Window replacement August 29, 2018, 05:46:09 pm Love our new-to-us 2008 Lazy Daze...but Windows are too dark.Has anyone replaced with lighter? Any suggestions?
Re: Window replacement Reply #1 – August 30, 2018, 03:06:43 pm yes......don't do it!!!!!!!! They create a cooler interior (so says the guy from So California) and removing windows/adding new would open you up to potential leaksrespectfully,Bill 2 Likes
Re: Window replacement Reply #2 – August 30, 2018, 09:33:54 pm I love ours, yes they can seem dark but the camper stays cooler, and they provide a bit more privacy than a lighter tinted window will. When riding in the rear they cut down sun glare for passengers. 1 Likes
Re: Window replacement Reply #3 – August 31, 2018, 12:21:32 am Welcome aboard to the group.How long have you had your LD? Unless it is a safety issue, wait a bit to make significant alterations."Make haste, slowly" comes to mind.Joel
Re: Window replacement Reply #4 – August 31, 2018, 01:00:56 pm The bill would be into the five-digits. Figure a third of what you paid for it. 1 Likes
Re: Window replacement Reply #5 – August 31, 2018, 02:10:38 pm "...but Windows are too dark."You will grow to love those dark windows, particularly when you realize that no one can see you naked from outside (at least during the day). It's a rather bizarre sensation and you will find yourself outside looking in just to be sure. Besides that, it cuts down on heat penetration during the summer. 8 Likes
Re: Window replacement Reply #6 – August 31, 2018, 03:11:44 pm LazyBones...........EXACTLY what I had to do to convince my wife!!! LOL 4 Likes
Re: Window replacement Reply #7 – September 02, 2018, 01:15:58 pm The darker tint will also keep your apholstery/window treatments from being sun damaged. 4 Likes
Re: Window replacement Reply #8 – September 21, 2018, 12:41:33 pm I contacted the mothership last week to talk about my new to me 1984 LD. I have a crack in the window over the cab. They told me to contact National Auto Glass at 909-623-3343 for replacement. They do have different tints apparently, but none that are exact to the old 1984, close but not exact. You might contact them and see what all they have that you would be interested in. My replacement, parts and labor, for the glass will only be $310.00 too! I was expecting more
Re: Window replacement Reply #9 – September 21, 2018, 12:50:35 pm Just so you know, Teresa, the cabover windows in the vintage LD's are a design flaw and the new one will eventually crack also. That's why LD ultimately eliminated them. 1 Likes
Re: Window replacement Reply #10 – September 21, 2018, 01:14:49 pm A friend of mine picked up a small rock that hit his cabover window at about 50 miles per hour. (near Yosemite) He and his wife were protected from the thousands of small shards of glass that were found all over the insides, all the way to the back wall. They were fortunate that no one else was in the motorhome. After he had the window replaced we put a 1 1/4" layer of polyisocyanate foam board, foil faced in behind the window. It also improved the heat/cold insulation situation. Two narrow straps of aluminum flat bar were placed top to bottom using longer versions of screws in the existing holes. I had some off white and whiter cans of spray paint to paint vertical swaths (painter's tape for sharp 'folds') on the outside facing foil. This made the view through the window from outside look like drapes. It also made it darker for sleeping under a street light, or during the day. You want to make sure the replacement glass is laminated safety glass like the windshield, if you don't have some other protection in place. RonB 2 Likes
Re: Window replacement Reply #11 – September 23, 2018, 10:37:37 am Quote from: HiLola - September 21, 2018, 12:50:35 pmJust so you know, Teresa, the cabover windows in the vintage LD's are a design flaw and the new one will eventually crack also. That's why LD ultimately eliminated them.Yes I have been reading up on that in this group. I did read of a way of reinstalling the glass so there was not so much stress on it causing it to crack, but I have to find that post again. It could be that I misunderstood the post too, I got to find it. When I talked to national glass, the lady said she thinks th reason these windows crack is from too much heat buildup up there. I do know here in the desert when it is hot outside we have to crack a window in our cars or our windshields crack........Ron B. I wanted the window as a nostalgia thing between my son and I from many years ago when he was little. But honestly, looking at it looks dangerous to me now! Back in the old days, I had a class C and it was my son's favorite place to ride but looking at that huge window now looks like a death trap! It is human size and a person slamming on the brakes, it seems, could go rolling out that window!
Re: Window replacement Reply #12 – September 24, 2018, 12:12:08 am Hi Teresa, Yes the kids do like to be able to see out there, but the hazard with a big widow is too high. Hitting something is much worse than 'slamming on the brakes'. No seat belts either. While it is nice to be able to see out, the thermal considerations in very cold weather, or very hot make it pretty uncomfortable sometimes. Lazy Daze did away with the window with the advent of the one piece molded fiberglass front cap about 1990. Other manufacturers went to two or just one smaller window, and many no window, like Lazy Daze. The roof vent and side windows make ventilation possible. In my (non LD) previous motorhome I was concerned that I might roll over into the window while sleeping and break it. With the fiberglass the insulation is pretty thick in the center. RonB 1 Likes
Re: Window replacement Reply #13 – September 24, 2018, 07:57:37 pm I currently have the 1984 at an RV service place in Hesperia. Among the huge list I gave them, I am having the top up there fixed up. The paneling has a crack, looks like someone put their foot in it. That whole front wood panel is being taken down and I gave them some luan (I have a million sheets of African Mahogany). I am having the fiberglass pulled out and styrofoam put in (though I have been debating with myself about spray foam). And everything resealed, plus the new window. That top area seems to be a weakness with the old LDs, and mine is no exception. I am just keeping my fingers crossed that dry rot is not found up there when it is all pulled apart.
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