I'm glad we went with the AluCab roof conversion, but to be honest I hardly used the 270 degree awning - too much trouble for too little gain. It was only worth putty up for shade or shelter. Also, in campgrounds, I often felt very exposed standing out the back of the vehicle cooking - not much privacy. I had looked at the AluCab tent walls but they are heavy, space-occupying and expensive. Plus I couldn't see myself wrangling them on my own. But then I came across Shady Gear on one of Mr Buckaroonie's videos. This guy knowns his camping equipment. He demonstrated the Shady Gear walls on his camper trailer, These walls are just stretches of aluminium-based material with Velcro lining along the long edge, and eyelet holes along all edges. I put my awning out and did some measuring, and figured that two of the 5.2m walls would wrap around the awning from the passenger door to the right rear spare tyre. But first, I needed two AluCab tent poles, to stabilise the three corners of the awning (seriously, why can't AluCab just include them in the awning - it costs a bomb already!). As it happened, Ironman was quitting their AluCab partnership (AluCab are going to set up in Oz), so lots of the accessories were going cheap. I got lucky and snagged the last pair at a big discount of $45. Lucky me! It was a bit of a gamble - would it work and was I will to spend $650 to find out? Yep, I was! So...two Shady 5.6m gear walls cost me $600 with shipping. They are very light and each one comes in a large ziplock plastic bag which probably won't last the distance to be honest, but I am now planning to tie them with Velcro straps ($10 pair) from Bunnings. They will live in the centre corridor of the cutout when I'm driving. They provide privacy and let the air through, and are rain resistant (note they are NOT fire resistant). Shady Gear is an Australian company and the quality is excellent. This has made camping a much better experience. Here's a walkthrough and some other views...
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