Martinjmpr
Wiffleball Batter
This is a sort of addendum to my "platform build" that I posted in the 4runner/Tacoma section:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/122999-Built-my-sleeping-platform!
I have been wanting to do this for several years now.
Since I camp out of my vehicle, it is often warm enough that I need/want ventilation, but of course, bugs can also be a problem. When camping 2 years ago at DE-II in Moab, I nearly got eaten alive camping at River House on the San Juan River so I finally made these last weekend:
Since my back door window openings are pretty much perfectly rectangular, it was easy for me to build a simple frame with 1 x 2 wood furring strips, and then staple some plastic screen material over them:
They install easily, allowing the window to be open about 4" on each side. This should provide plenty of ventilation, though I may augment it with a battery powered fan.
Mine fit tight. Actually, a little too tight. side-to-side. I think if I were to do them over again, I'd make them slightly undersized and then fill in the gap with some flexible foam or rubber material to make a tighter seal, and to lessen the chance that they'd damage the factory weather stripping.
However, these will work fine for now. This will work on almost any vehicle that has a more or less rectangular window opening. If your window opening is more rounded or angled, you might have to make a more complex shape but for my 4runner a simple rectangle was perfect.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/122999-Built-my-sleeping-platform!
I have been wanting to do this for several years now.
Since I camp out of my vehicle, it is often warm enough that I need/want ventilation, but of course, bugs can also be a problem. When camping 2 years ago at DE-II in Moab, I nearly got eaten alive camping at River House on the San Juan River so I finally made these last weekend:
Since my back door window openings are pretty much perfectly rectangular, it was easy for me to build a simple frame with 1 x 2 wood furring strips, and then staple some plastic screen material over them:
They install easily, allowing the window to be open about 4" on each side. This should provide plenty of ventilation, though I may augment it with a battery powered fan.
Mine fit tight. Actually, a little too tight. side-to-side. I think if I were to do them over again, I'd make them slightly undersized and then fill in the gap with some flexible foam or rubber material to make a tighter seal, and to lessen the chance that they'd damage the factory weather stripping.
However, these will work fine for now. This will work on almost any vehicle that has a more or less rectangular window opening. If your window opening is more rounded or angled, you might have to make a more complex shape but for my 4runner a simple rectangle was perfect.
