Hi, my 2001 Concourse has snaps for what I would imagine is a Privacy Screen ! Unfortunately my Rig is missing this cover. This would be to create a privacy barrier so no one could see into our rigs while we are camping. I'm not sure what the appropriate name for this would be ? I'm hoping that someone on our forum has a source that still produces these ?
I would love to find one to replace the one I'm missing ? Thanks Tom
Cab Privacy screen availability ?
Cab Privacy screen availability ?
2001 Chinook Concourse 4x4 7.3 PSD
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Re: Cab Privacy screen availability ?
The "missing" privacy screen you refer to isn't much more than a velor-like, hemmed drape with snaps. It barely covers the cab side windows and drapes over the front of the dashboard when covering the windshield. A semi-competent seamstress could make one in short order.
"Wanda" – '01 Chinook Concourse XL V10
Re: Cab Privacy screen availability ?
It's like Hoosier says. My stock one appeared to be the same fabric that covered the Club chair bases and the couch base (there was also a matching snap-on rear door curtain). On mine the side snaps were placed so that -- also as Hoosier says -- it wasn't exactly full coverage. I think on later years they may have moved the side snaps out to help a bit. But either way, I think if you really want a privacy curtain you'll be better off making one (or having one made). So... I wouldn't mourn the missing one too much. (The back door one works well though.)
One thing to think about is whether you even want to include the cab in your curtained abode. True, it makes things look a bit more spacious, but on the other hand the cab is often just a giant temperature bummer. Hot when it's hot out, cold when it's cold out. When I had a camper van, I almost had to include the cab because the space was so tiny. But in the Chinook, there is pretty much the full "house" in back without including the cab. So you have the option to block it off.
My main privacy/temperature curtain is between the cab and the house. I don't have anything too fancy at the moment, but I have seen some very nice ones made of substantial or quilted fabric, and even including zipper closures (between the cab and the house, not on the windows). Typically the section behind the driver's seat stays in place, and the other 2/3 opens, but that's just one way.
I also have a windshield screen (the type that unfolds and then you put it on the inside between the dash and the sun visors. Then too I cut two pieces of Reflectix that friction fit on the cab side windows (again inside). These help quite a bit to keep the cab from becoming an inferno, and they provide some privacy as well. I finish that off with my cab/coach curtain. Or if I'm not parked in the sun, I may forgo the windshield/window pieces and just do the cab/house curtain. Side benefit is that doesn't scream "I'm IN here" for times when you'd rather not. Not that everyone can't see it's an RV (that's pretty obvious), but sometimes it's nice not to look like you are setting up residence if you are just parked somewhere for an hour or two.
I also have a Phifertex type (vinyl mesh fabric) cover that wraps around the outside of the windshield and cab windows - you can still see out but it provides some privacy and shade during the day - but I don't tend to use it much because it's just one more thing between camping and driving. That's probably just me though; I see lots of people using them. They are readily ordered for the E-Series cab.
One thing to think about is whether you even want to include the cab in your curtained abode. True, it makes things look a bit more spacious, but on the other hand the cab is often just a giant temperature bummer. Hot when it's hot out, cold when it's cold out. When I had a camper van, I almost had to include the cab because the space was so tiny. But in the Chinook, there is pretty much the full "house" in back without including the cab. So you have the option to block it off.
My main privacy/temperature curtain is between the cab and the house. I don't have anything too fancy at the moment, but I have seen some very nice ones made of substantial or quilted fabric, and even including zipper closures (between the cab and the house, not on the windows). Typically the section behind the driver's seat stays in place, and the other 2/3 opens, but that's just one way.
I also have a windshield screen (the type that unfolds and then you put it on the inside between the dash and the sun visors. Then too I cut two pieces of Reflectix that friction fit on the cab side windows (again inside). These help quite a bit to keep the cab from becoming an inferno, and they provide some privacy as well. I finish that off with my cab/coach curtain. Or if I'm not parked in the sun, I may forgo the windshield/window pieces and just do the cab/house curtain. Side benefit is that doesn't scream "I'm IN here" for times when you'd rather not. Not that everyone can't see it's an RV (that's pretty obvious), but sometimes it's nice not to look like you are setting up residence if you are just parked somewhere for an hour or two.
I also have a Phifertex type (vinyl mesh fabric) cover that wraps around the outside of the windshield and cab windows - you can still see out but it provides some privacy and shade during the day - but I don't tend to use it much because it's just one more thing between camping and driving. That's probably just me though; I see lots of people using them. They are readily ordered for the E-Series cab.
1999 Concourse