16' Series Brand Spanking New 16.49-3 OB

[Brad]

Another excellent looking 2014 van....
How come your doors are white? I am sure I saw another pic on the forum with black doors.

 

[cruza driver]

Congratulations @S&P looks fantastic.

It looks like a lot better spot for all the switches too.

Better than being down low where they can get accidently switched on.

 

[S&P]

Another excellent looking 2014 van....
How come your doors are white? I am sure I saw another pic on the forum with black doors.

Yeah I was disappointed they're white too after being told they're now black.
The dealer said that the factory is getting too many returns of the black ones with the black chipping off and the white underneath showing through, so they've gone back to white until they can sort it out.
Cheers,
Paul

 

[Burnsy]

Looks very nice, I'm really starting to like that green

 

[achjimmy]

Very nice, congrats. What's that over the door looks like a hatch almost?

 

[BigSkiddy]

One really nice feature (I'll take some pics tomorrow)bis the windows and blinds.
The skylight is good too

Have they ditched the curtains now?

Great looking van. I think the white doors look fine, prefer over the black, especially if it's only a coating which will chip.

 

[cruza driver]

Have they ditched the curtains now?

Yep pretty sure blinds only

 

[mccrlc]

Very Nice..
Congratulations...

 

[Ren77]

Yep pretty sure blinds only

The blinds look great! No more wrinkled up curtains, except for the privacy ones on the bunks and bed ends

 

[S&P]

Very nice, congrats. What's that over the door looks like a hatch almost?

Yep, it's a sky light/hatch. You can set it open in about 4 different positions to let lots of air in/out or a little. Also has a mesh screen and a blind of sorts to keep (some of) the light out if you want a sleep in.

 

[S&P]

And one with the beds popped out and the hatch fully open -

 

[S&P]

Have they ditched the curtains now?

Great looking van. I think the white doors look fine, prefer over the black, especially if it's only a coating which will chip.

The window curtains are gone, and I don't think I'll miss them
The privacy curtains on the bed are still there, as is the one on the door.
The white hatches look ok, would have preferred black but not black with random white fleck and flaking paint!

 

[S&P]

Now it's time, bring on the mods!
(Disclaimer - mods will not commence until after we've been away in it this weekend) WooHoo!

 

[barney120]

And one with the beds popped out and the hatch fully open -
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wow, It will be interesting to see which way the water runs off that front bed lid, I had to lower mine to get the water to run the right direction and not land on the bed end. Love the blinds and the roof hatch, love the van, now to start with the mods. Barney

 

[17triton]

Thats on my to do list to @barney120 mine runs back and leaks as well.

 

[Bushman]

Yep pretty sure blinds only

yep they have gone the same way in most of the vans now, some comments on the Jayco Travel Diary that when the blinds is up there's no ventilation, because its blind one way flyscreen the other, so you need to put them half way, maybe someone with the new windows/blinds can confirm.

 

[S&P]

yep they have gone the same way in most of the vans now, some comments on the Jayco Travel Diary that when the blinds is up there's no ventilation, because its blind one way flyscreen the other, so you need to put them half way, maybe someone with the new windows/blinds can confirm.

Confirmed.
The screen and blind can lock together and you can put them up and down together, or you can lock the have them both open etc.

 

[Bushman]

Thanks S&P, so basically no ventilation if the blinds are all the way up

 

[S&P]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention I fixed the Tekonsha P3 problem that prevented me from towing if home with the Prado on Saturday - turns out the heavy figure-8 cable I ran from the brake control to the rear was intermittently open circuit. Pulled a new piece in today from the same drum, all good.
Happy campers
Cheers,
Paul

 

[S&P]

Thanks S&P, so basically no ventilation if the blinds are all the way up

Correct Bushman, keeps the peeping toms at bay also, no cracks in the curtains to peer through (and no, I'm not speaking from experience from inside OR outside the van!!!)