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Reply #20 –
Roger,
Thanks for the detail explanation.  Looking forward to do this modification on my coach.  Tired of the accordion shade.
John M.

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Reply #21 –
Quote from: amos.harrison –
When MCD installed our front shade, they attached L-shaped plastic guides to the windshield with double faced tape.  They act as shade guides to eliminate any need for wedges.
It sounds as if your shade has the flap at the bottom. Is that correct? Could you post pictures? Thanks!

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Reply #22 –
David,
Yes, my shade has a flap at the bottom(see photo).

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Reply #23 –
Here's the other one.

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Reply #25 –
3 inch flap.
Night shade down, passenger's side.
Night shade down, driver's side.
Night shade down on hump.
Driver's side wedge in place.

If I was doing it again I would use no flap.  Most of the time we don't bother with either wedge.  Sometimes just the driver's side.  It is 3/8" plywood wrapped with vinyl fabric. No attachments to anything it just is a snug enough for it to stay in place. Easy to store.

We made cardboard mockups to get the fit right and then cut the 3/8" plywood a bit smaller to allow for the covering. 

Both wedges in place gets the defrost vents inside the shade.  No pass side wedge and they are on the window side, good for a quick defrost of the windshield in the morning before raising the shade with the Aqua Hot front blower enabled.

Lots of ways to do this.  This works for us.

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Reply #26 –
Roger, Who installed this? Did you have to modify the tv cabinet? Mine sticks into the area so mine came with 3 separate blinds to function over the windshield and I think a cabinet adjustment would make it work for 1 pc across.

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Reply #27 –
Quote from: DavidS –
Roger, Who installed this? Did you have to modify the tv cabinet? Mine sticks into the area so mine came with 3 separate blinds to function over the windshield and I think a cabinet adjustment would make it work for 1 pc across.

Susan and I did the install as well as the TV.  There are speakers on the flat part behind the vertical valence.  I made some wooden blocks to drop the mounting position about an inch to clear the speakers.  The old TV box was removed by the PO.  As well as a small cabinet to the left.  Plenty of room in there now for a 40" 4K smart Samsung.

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