keepin the sun out

[Nemesis Gnat]

so i guess i should follow up on this a lil...

the fabric i found its sorta like a heavy black velvet type material... seems to insulate pretty darn well

i only had a temporary set up for hanging the fabric. i used some zipties to hold it to the rear grab handles, then tucked the bottom of the fabric up against the rear of the front seats. for hanging the back end of the fabric, it was a combination of more zipties (im a mt biker, zip ties flow like water for me) and some duct tape... worked awesome for keepin the light out

i guess ill report back when i work out a more permanent set up for hanging the fabric

and howdy obi... guess ill say hi here along with the pm... and i dont wanna go back to california, colorado is too much fun

 

[Bogo]

my brother used tin foil on his drive to Alaska. havent personaly tried it though

I like, and it's cheap too. Gold faced foil would be a better heat reflector, but also emth head magnet.

Thinking along those lines. If you need a pit of insulation, the bubble wrap/foil insulation would do. You could pop the bubbles where the magnets are to go. I'm going to be wrappinig my cooler in the stuf to help it stay cooler longer.

 

[wierdbeard]

i just thought about this, what about adding the male half of a snap button to the window frames with some sort of epoxy. the female half would be attached to the fabric, so when you need them you just snap them on, storage would either be to roll them up and fasten them at the top or disconnect completely and store in a bag somewhere. As for the fabric to insulate/cover the window. You can use the black felt material you have (it sounds like blackout material, available at curtain stores) and sew space blanket material to one side. If you wanted to you could do the same for the front half of the vehicle, using some trimmed down tent poles as roof bows, the are held in place by tension and can be removed.

 

[No. 3]

curtains for you!

I screwed snaps to the truck and fastened them to my curtains- sleeps well that way, just came back from sleeping a week in the Sierras. Anyone been to Laurel Lakes? the road in is sort of murder....

 

[Bogo]

i just thought about this, what about adding the male half of a snap button to the window frames with some sort of epoxy. the female half would be attached to the fabric, so when you need them you just snap them on, storage would either be to roll them up and fasten them at the top or disconnect completely and store in a bag somewhere. As for the fabric to insulate/cover the window. You can use the black felt material you have (it sounds like blackout material, available at curtain stores) and sew space blanket material to one side. If you wanted to you could do the same for the front half of the vehicle, using some trimmed down tent poles as roof bows, the are held in place by tension and can be removed.

With snaps you will need stronger attachment than epoxy. Use a short self taping screw for sheet metal. You will need a rather large snap size for the screw head to fit in the middle.

 

[lostworldexpedition]

Got mosquitoes? I have a four sided mosquito net I bought from REI that I hang inside the truck by clipping it to the rack and then shutting the doors. Can open the windows / rear hatch and still stay bug free.

Nice idea! Sweet mosquito proofing.

Magnets may work but it could wind up being a PITA. I work with neodynium (rare earth, ultra strong magnets) and IMHO it would be easier to have mechanical anchors installed inside the Cruiser.

Have you seen the set up that Kevin Rowland has. It is on his ROTW thread post #165. Very simple and functional, if done with the right material it can be mosquito proof.

 

[joshoisasleep]

no way man, I did it with standard round magnets from Home Depot! And through both the curtain material and the car upholstery as well. With neodynium magnets somehow glued to the upholstery/window-side of the curtain it would be plenty strong. The only hassle is without the magnets attached they fall off and you lose them... so attaching them is best.

 

[Bogo]

With snaps you will need stronger attachment than epoxy. Use a short self taping screw for sheet metal. You will need a rather large snap size for the screw head to fit in the middle.

Pop rivets should also work.

 

[rusty_tlc]

FJ60 wagon tent from $OR

 

[Sherpa 60]

like this solution...but doesn't work with a roof rack!

 

[joshoisasleep]

I'm thinking up a kind of similar little system designed around using a large tarpaulin as an awning/windbreak/privacy curtain and "roofrack aerodynamic enhancer" with a pole/receiver system attached to the roof rack. I'm about to head into a cold place at a not so warm time, so I need protection from the wind and cold while cooking and such. I have a tarp on my roof at all times that gets used for all sorts of things, but rigging it up to shelter the back takes a while. I want to set it up so that I can just pull up, pull the tarp out and slot in the poles to the correct position. When driving, it will cover the roof rack tightly and cut down on drag. I'll post a thread on this idea if I get it set up in the next few days.