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06-18-2016, 09:17 AM #11
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Thanks for that info
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06-19-2016, 11:56 AM #12
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Quick and easy!!! Went to Home Depot and bought the fabric 6x20 for $40. Buy the clips also. I had some clamp awning connectors that prevent the awning from wind flapping. They connect to the awning with a twist clamp and to the rail with Velcro. I connected the wind de-flappers to the ends of the awning rail, attached the fabric, attached the fabric clips to the bottom. With a bungee cord and a stake it was secure. Easy up and easy down. Also rolls up compact with stakes in the middle and bungees holding it rolled up.
Hope it works.Art & Terry
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06-19-2016, 12:46 PM #13SusieqGuest
Thanks, that sounds like just what I need. I will be ordering that!
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06-21-2016, 10:53 AM #14
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06-21-2016, 12:47 PM #15
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Sorry if my description mislead you but the OEM awning "drop" remains attached. It is not in the channel and does not interfere in any way with the new shade. Actually if you look very closely at my picture you can make out the OEM piece of fabric laying over the top section of the shade screeen
Paul "Poppy" and Deb Cervone
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11-29-2018, 12:08 PM #16
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I recently got a 2018 Solitude 310 GK and it too has the track (groove) in the awning roller, however the awning roller ends are covered with plastic? housings which connect the roller to the awning arms. There doesn’t appear to be a way to slide the top of a sun shade into the track because the housing are covering the ends of the track. As you probably know, sliding a sun shade into an awning track requires the sun shade to be nearly perfectly aligned with the track in order to slide in the shade so it doesn’t bind up.
Does your rig’s awning have the housing ends i’ve described; and if so, how did you get your sun shade to slide into the Track? Can the housing ends be removed to allow for the shade to be installed? If so, removing and reinstalling one or both of those housings would be problematic each time you moved to a new location. In that case, getting the detachable (zippered) sun shade seems like the only real option.
I would appreciate any one’s comments or suggestions on how to address this issue.
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12-08-2018, 06:51 AM #17
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I used the carefree ez zipper on both my awnings. Once installed in the grove the top 2’ stay in and just unzip the lower part for easy removal and zip it back on for install. No ladders needed after set up.
Works great!!!Don & Gayle
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12-11-2018, 05:42 PM #18
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I have a 2019 Solitude 2930 and have the same question on installing the two foot section of my shade. On my Reflection, it was easy to "roll" the awning a little, feed the sun shade section into and good to go. The Solitude doesn't appear to have access like the old awning did. Has anyone installed theirs? Do the end pieces of the awning snap off and give you access to the groove?
Jim and Cecille
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Used to be 2014 Reflection 337RLS #277
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12-11-2018, 06:31 PM #19
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On mine there are six screws on the top of the cover that come undone to take the plastic housing off and access the groove to slide it in. Or if you extend the awning further than normal it brings the groove to the top and you can slide it in that way a little harder to keep it perfectly aligned but it works as well. I will tell you the plastic caps on the housing are not the easiest to put back in place but it can be done. Hope this helps.
Don & Gayle
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12-11-2018, 08:56 PM #20
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As a follow up, this last weekend I pulled my trailer out to do some basic maintenance and got my (tall) ladder to more closely inspect the awning roller and how it connects to the awning arms. I had hoped there might be an opening along the top where one could slide a sun shade into the roller track, but no there isn’t. So I then tried to remove the plastic housings, with the hope I would then be able to access the roller track’s edge, but while I was able to get a couple of pressure snaps to release I couldn’t get the whole housing to come off, and I was getting afraid any further prying would cause the housing to break, so I gave up and snapped everything back into place. Unfortunately, mine doesn’t have any screws on the top.
Hopefully there is someone out there who has figured out how to past those housings so I can install my sun shade. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
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