i believe fastfoward and some other places sell special hinges from europe that raise the factory westy bed enough to clear the raised cover. if any one has more information on these i would be interested. as for me and my raised engine cover. its raised about 5" total and it doesn't bother me as i made my own custom bed. i have to admit that it probably isn't what most people with campers would want but, it works well for me. as a note you can also lessen the raise needed for the engine cover by dropping the engine down similar to the way vw did with the diesel or with the syncro. jonathan On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Tromper wrote: > How do you folks with the modified (raised) engine covers > deal with that as far as beds and such, the ones I see on fastforward.ca > seem to have a "bubble" basically, I can easily imagine that giving someone > a pretty good crick in the neck even if it was just a more firm spot in a > thicker mattress. Do you raise the bed and put stuff around the cover > (storage?) > to bring that level?? If so how do you raise the bed?? modify the frame?? > Do ya have pictures? > > Tromper - Dimwitted in Seattle > 82 Dieselfant II > > Curiosity Kills more Mice then Cats > |
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