekend with the new batteries, but I don't expect it will fully charge the system very quickly, but it should give us a buffer for the 2-3 days at a time we'll be away from power.
- added a 12V port and I use it for checking the battery voltage.  I also wired up an analog volt meter I had laying around and mounted that.
- added a 400W inverter that came with the solar panels
- I replaced the drawers in the kitchen with deeper drawers, going from 17" depth to 22.5" depth.  There was a lot of wasted space back there.
- Added legs to a cutting board to cover the cook top.
- I wired the audio-out on the television to the auxiliary plug on the entertainment unit so all sound goes through the speakers.  I also got an HDMI extension cord and can easily plug in an Android G-Box or any other HDMI device.  This allows me to download youtube videos for the kids or to play movies from a USB stick on the TV if we need to.  With such a small space and three kids under 10 I figured we'd better be prepared for multiple rainy days in a row LOL
- also added a Husky WD Hitch and then I added a lower drop hitch to that so I could get the right angle on the trailer when towing.  At the lowest mounting point the trailer was still tilted up a little and we had a bit of sway.
- some other accessories include a hitch lock, a bunch of plastic storage containers that fit well in the various compartments, a handful of 3M hooks, a couple of magnet bars from IKEA to keep things in place around the kitchen sink, a foam topper for the mattress from Costco, and a few little organizers/dividers for drawers and other storage areas to keep small items in their places.

Can't wait for our big trip starting later this month!  Banff, Okanagan, Oregon Coast, Crater Lake, Couer d'Alene, Waterton ~ 5500kms/3400miles.
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FR says there is no vent cover that will fit the fan in the bath ceiling.  My dealer tried two different covers but they hit the TV antenna.  We leave the fan open about a third of the way up, we close the shower curtain all around the door to keep rain water off the door.  We open the grey after drain to the outside to drain any rainwater.  It works.
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We used that exact same shoe organizer on our pod's door - just on the outside.
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.........added a shelf for the corner...........simple addition of a garbage can off the floor below the fridge.......clear shoe storage hanger repurposed for the bathroom door!.....
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I completed the awning I was building for my R-Pod. Pictures are available in my mods (link below).
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When did Forest River issue the recall? Over the last winter the decals on my 2010 151 pealed - actually curled up - and Forest River won't even talk to my dealer or me about it.
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Originally posted by francoisfrogpod

Today's Mods. Little by little, it is feeling more like our pod everyday.


A little cubby cut into the curb-side dinette bench to allow access.



A spice rack purchased from Ikea, stained and mounted above the valance. On the right is an acrylic magazine holder to hold paper, pens, magazines, etc. This was mounted in our previous RV and I don't remember where I bought it. Likely Office Depot.



Here is the one on the street side. Left a space to hang a picture or something...



Here is the street side shelf with containers hanging on them. The containers were also purchased at Ikea for 99 cents. The are designed to hang from a rail to hold kitchen stuff, but they also fit on the spice rack.


Wow, I know this post goes back pretty far.  I just bought a new 2016 180.  I pick it up on Monday.  I show Chihuahuas.  I love the first picture above.  I wonder if I could create a built in dog crate under the seat?  Dogs of course don't travel in trailer when in transport.
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Thanks for the feedback. It was a challanging project and we're still waiting for better weather to finally try our pod out.
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