Need help with dinette bench leather corral |
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Bovine0001
Groupie Joined: 24 May 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 40 |
Topic: Need help with dinette bench leather corral Posted: 24 May 2016 at 4:07pm |
Great site, but I can't name this part so it is hard to search for previous fixes and mods.
I just got a 2014, 178 Rpod. Love it. But, the first thing I gotta change are the leather like strips/bracket that hold the dinette cushions in place. Since I can't name it, I will place this pic from the brochure, with the part circled: They are held on with weak screws and my kids are making fast work of them. If you sit with your legs over these (not under the table) they easily push downward and will likely rip out soon. I fear they will come off soon and then the cushions will fly everywhere during travel. You folks know of any fashionable ways of reinforcing or replacing these things?
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1218 |
Posted: 24 May 2016 at 5:00pm |
I don't know if they have been changed but in 2009 they were material covered over cardboard. I only had one side to fix with the 171 and I replaced the entire side with plywood with a opening in the side for shoes. There may be a picture somewhere way back perhaps on the other forum.
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2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018-
2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
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Pod People
Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1078 |
Posted: 24 May 2016 at 5:51pm |
we did the same thing as David and Danette
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GLBCamper
Senior Member Joined: 30 Jun 2015 Location: Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 274 |
Posted: 24 May 2016 at 6:26pm |
I just took mine off. They really don't seem to serve much of a purpose. My cushions don't slide off or anything. I put the upholstery covered screws back in the holes to make it look better, but you really don't notice it.
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Old: 2014 177 HRE
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Shelpod
Groupie Joined: 14 Sep 2015 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 74 |
Posted: 24 May 2016 at 6:30pm |
Try this posting. There are several options that others have done including the one above.
http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7934&title=dinette-trim-end-issues
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 24 May 2016 at 8:35pm |
Like GLB, I removed ours and never had a problem with the cushions shifting. I hated how it dug into my legs when I sat on the edge of the bench, and it started removing itself.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Bovine0001
Groupie Joined: 24 May 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 40 |
Posted: 25 May 2016 at 7:42am |
Thanks this was helpful. I think I might just take off the trim first as some have suggested, and then look into the shoebox trick. Shoe space seems to be an issue already. My kids' shoes are all over the place. Thanks for the help! |
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Don Halas
Senior Member Joined: 01 Jul 2015 Location: Connecticut Online Status: Offline Posts: 190 |
Posted: 25 May 2016 at 7:48am |
Velcro.
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