EASY RV MODIFICATIONS AND UPGRADES / DIY MODS

[Music] hey everybody welcome one more time this is RV East Coast my name is Eli and I'm faun and today we have a really good episode for you yes today we are showing you 20 easy modifications that you can do to your RV inside and outside and we're gonna attempt to do it in ten minutes okay you keep your rambling to a minimum I don't think I can keep in a track I'm gonna set up a timer right here one important thing to every probe that we mentioned today there's gonna be an Amazon link here so you can check it out and also we have an important announcement suggestion for you at the end of this video so you might want to stick around let's get started [Music] so we are going to start with all the upgrade of modifications that we did inside the trailer then we show you outside so let's get started what's number one so the first thing we did was we upgraded our mattress so the RV came with the crappy mattress kind of took the joy out of sleeping in the camper it was very uncomfortable we tried a memory foam topper helped a little but not that much so we ended up buying a 10 inch memory foam mattress makes a huge difference now we don't have any problems sleeping here the name of that mattress is sinus ultimate comfort memory foam I think that's anything all right number two lifting the bed to access the storage underneath something that is common on almost every RV was very difficult that mattress is heavy that thing you have to hold it with your shoulder while you look down there so we put this gas trucks and that makes it very very easy to open the thing you can literally open it with one finger and that was a good modification the third one is a stainless steel clothes rack retractable clothes neck we hung that in the shower so that we can have an indoor way to dry some of the kids bathing suits and stuff yes we're in a spot where there's nowhere to hang out sometimes it's rainy now we like camping by the beach and the good thing is that because it's in the shower if there is water dripping he drops into the tub and then to your gray camp so pretty easy smart modification the next one is some adhesive bathroom hooks for like toilet paper towels I'm not sure why RVs don't come equipped well maybe someday but some don't come equipped with that stuff but those were easy and they're decorative they look like they came with the RV and they work well for our towel and our toilet paper okay number five was an idea I would say was super easy modification took a little bit of handy work but it was turning your extra storage space underneath the bunks and splitting that up so we had a little pet condo so we did a whole video about that to show you how we made that so we'll put that link here but that was another modification that we made to accommodate our dog or my brother's dog when she's here to have a little face to be in a way yeah all right the next modification is command strips and bungee cords yes we use and keep them on hand at all times you wouldn't believe how many times they come in handy for random stuff um so we have a variety of command hooks in our like junk drawer yeah and bungee cords the bunch of course I did a whole video about them we use them in so so many ways and you can buy a whole bag that comes with I don't know ten or twenty of them and is amazing how many things you can do in an RV with this the next one is a little foldable Ottoman so we use that for storage but also it's very cute so it can be used for seating if you like for the kids over on adults that wouldn't be sitting on that but for the kids can sit on it the way I like to use it is when when we watch TV then I can get on it yeah yeah and it comes in handy we've missed it for blankets we've used up for shoes we've use it for a couple different things folds up if you're not using it tucks right next to the bed when we have to put the 5 in yeah we decide to stop using it for shoes because the kids shoes were a little bit smelly they don't like to the next modification we made was a soft light that can pretty much be kept on at all times some of the lights in the trailer are very bright and very harsh and at night even the blue light was a little too bright so this is a night light but we can keep on if we get up in the middle of the night the kids are sleeping this is soft light and you know and evening when you relax you put some soft music the little dim like relief that's a nice mood the trailer it's also LED so it basically used almost no battery power okay the next modification we made was an extra fire extinguisher and carbon monoxide detector you can never be too safe in case one is not working having one on hand the exercises a good idea yeah we also did a video all about fire safety with Chief Chris Mullane from the Leonard Fire Company and we were gonna put a link to that video here one other suggestion he had is that the fire extinguisher that was installed at the factory was a little bit too high he suggested that we put it a little bit lower so our older all this daughter could breach it so we put that one and we put a new one we put them both at a lower bridge so in case of an emergency she knows how to use it all right in the last inside modification that we're going to talk about is the screen door crossbar that we added it makes it just easier to open and close the door of the RV especially from the inside it was very easy to do yeah very very easy and the kids they're not grabbing the handle that's close to the door and pinching fingers they just grab the bar [Music] all right so now we're gonna move on to the modifications we need to the outside so number one was a bicycle rack yeah we already made a video review of the bicycle rack this one is one of the items that you asked more often about is a strong bird bicycle rack and we like it there are some things that we don't like as well so if you want to know about that go check that video all right the next one is the standard battery box for extra storage you know what that is so most RVs come equipped with one battery however in the front of the RV there's space for an extra battery we don't need one extra battery because we are always camping out with full hookups and we have electricity so what we did is we bought an extra battery box and it was very very inexpensive and yeah then we use it for all the leader tools that we need to open all of your trailer okay number three another item that I don't know is a plastic ammo box or yeah so you don't want to put your nasty sewer tools in the storage area I try to keep them outside of the trailer so we use one of those ammo boxes they're plastic and we use a u-bolt to secure it to the bumper and that way all the little tools that you need to hook up the sewer line the campground they stay outside of the Train extra weights for storage bay okay the next modification was the extra little lights for the store there yeah so often when you are at the campground you need to find a flashlight if you need to look for something in your storage area we install a little light in there and we connected the light to the 12-volt line in the RV that uses a the house power and we don't need to replace the batteries and it's the same kind that comes from factory for the living room and other common areas of the RV Oh storage door magnets on the deterrent area that's another good recipe yeah when you are trying to look for something in your past or storage that door hitting your breath right in the head was a pain in the butt and we put this little magnets and they were very very easy to install and very significant another easy modifications we did was storage for the hitch from the truck to the trailer because you didn't know the hitch is one of the things that get stolen more often from camp runs we made a video about that and I'm gonna put the link right here but we made a little easy way to a store ship even when the trailer is at storage or when we are the camper and we don't want to drive around with the hitch connected to the truck all we did is a receiver that is placed in the front of the trailer and that's another easy modification and that does come in handy because we do want to take the hitch off the truck a lot because then we want to put our base on there so that we can take our bikes around to the towns that we're visiting yeah another modification is the halo view rear view mirror yeah so installing the cameras in bulk in the back of the trailer was one of the best investment I mean because it gives me so much peace of mind to back into a side I am usually the one that is desperate to go to the campground so often I make it to the campground a day before she does that means that often I have to back in with no help or sometimes when you pull into a gas station you need to pack the trailer it can be a little bit stressing when you cannot see behind the trailer so install the camera is not the one that the trailer came wire for because that one was a little bit too expensive so we bought another one that was about half the price and it works really well however we are about to upgrade that one to a newer version we were gonna do a review about it soon that one allows you to look behind the trailer also look on the sides of the trailer and also at extra can an extra camera to the back of the truck our truck doesn't come equipped with a rear view camera so that's coming soon next one is the cargo rack bike rack yeah we have an extra way to carry bikes you can check that on that video was referring to earlier but is just another way to to move bicycles with your trailer we install this one because back when Arlo was little the bicycle the gear bicycle had his little seat in the back and it was way too heavy to put it in the front bicycle rack so this was a good option to install that bicycle mount in the cargo rack in the back of the trailer okay our last easy and fun modification we did was the vinyl decals on our door so actually want to add more to it but we are still trying to think of a clever catch for our other door yeah but have fun be creative paint it if you want to this your trailer in our case we cut them with a vinyl bye bye have a good trip say goodbye to our neighbors in our case we we made them ourselves but yeah they're crazier Trainer have fun with it and that's what we have for you today right so we wanted to also do an important announcement for every product that we share with you today we finally open an Amazon affiliates account so what that means is that we get a small commission if you buy anything that we share with you today when you buy from any of the links that we are providing on the description tab it doesn't changes the price doesn't change it doesn't change the price of what you buy for you the price is same but amazon is gonna give us a small commission that way you're helping us you're helping the channel we are helping us create more content for you in order to be approved we do have to set up to sell a certain amount through our affiliates program so if you're thinking of buying any of these things please click on the link and buy it that way sorry we keep saying hi to the neighbors our neighbors are driving by and we have our little sign outside our trailer the phase RVs go so now they don't know we've actually got a lot of people coming up to us saying that they're at this came from because they saw our reviews they're going to another campground a big one it's Buttonwood a lot of people tell us that they were going to button went because of our reviews if you go to the campground because there's something you specifically saw on our site please let them know it helps our relationship with campground owners the more we can build our reputation and credibility the more we can get invites to campgrounds the more reviews we can do you know it just helps us a lot ya know it's not like I hope this video was informative we're doing our best to create some good content while we're at our same site yeah seasonal yeah well we have a couple trips coming up but yeah this one is what we have for you today thank you once again for watching my name is Eli and I'm fawn [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Channel: RV East Coast

Views: 137,383

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Id: y2XdbJgXTcs

Length: 14min 17sec (857 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 21 2020