Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #100 – January 08, 2014, 09:16:20 pm Here's a picture of a happy camper! At Camp Foretravel after hooking up the car for our Nacogdoches exodus....Tys Quote Selected
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #101 – January 08, 2014, 09:19:09 pm One good turn deserves another... here is a picture of another happy camper and a few more of our last Xtreme experience for a while... Don Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #102 – January 08, 2014, 09:33:30 pm Congrats Tys & Don. The coach looks great. I'm checking out those new covers for the wheels. Maybe they go on next years christmas list...Safe travels. Let the fun begin!see yaken Quote Selected
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #103 – January 08, 2014, 10:03:34 pm Thanks Falconguy... Those "Xtremists" over there on North street are craftsmen indeed. Nothing but good feelings about the money spent there... See you down the road!DonQuote from: Falconguy – January 08, 2014, 10:47:46 amWOW! Don your coach looks great. What a change from when we met at FOT back in December. I second the X designation, it really speaks volumes about what real craftsmen can do to an already great coach to make it even better. I was hoping to see the finished product in person when I returned this month for a TV upgrade, but as always things change and I have to reschedule. I hope to see you and Tys down the road some day soon. Good luck in your travels. Quote Selected
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #104 – January 09, 2014, 09:49:02 am D.J.I ended up buying the HID lights at Xtreme, because I couldn't find a source for those particular light kits on the Internet. It depends on what lamp sockets current lights have and what fits the harness as well. The goal was to have all of the lights including the fog lights use the same form factor lamp. Therefore if the xenon lamps fail, I can bypass the ballast and just use halogen lamps as a quick fix... Even removing the highbeam lamps and using them in a low beams temporarily. I don't know if it will help, but here are a couple pictures of the Phillips packaging...Quote from: D.J. Osborn – January 07, 2014, 01:51:36 pmDon,Do you have the details on those headlights? I haven't been able to find them listed anywhere. Thanks! Quote Selected
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #105 – January 09, 2014, 11:41:41 am Don, I haven't read the entire thread, but the coach is like a brand new unit. Looks great. Question: What is the awning color? Quote Selected
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #106 – January 09, 2014, 02:22:40 pm Thanks Peter, we considered trying to work the awning color into the scheme but just couldn't come up with anything we liked, so we opted to go for the colors we wanted instead and figure that the awning is going to change before the color of the coach. So to answer your question, the awning colors are Forest green. Now I may not be the most color coordinated person on the planet, but it doesn't look that bad to me! When we replace the awning fabric, we will likely opt for a tan like the gold paint accents for maximum cooling benefits, though sky blue does appeal to me as well.Don Quote from: Peter & Beth – January 09, 2014, 11:41:41 amDon, I haven't read the entire thread, but the coach is like a brand new unit. Looks great. Question: What is the awning color? Quote Selected
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #107 – January 09, 2014, 03:06:58 pm Quote from: acousticart – January 09, 2014, 02:22:40 pmThanks Peter, we considered trying to work the awning color into the scheme but just couldn't come up with anything we liked, so we opted to go for the colors we wanted instead and figure that the awning is going to change before the color of the coach. So to answer your question, the awning colors are Forest green. Now I may not be the most color coordinated person on the planet, but it doesn't look that bad to me! When we replace the awning fabric, we will likely opt for a tan like the gold paint accents for maximum cooling benefits, though sky blue does appeal to me as well.Don You made the right decision. Quote Selected
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #108 – January 09, 2014, 05:05:26 pm Don it looks marvelous. I am green with envy, but have nothing but happy thoughts for you guys. Have a safe trip and enjoy that rig. Heaven knows you have worked long and hard for it, time to enjoy it for a while.Larry Quote Selected
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #109 – January 09, 2014, 06:00:04 pm Don,Thanks for the information. It's far more than I had before. I want (at some point in the future) to make a significant headlight upgrade, but I'm not sure which direction I want to go, and so I'm collecting as much information as possible. I'm certainly impressed with the work Xtreme did on your coach. It really looks beautiful! After all of the months or hard work you've put into it, I know you are really going to enjoy using it! Quote Selected
Re: An Xtreme Christmas, and a shiny New Year Reply #110 – January 09, 2014, 06:34:57 pm Thanks Ken,Here is my mini review of the T. Kane Enterprises Prevo hub covers. I like them a lot! Well made, quick and easy to put on after the initial install, and obviously makes cleaning the wheels easier.Downside is mainly the initial install which requires removing 6 lug nuts to put the brackets on. I did three at a time. The covers are the same whether you have hub centric or bud type wheels, but use different brackets. Since I didn't have access to Bill C's giant torque wrench, I paid FOT to torque the lugs at a cost of 1 shop hour. That is something that I really prefer to do myself, but you gotta trust someone sometime...The brackets are slotted, and the flanged nuts have a dimple that looks like it was put on with a punch that catches the slot and holds the nut while you tighten them up. The trick is to have the nuts backed off until they are about flush with the ends of the screws. You then take the cap in both hands with a finger and thumb pushing the flat head Allen screws flush with the cover and line the slots up and push it on evenly while maintaining pressure on the screw heads with your finger and thumb. Once all 4 screws are engaging the slot, you can let go of the screw heads and bump it on with the heel of your hand. Removal requires good traction to pull the cover off and I found it helpful to use some gorilla grip type gloves. The fronts could be pried off, but better use something that is softer than the aluminum wheel.Here are some pictures which should help clarify...DonQuote from: kenhat – January 08, 2014, 09:33:30 pmCongrats Tys & Don. The coach looks great. I'm checking out those new covers for the wheels. Maybe they go on next years christmas list...Safe travels. Let the fun begin!see yaken Quote Selected
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