In a message dated 96-05-14 14:33:30 EDT, tbf@pacifier.com (Todd Francis) writes: >We have had two Westy's, and are currently on our third. In the first one, >I made curtains out of heavy material (light colored) that didn't let the >light through. In no time, they were faded and looked awful. The second >Westy had factory curtains that let too much light in. The material was >great, never seemed to fade, but you could see in at night. So I took them >down and lined them with a darker, same shade cotton. Not only did it give >us complete privacy at night, but the curtains actually looked like they >were made of higher quality material. I am currently doing the same for our >new ('86) Syncro. It's a bit of work to take down the factory rods, but the >result is worth the effort. The factory material (at least in the older >models) wears like iron, and it may be worth your while to try to find >curtains out of a wrecked VW Camper. > >Becky Francis >'86 Westy Syncro
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