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studmuffin1 · 04-20-2011, 02:57 PM

2007 Camalot, we are debating changing the 2 front power shades, the side shades, and the curtain, to a MCD power shade set up. The front will be the black see-through, and the solid for nighttime. The side shades will be only the nighttime shade, and we will keep the pulldown see through black mesh on the sides. Do away with the wrap around curtain.
Has anyone done this, and were you happy with the results???
The wole job, installed, will be around $1800-2100. Pricey but may be worth it.
Any comments will be helpful, I hope. The Muffin Man.

38 Special · 04-20-2011, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by studmuffin

2007 Camalot, we are debating changing the 2 front power shades, the side shades, and the curtain, to a MCD power shade set up. The front will be the black see-through, and the solid for nighttime. The side shades will be only the nighttime shade, and we will keep the pulldown see through black mesh on the sides. Do away with the wrap around curtain.
Has anyone done this, and were you happy with the results???
The wole job, installed, will be around $1800-2100. Pricey but may be worth it.
Any comments will be helpful, I hope. The Muffin Man.

I have an 08 Camelot. We are having the MCD Shades installed May 12 & 13. There is also some custom valance work needed to make sure you cannot see around them and to hide the tubes. I am going all electric day and night in the cockpit. All electric night in the living room. Manual day and night over the balance of the coach. We are having it done by Custom RV in Red Bay, Alabama. He is the number 4 MCD dealer in the country.

The MCD rep came by and looked at my coach and can do a single shade in the front. I did not like the idea to two overlapping shades.

**NLOVNIT** · 04-20-2011, 10:32 PM

I don't own a Monaco coach, but last summer, we had the wrap around drapes replaced with a motorized MCD duo-shade (1pc) for the windshield area & the pilot/co-pilot side windows with manual MCD duo-shades. We love, Love, LOVE 'em. The day shades do a huge job of keeping out the sun/heat (& keeping the heat in when it's cold out), have the privacy of the screening & we can still see out. You won't regret getting them, even for the $$$.

Lori-

Bob (WA0MQE) · 04-21-2011, 06:12 AM

We're stopping at the MCD factory in Texas later this year and having the front two shades replaced with the power day/nite. Will make a set of finished wood guides (matched to the existing wood in the moho) attached to the side panels. Spoke with them and they said the use the existing power shades switch/s to power the new one.

Bill2 · 04-21-2011, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by studmuffin

2007 Camalot, we are debating changing the 2 front power shades, the side shades, and the curtain, to a MCD power shade set up. The front will be the black see-through, and the solid for nighttime. The side shades will be only the nighttime shade, and we will keep the pulldown see through black mesh on the sides. Do away with the wrap around curtain.
Has anyone done this, and were you happy with the results???
The wole job, installed, will be around $1800-2100. Pricey but may be worth it.
Any comments will be helpful, I hope. The Muffin Man.

We had this very thing done two years ago in Yuma, Az. At the same time we had the cabinets re-done and a new 32" TV installed. We love the shades, but the only thing we don't like is all of the banging of the shades on the MH wall when the coach goes back and forth when going down the road. Also on driver shades seem to bounce and make a noise when the road is just slightly rough. You will have to put something on the shades to keep the noise down and keep them from banging against the window frames. When sitting still they are great.

**NLOVNIT** · 04-21-2011, 09:48 PM

Bill, my shades also banged against the window frames. I was able to cut some felt pads (like the kind you use on the bottom of chair legs to protect the floor) into small strips, then peeled off the backing & stuck them to the oval'd edge of the bottom pull bars. They still hit the window frame as the coach rolls side-to-side, but it's not the loud whack of plastic to metal frame, now more of a soft thud.

Lori-

studmuffin1 · 04-22-2011, 03:47 PM

Did not know the MCD would install at the factry. Where in Texas is it and do you have a contact number and name?? I think the factory would be a better install than some of the vendors I have talked at.

Thanks, the shaddy Muffin Man.

Our Time · 04-22-2011, 04:15 PM

They are in McKinney, Texas, just north of Dallas. 972-548-1850

studmuffin1 · 04-23-2011, 06:54 PM

This may work out for us. We will be in Texas, at the Thousand Trails,on the Texas/Ok border, for Memorial Day. I will call them next week, and see if we can line up an install, at the factory. I was going to go to Alliance Coach, but the factory seems like a better idea. Thanks, one and all.
The shady Muffin Man.

The tempurature drop will help in Fla, thats for sure!!!!!!!!!

rex · 04-23-2011, 07:06 PM

They also have power hookup at their plant.

MCD RV Innovations
3303 N. McDonald St.
McKinney, TX 75071
800-804-1757
http://www.mcdinnovations.com/

AFChap · 04-23-2011, 07:14 PM

We replaced our front wrap-arouind curtain with powered MCD duo's a couple of years ago. MCD did the measurements at the July Winnebago GNR in Iowa and we had the shades shipped to meet us at Davis Cabinets in Oregon a month later. They installed the duo shades, and then I connected them into the original power sunshade wiring/switches. Our very tall windshield and overhead cabinet arrangement required three pieces/shades for the windshield. We also installed a manual duo on the driver side window where we had a similar day black-mesh type shade. Guess we could have done only the solid/night shade on that window, but we often use both the original and the MCD mesh together w/o pulling the solid one at all on that window. The MCD mesh definitely is better quality than our original. The cost for the front was right at $1k. It is FAR better than the original curtain. I cut the curtain railing down and kept the curtain that pulls across the entry door and side window as a pull-handle there made using of an MCD duo there a problem. I had already installed a pull-down solid shade on the door. We only use that curtain when someone is spending the night with us, g-kids, etc, mostly just to block out the side small window beside the door. I can use the night/solid shades across the windshield for sun visors while driving, or raise/lower them for day/night use. We absolutely love them.

We also replaced all the day/night shades with manual duo's. I did all that installation myself, which required removing the lambriquins/window treatments. There were five windows involved, which came close to another $1k.

The MCD shades are pricey to begin with, but we are very happy with them.