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Re: Removing the head banger cabinets along the bed ?

Reply #20 –
Ive no problem with the ones along the side, its the rear ones over top of the bed that seem to be the most troublesome when..... moving around. yeah, moving around.

I like the look of them deleted from the factory, but I agree at this stage in the life of my RV, its too late to remove them. The headliner would look horrible.

Re: Removing the head banger cabinets along the bed ?

Reply #21 –
I'm short. no problem.    Or, sleep upside down LOLOL

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Reply #22 –
The cabinets over the head of the bed make good handholds---'nuff said. >:D

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Reply #23 –
The cabinets hit me in the head at least four times every time I put sheets on the bed, or do a good job making the bed, for that matter... (NO, you don't learn after the first time, or even the second...). I HATE them, but they hold a lot of STUFF. I'm just happy they've got curved edges.

Re: Removing the head banger cabinets along the bed ?

Reply #24 –
 I dont think that they will be worth anything post removal. They are built /joined very nicely in the corners and will require sacrificing  the side cabinet for the rear cabinet corner..  I plan to install LED strip lights in the upper holes , moving the inner tube light sections. Pretty sure that I can get the LED inside of the OE light covers.
 Yes, there will be some exposed holes, some slight color variance in the headliner, but in the dark @ 2:30 in transit to the WC , I wont hit the thing. I am just going to take out the curb side .
 My  race engineering  company motto is" Function first". 
 I have about $10K in the Bus as it sits and really dont care about the future owners . I am pretty sure that we saved it from rotting in the fields.  It is far from perfect  and will need some  wood panel repair  under the windows.      Bright side is that it smells as tho it was never smoked in. 
 Thanks for all of your inputs . 
 MM

Re: Removing the head banger cabinets along the bed ?

Reply #25 –
Nitehawk!! NO, NO, NO--Don't say it!!! Behave myself!! >:D  >:D

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Reply #26 –
OK, I'm back. Can't help myself!!
If you ride a bicycle try wearing your bike helmet--just while making the bed. Better than seeing stars in the daytime!
Before I remodeled our overhead above the dash I would hit my head EVERYTIME I was working up front around the dash (takes a lot of knocks before I learn) so I wore a thick hat while up there until I reduced the TV enclosure flush with the rest of the o'head cabinets.

One can even see the steel bracing I put up inside the cabinet to hold our 32" TV.

Re: Removing the head banger cabinets along the bed ?

Reply #27 –
Mike,

Sounds like a done deal. It's your coach and there is no committee that has to

approve mods to it. Get the Sawzall and a sledge hammer and go to it.

Carter-

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Reply #28 –
It's yours 'til it isn't yours. Do what ever makes you happy.
Use a chainsaw or a jackhammer or a blowtorch or a wrecking bar. Until it is the way you want something, and it belongs to you, go ahead and alter it.
When I change something it is to make the DW happy--or me, not what some stranger thinks.

Re: Removing the head banger cabinets along the bed ?

Reply #29 –
You could think about a divorce, my DW is 5' 2" and has no problems back there. Me?, I'm 6' 2", but since I snore (loudly), I am relegated to the forward fold-out couch.

Re: Removing the head banger cabinets along the bed ?

Reply #30 –
Shhhh Mike!! Don't give my wife any ideas!! ::)

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Reply #31 –
Mike, do yourself a favor and buy an oscillating saw. The fien brand multi tool is a percsion saw, whose Patent has expired, so there are some are some cheaper Alternatives. You can easily make precise plunge cuts and the blade position can adjusted to a multitude of positions to cut in very cramped locations. With diamond blades you can use your fingers to steady and guide the cutting edge of the blades and not splinter the edges much. Blades are offset so you can almost cut flush against another surface. Totally amazing tool that you will find so many uses for around the house, in the coach or in your race and fabrication shop. Very little blade jump, kickback or chatter. Total control of the cutting edge

Re: Removing the head banger cabinets along the bed ?

Reply #32 –
Put painters tape where you are going

to cut, it prevents splintering the wood.

Carter-
 

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Reply #33 –
Only had a n issue once. Raised up from looking at the safe. That is the 1st time I was in the coach. That was the last time I hit my head again. Sore head equals lesson learned.
The impression in the fabric if removed, can be steamed out easy. With a wet towel, and a hot iron. Did mine in the front from the TV cabinet removal.
It also works on carpet like magic, when you move furniture.