We've had the boards in the roof for 12 months with absolutely no damge to the AFT fabric.hembramacho wrote:Good idea on the packing thread.Alison01326 wrote:I do mean the AFT fabric. Obviously, it's only while they are in transit, and not in use as bed boards. I suppose I should try and stop them from sliding about (which is, I imagine, what they have been doing) or wrap them in a blanket or something so that. I'm reasonably sure that it's probably the way I have put them up there (piled on top of each other at the front) that is the reason, but I can't think of a better way of doing it. They aren't doing any harm downstairs, as we stuff plenty of other things up in the AFT while we are driving.
Any suggestions?
Actually, I am thinking of starting a new thread on "how do you pack your Bongo?"
It was chipvan's roof I was wondering about the fabric.
Just for info, 2 of the 3 boards we've got have been upholstered and in transit one is at the front and one is at the back, so the sunroof can still be used. The smaller one sits on top of the upholstered one at the back, so the material helps it not to move, and I also stuff the girls' sleeping bags around it so it doesn't budge at all. Also the front one has 2 'dowels' sticking into the 2 holes in the metalwork that the original AFT floor sits in, and the back one I have drilled a small hole on either side which enable it to 'sit' in 2 of the original gas strut bolts I have left in place. These help them not to move also. I planned all along to carry them up in the roof space as we have a side conversion and nowhere else really to store them, so tried to think of the best way to do it. Works for us!
Andrew
Ours are also secured using the gas strut bolt and never move.
We also sit on one on top of the other to keep the sunroof visible, and keep the silver window screens up there as well.
(Am liking the sound of a 'how do you pack your Bongo' thread!! )