What did you do to your Hyperlite XLR today?

[RVBikers]

its going up in the 50's this weekend, hope to get the heat on in the garage and get a coat of wax on the camper.
Myrtle Beach is 4 weeks away!!!

[laurajean]

Ww, I will get with you later about the fo as m upgrade. Like you, I reinforced the edging on the aft bed. I used grey L brackets either short screws. Nice and tight, otherwise a
person's weight could pull the dectative edging down.

[WolfWhistle]

LJ, the bed fix was Steve's idea. I was tossing around an idea of expanding on the idea and going with a king size foam mattress back there??? Anyone done that yet?

I think you said "foam" .. Sure, PM me and I'll give you email and phone into, if you want those.

[laurajean]

WW,I just have the aft mattress that came with it. It works fine for the younger folks but some older folks that have slept there said they were not a fan but I think it's better than sleeping outside on the ground.

[DennisTD]

And don't make it too comfy or they may stay too long 😧

[RVBikers]

-finishing up the final coat of wax (the curb side, top half)
-painted the tongue, sprayed the LP tank tray & genny tray & genny compartment with bedliner
-polished the diamond plate

Cant wait to hit the road Wednesday night.

[stevejd235]

Originally Posted by RVBikers

-painted the tongue, sprayed the LP tank tray & genny tray & genny compartment with bedliner
.

RVBiker,
Which brand bedliner spray did you use (if you don't mind sharing...)?

[RVBikers]

Originally Posted by stevejd235

RVBiker,
Which brand bedliner spray did you use (if you don't mind sharing...)?

Not at all, I just used Rustoleum. Didn't go crazy with a major bedliner. I wire brushed it, then primed & 2 coats. We'll see how it lasts. I'm debating if I want to bedliner the whole tongue. I also want to paint the Blue Ox WD brackets & bars black. I got the hammered finish for those.

[northstar1960]

Next thing to paint is the propane tank cover . after less then a yr mine was more grey then black so took some quality spray paint for plastic and it turned out very well . nice and glossy black

[RVBikers]

Originally Posted by northstar1960

Next thing to paint is the propane tank cover . after less then a yr mine was more grey then black so took some quality spray paint for plastic and it turned out very well . nice and glossy black

Good point. I also have to paint the rest of the frame before it gets bad.

[stevejd235]

I need to get my TH home from storage so I can some mods. Having withdrawals.

[WolfWhistle]

RVB, from looking at your photos, which makes it a real post!!! The LP tank cover looks gray... how cool would it be to paint it a dark gray instead of black... nice work. I put two more 230AH 6 volt into the box I adapted on the MODesty's tongue today... made up custom battery cables (8) from #2/0 welding cable. I bought a new toy: a 16 ton crimper and some heat shrink... this is the required minimum for a new Magnum MS2012; a 2000w sinewave inverter / 50amp 4 stage charger... probably overkill! Next 3 solar panels and the Bogart equipment. I'm making my own mounts so it will be possible to tilt them if I ever want to. I bought some nice heavy duty angle aluminum from the recycler here... 4 pieces 42" long for $17.50... the bad news was the almost $30 in stainless bolts.

I noticed while working that there could be a safety issue. I noticed the battery wiring from the factory has to be wrong (IMO). B+ comes from the truck (7 pin) and arrives at the distribution / breaker bar directly to the bus and wasn't fused, but the hot coming back from the battery cutoff (which I am eliminating - won't need it) ran through a 30 amp fuse... it is also fused at 90A to the cut off. This doesn't make sense. I think coming back from the switch it should be unfused, but the B+ from the truck should be. Also, the break-away was directly on the battery feed without being fused. I can sort of see the logic in that, but everything should be fused... if the breakaway failed hard to ground, it could burn.
WW

[RVBikers]

The LP tank cover does look gray but I turned the exposure up other wise all you saw was black and couldn't see any definition. It's not really as gray as it looks. But it still could use a coat of 303. And I do like the idea of painting it dark gray, lime a charcoal.

[northstar1960]

I used the 303 on my tank cover didn't help at all still faded . the paint though looks to be the way to go .only time will tell . i went with black to match everything else

[WolfWhistle]

Have you seen using a heatgun to bring plastic back to black? It seems possible, with care... but with cover FAR away from the tanks...
I have yet to try it. On items with paint or DECALS close by, I don't think I would try it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQDBTeIObak

WW

[northstar1960]

i'll have to give that a try on the truck . wonder how long it lasts ? was going to paint the plastic fenders and bumpers on the truck but may try this instead .
I have used the new finish and it does work well and lasts about a yr

[InTheSticks]

RVB, great job on the diamond plate, what did you use, last time I used a wheel on my drill, I think I wore more of the compound than the diamond plate did.

Thanks,

[RVBikers]

Originally Posted by InTheSticks

RVB, great job on the diamond plate, what did you use, last time I used a wheel on my drill, I think I wore more of the compound than the diamond plate did.

Thanks,

Thanks Sticks, it looks good from a distance but up close I'm not satisfied, but that's me, I'm picky. Haha... Anyway, I used Mother's Aluminum Polish and a foam ball on a drill, start out slow spreading it around then increase speed. Then I used the orbital buffer to buff it out. Did about a 1' square at a time. I might try one of those cloth wheels on the drill next time.

[InTheSticks]

Originally Posted by RVBikers

Thanks Sticks, it looks good from a distance but up close I'm not satisfied, but that's me, I'm picky. Haha... Anyway, I used Mother's Aluminum Polish and a foam ball on a drill, start out slow spreading it around then increase speed. Then I used the orbital buffer to buff it out. Did about a 1' square at a time. I might try one of those cloth wheels on the drill next time.

That is how I end up with compound all over me..cloth wheel and compound. My mothers foam didnt last long on the diamond plate and like you never satisfied with the outcome. I have used a metal polish before and that works good but your fingers are raw when your done.

Good luck.

[RVBikers]

I love the shine, but am debating spraying it with bedliner.