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On 11/2/2020 at 4:18 AM, throgmartin said:

Nic:

 

I would give serious consideration to NOT using Michelins since you live in Florida. Unless your coach is garage kept the Florida UV Rays will crack those michelins in 3 years. There are many members here who have experienced it. Michelin makes a great tire but they do not use enough UV inhibitors in their tires. You may want to consider Bridgestones, Yokohamas or Toyo's. I have Yoko's and love them and they are readily available throughout the country. Also, if you currently have 275's on your endeavor I suggest going to 295's. I did this on my ambassador and now run a little less pressure and have a smoother ride not to mention I increased my load capacity on the tires.

In regards to flooring, there is nothing technical about it. But make no mistake you will get one helluva work out. My knees and back ached for days after words. One of my friends owns a coach renovation center in Elkhart ( the old Holiday Rambler factory ). She is using a lot of Alterna ( made by Armstrong ) for flooring. I looked at it when I was with her in Tampa and I really like it. So much so I am going to pull up my vinyl planking and replace it with that. Local floor installers hate working on RV's which is why they probably are not showing up. Flooring is definitely a DIY project if you are physically able to.

As for furniture there are very few players in the game. Flexsteel is gone out of business. You may want to contact Bradd at Bradd and Hall in Elkhart and talk with him about options. Bradd is a great guy and has been a friend of mine for years. He is a straight shooter and will give you some ideas. If you ever get to Elkhart I suggest you wonder around at some of the surplus RV stores. There is always new furniture laying around at these places. You also may want to check Visones salvage yard. They have late model wrecks including Prevosts. Your other alternative is to go to a Prevost converter and have them custom make one for you. Millenium in Sanford, FL has an awesome upholstery shop and custom make furniture there. I believe Donny Meyers in Orlando also has an upholstery shop.

In as far as LED's is considered I have slowly changed my lights over. I am pretty much over ballasts, fluorescent tubes and halogens. Best of luck with your renovation. 🙂

Chris, I have a 2002 Ambassador 36' & 255 80R 22.5 with Michelin's that are 5 years old, so looking to replace. Would I be able to increase size to maybe 275? I like the idea of more rubber makes for a better ride! Thanks for your help!

On 9/25/2020 at 5:45 PM, granvillebarker said:

I decided to update the radio and replace one of the cig lighter plugs with usb.   The plastic was cracking around the screws, and the radio hole wasn’t right, so I decided to cut a new panel out.  I had some coreplast used for sign substrate laying around so I cut the new panel out of it.   I covered it with carbon fiber wrap and it looks pretty good.   

That looks really nice! What radio did you swap in?