SportZ Mini-van Tent in use

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Well I got it already,2 days! Drop shipped from Buffalo.Company I ordered it from was in Arizona,so I thought it would take longer. Set it up to clear up my questions.The screen room doesn't have a floor, which I already knew.I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was walls that zipped up so that it could be completely enclosed like a spare room.No the sleeve and screen room while both removeable ,unfortunately can not be swapped to either side.
It kind of annoys me that they didn't have the foresight to have the screen room on the same side as the sliding door of vans. Now I know alot of the so called vans today have sliders on both sides( why you'd ever want to deal with 2 of these I'll never figure out)! I guess it's really more designed for SUV's. But anyways rant over.
The kids seem to like it,well at least my daughters excited. Anymore,if it doesn't have a computer the boys could care less. We'll see how it holds up to it's first real test this weekend! :cheers:
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Re: SportZ Mini-van Tent in use

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i'm taking mine out too this weekend don't know why tho.....
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I wanted one of those a few years back but Mel said it was stupid because we drive around places when we go camping to explore the area and we would have to take all of it apart.. I explained the van detaches and she argued that the air bed and all the stuff in the van would be a pain..


... I still dont see how an air compressor doing all the work to blow it up is a pain.. Maybe I will show her again now that enough time has passed for her to forget the first time!
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Re: SportZ Mini-van Tent in use

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beware she'll end up remebering the first attemp if you push to hard i can hear it now
mel:didn't we talk about this before
you:no
mel:i do remember talking about it before and WE decide it was not practicle
you:(thinks to self we?)

lol good luck
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Jet performance tuner 91 octane preset, Jet under-drive pulleys
Rancho 999000 series shock, on-board controller to be installed later
DHC rock rails and skid plate Add-A-Leaf
G3500 front calipers
Zexel Torsen Diff
11" drums
180 amp Alternator
Long tru-cool 4590 trans cooler

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Re: SportZ Mini-van Tent in use

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afsigma21 wrote:Let me know if anyone wants to rip my idea off, I am happy to share.
Hmmm, sounds very interesting, send me your thoughts!! =D>
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Re: SportZ Mini-van Tent in use

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Will do, gimme some time to type it up.
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