LXE - Other Improvements
New Curtains I knew from the start that I wanted to replace the original curtains. The valences were too heavy and fussy for my taste, and the door valence had to be un-velcroed in order to close the camper. Down they all came, and I made new ones that slide on wall track. Click HERE for a printable PDF file with complete instructions. Shower Curtain The OEM curtain was made from ordinary plastic shower curtain, cut roughly to hang from cup hooks in in the frame of the bubble window. It was stiff, hard to store and easy to mildew. After using an old sheet to make a pattern, I cut a new 3-piece curtain from white rip-stop nylon, using a DIY hot knife which sealed the edges as it cut (soldering iron with an old tip, hammered flat). On the advice of another LXE owner, instead of hanging the new curtain from the cup hooks, I wedged a small tension rod lengthwise along each side of the bubble. Small plastic rings, sewed to the side curtains, slide up and down these rods. Each side...