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  1. WA

    New Cab Seats

    Only 3 months old and already had to chuck the seats. After having 2 back surgeries I have to have a lot of lumbar and in just the right place. I tried to make the upgraded seats from Showhauler work, but no dice. (I have them listed in the for sale section if anyone is interested) I had...
  2. WA

    Switching to LED ceiling lights.

    Take a pick before and then after you install them. Curious to see the difference which I am sure will be dramatic. Love LEDS for everything but interior lighting, way to harsh and white for me. I have the multiplex lighting which is dimmable so I am not sure LEDs will even work. That wasn't...
  3. WA

    Cab Seats For Sale

    These are custom made seat by Showhauler on Bostrom T915 air-ride base. Only have 1500 miles on them. (less than 3 months old) Grey that matches most truck interiors perfectly. Single air valve to raise or lower, also has manual lumbar, swivel base, L & R arm rest & glide feature. Price is...
  4. WA

    A couple of trucks

    Your son's car looks sweet! Love the flat black. I think Cat is working with Navistar in someway on this. I think they are just going after construction, cement mixer type business.
  5. WA

    A couple of trucks

    Here is the new Cat Class 8 trucks. Saw this FL on my bike ride today, cool flat black paint called "Flatliner"
  6. WA

    Members On the road, where are you now?

    Was in Erie, Pa then over to Akron, Oh and will be heading to Bald Eagle Valley in Pa next week. How about posting pictures of your rig in all of these places. I love pictures and I really love pictures of conversions.
  7. WA

    Air Bags

    Oscarvan - Can I ask why you're not letting the suspension do this work? My current conversion rides pretty much like a Cadillac. I don't have front air-ride, my cab is not air-ride and I run my seat without air (just like the lower seat position). Out of the 3 conversions I have owned this...
  8. WA

    Finally back in a Showhauler

    I hear ya about the other forum. Added a few chrome pieces this past weekend
  9. WA

    Finally back in a Showhauler

    MMM - My first conversion had a 10 speed manual and I'm not going to lie, I pretty much sucked shifting that thing. Over time I got pretty good up shifting, but it was always a triumph on the way down when I hit it just perfect. As far as the UltraShift goes step on the gas engages the...
  10. WA

    Finally back in a Showhauler

    Well it's been 5 years, 7 months and 6 days since I sold my last conversion and became a conversion trader first owning a pusher and more recently a Class C, but hey who's counting :-) It was good to dip my toes on the other side, it gave me a chance to put to rest any idea that anything but a...
  11. WA

    2012 ShowHauler - Floorplan

    We had basement air in our pusher which was equivalant to 2 15k units. It was great if the temps wher 85 and under, above that it did not keep up. It was ineffiecient to run the air from the back bottom side of the rig all the way to say the front. Also the cooling fins need to be loated at...
  12. WA

    2012 ShowHauler - Floorplan

    Yes we do have a king at home, and in an effort to keep the length reasonable we have currently spec'd a queen. The current RV has a small queen and it is ok, we have not totally ruled out a king just yet. The truck will be a Columbia, there are a few new 08-09 models out there at pretty huge...
  13. WA

    2012 ShowHauler - Floorplan

    Thanks guys for all of the suggestions! Actually alot of the things you guys are bringing up are/where concerns of ours. We found a compromise on the rear cabinets, these will be 10" deep and the clothes will hang sideways. Gene on the couch, this is a motorized reclining couch with a foot...
  14. WA

    2012 ShowHauler - Floorplan

    We have picked a tentative floorplan for our conversion. Michelle (my wife) made it clear that this rig will have a washer/dryer, dishwasher, king bed and residential fridge. I want to keep the box at 32'/33' to keep the overall length at 43'. We will nix those rear cabinets in the bedroom to...
  15. WA

    A trip to Showhauler - Wow!

    I wanted to mention that Showhaulers box is 100" currently and not the 96" I mentioned in an earlier post. Taildragger, the only way your going to win that fight with your wife is to make a run up to Showhauler and I am sure she will change her mind as my wife did. After we left she was more...
  16. WA

    A trip to Showhauler - Wow!

    Gene thanks for the info. Unfortunately Showhauler made the fairing for the Columbia and it does not fit the Cascadia. They are not sure if they will build a fairing for the Cascadia since the majority of trucks they build on tend not to be the Cascadia as of yet. Another big development...
  17. WA

    A trip to Showhauler - Wow!

    Hey Gene, just checked out your rig, how do you like the setup with garage, smart car and bed area raised? Would you do it again or just flat tow a car or use a trailer? How do you like the Columbia, do you have air-ride on the front axle? Is the 10 speed w/ clutch for starting & stopping or...
  18. WA

    A trip to Showhauler - Wow!

    Ya know it has been so long since I have really crawled around a Renegade that I would not be a good judge as to a comparison of the two. The Ikon stuff really looks nice and it would appear they are using the same body construction as Showhauler with a steel structure vs FRP. There are alot...
  19. WA

    A trip to Showhauler - Wow!

    The last time we visited Showhauler was back in 2004 when we picked up our M2 Conversion so I was very excited to see what Showhauler was up to these days. The first thing we noticed was a much bigger facility, back in 2004 they had just 2 buildings and now there are at least 4 plus an office...
  20. WA

    Some things that really bug me on conversions

    Kwikee # 904209000 $1233.00 Gene you will have to thank Social Network as well for keeping it going although even if I had not sold it with my other site iRV2.com I would have still kept it alive. Yeah definitely going to have the rig painted and love the paint on the red & black Lonestar I...
  21. WA

    Some things that really bug me on conversions

    I was just doing some digging on the draw or tray style entry steps and found Kwikee makes them. I can see why no body uses them since they are about $500 more than the shitty looking style. I am still going to work on this for my rig.
  22. WA

    Some things that really bug me on conversions

    Doc your rig is excluded, projects like yours are far harder to tackle than ground up builds with all of the resources conversion companies have to work with. This is also not meant to trash on the few conversion companies that are left, and I do have have to remember these are custom and the...
  23. WA

    Some things that really bug me on conversions

    Not meant to offend anyone who has any of these items on their rig, and maybe there is something I am not thinking about. 1) A window at the head of the bed. I just think there has to be a better place. 2) The chrome lower bays that stop at the truck cab. I am not a big fan anyway, but it...
  24. WA

    Bostrom Seat (air ride) what are the switches for....

    Usually with Bostrom seats that have 3 air valves, the other 2 control upper & lower lumbar. Not sure why they would have a manual control as well. If you are not finding the air valves doing anything maybe they are not connected????
  25. WA

    I'm Back! Did you miss me?

    When we had the bunk the kids would never sleep up there because they where afraid they would roll off the bed and crash to the floor. One thing I did like was the separation from the rest of the rig, far less distractions when driving. Also I am freak when it comes to rattles and when I was...

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