Mods from a couple 'new-ish' members

Bosco

Hi everyone on this wonderfully knowledgeable forum,
Hopefully we will post correctly. Although new, we have been closely following this great forum for a while. In May of 21 on a whim, we bought a new 320s bd, read the forum, loaded up the dog, knew basically nothing and went west from our home in the high mtns. of NC. What an adventure! Although we laughed at ourselves every day for almost two months, our sweet lab/hound mix was not smiling about her sleep space. So we sold our tiny 320 to a kind couple (we now camp together on occasion!) and ordered a 400. Multiple delays resulted in our ownership of a 400 boondock that arrived at a nearby dealer in Oct 22 with quite a few issues and still has a door and porthole problem!  We have diligently kept trying to get these resolved. FYI - faulty porthole shade & metal sides and threshold (moves) cut too short so as to expose wires.  We are now debating going to Ohio.  
After much reading of the forum and patiently dealing with repair contacts, we made some repairs ourselves and then made several changes - our children know how we love projects! Not sure if this will go through but here come the hopefully sized correctly photos.
Thank you many many times over for your outstanding expertise and terrific ideas!  

Removed and then installed much wider shower rail (w/ hooks and slides) & brackets (elevated to correct height) -
super easy to slide shower curtain around now.


Kitchen sink, faucet & reworked round cutting board - deep & fit almost perfectly and used same plumbing on sink.  Faucet pulls down
(did this in Nov 21).  Used stick-on tile behind sink.  (Amazon -Orlando sink)

 


Sliding Utensil drawer - two levels, this one slides back to panel we installed to force hot air up to vents behind counter & sink instead of into drawers.  Second photo is a hanging utensil storage using walnut and wide drawer handle.




Recently removed fold down shallow square sink (splashed too much water out) and installed this sink and great swivel faucet. 
Not much space lost at all.  Panel below is removable.  Used some great ideas from the forum!



We created a shorter table out of pine, made a mailbox attached to our washboard magnet board, Rhododendron hook & great handle with narrow board in back for greater strength.
Also installed adjustable (internal wheel) vents that can be closed off - very easy to install - prevents direct air conditioner blowing.



Towel rack, walnut (we like walnut!) badge holder instead of using hiking sticks (which we have mounted near the door with a nice walnut key holder above tab control panels. Put in a removable curtain rod (brackets made with barnwood) with a nice curtain. Also installed many hooks! 



Added a shelf in bedroom and shoe cubby, stick on tiles as headboard and some great IKEA storage pouches.  Installed better pneumatic lifts in storage under bed - thinking of adding a cabinet door or drawer like the 23s for easier access.  What we have now is great and almost lifts the mattress without much force.



Outside air vent cover with channels for easy removal.  Also used insect screens on all other open vents.



Stinky slinky storage pipe added below box - did cut the corner of box, mounted toolbox and backup propane (in milk crate) which we had on our 320.  Added a few graphics as well.  On our ball cap awning we bought 2 great adjustable tent poles which gives much better stability.



Again, we thank you all!! We will keep following and maybe see you down the road! Hope these will be helpful.  

pthomas745

Helpful is an understatement!

dragonsdofly

@Bosco well done, friends, well done. -Denise

manyman297

Wow, awesome work! I too installed a larger sink and residential faucet in our 400. One of our favorite mods. Thinking about putting a similar sink in our bathroom like you have. We hate the folding sink. Great work!

TABNewbies

Yes @Bosco, quite a treasure trove of ideas that we have only done the easier ones to date. Many thanks for the pictures and ideas.

gande

@TABNewbies… some very clever modifications!  Where did you source the shower curtain track?  The stock track on our 2018 400 is very fiddly when trying to draw the curtain. 

Denny16

Yes, do tell, can you spit a link for the shower curtain track?  This is a brilliant mod.
 Cheers 

gande

@Denny16...I found this on Amazon. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09GX4M99W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

It looks like the track used by @Bosco. 

I misdirected my question to @TABNewbies instead of @Bosco (sorry for the confusion!).

Gary

Denny16

Thanks @gande, I appreciate the reference.
 Cheers 

gande

@Denny16 and others. I installed the shower track I linked above. It seems to be only about 1000% better than the original track. We’re leaving tomorrow for a week in Yosemite so we’ll see for sure. 

Bosco

Hope all found and were able to access/use the links/sources sent in our additional mods discussion. The shower curtain mod has been a huge improvement for us. Various tracks are much better at sliding the shower curtain than the original stubborn T@B 400 track. Safe travels and happy easy showering @gande.