Corrimal Silhouette camper

Hi Drover

Dont have a pioneer but do have a goldstream that has been towed everywhere, we also have the foam padding on the front and over time it has been cut a little bit but not torn to shreads, just small cuts from stones ect. I dont think it stops the rebound effect very much but we have two gas bottles and a jerry can on the front so most stones hit these and not the front of the camper anyway.
Our rear window protection is core flute plastic that we got from an old supermarket display and it has two bloody big red bloodshot eyes on it but as we cant see over the top of the camper anyway rear vision is not an issue for us, i would recommend the rear window protection as i belive ours has saved the window at least once.

hope this helps
pmacks

Hi Drover
I've got the 3.9 off road model with quite a few nicks in the protection foam guard. I also have a nice big ding in the back of the patrol from a stone that kicked up - so I would suggest you go with a stone guard.

By the way how does yours cope with the dust. I was out the weekend before Easter and spent a few hours cleaning the dust out. A lot seems to come in thru the fridge vent. I am tempted to just close them up when travelling but I had better speak to somebody who knows before doing that!

I also lost the handle which lifts the roof but found an old table so I cut off the legs and now have something that is much better because it has the two arms - even the wife can lift the roof now.

Cheers
Fredl

Depends on where you go and what tyres on the truck,we took our corrimal 440 offroad magnum through innaminka ,bore track etc.Had brand new goodyear MTRs on the patrol these threw stones unbelievably,cut the padding to pieces punched holes through the front aluminium sheeting of the van,split the battery box on the draw bar, destroyed the 6 inch pvc tube carrying the poles that was mounted to the draw bar,rocks bounced of the van back onto the roof of the patrol even rolling down the windscreen when driving forward.Had the windows of patrol protected with coreflute,lots of dents in coreflute but windows undamaged,rear doors peppered with dents etc.I now have replaced the front padding with custom fabricated aluminium chequerplate this works a treat about $600 to have made and fitted.
Stone Shield yep a good idea.

We have done a number of trips on bush tracks (Birdsville, Innamincka, Tibooburra etc) and we have a stone guard fitted. I would say that it is worth its weight in gold. There is no damage to the padding because stones hit the mesh guard first. It is slanted forwards at quite a steep angle and consequently throws the stones downwards. There is no stone damage to the back of the Patrol, but I did manage to bust a taillight when reversing because the stone guard potrudes quite a bit. Also the guard makes it a bit more difficult to open and close the front bed (no big deal). We do have stone damage along the sides of the van however. I am considering bigger mudflaps on the Patrol which has had a 2 inch lift.

We only had dust come in once and it was through the lower fridge vent. I now cover it from outside with plastic sheet and duct tape. (Leave the top vent uncovered). We also noticed on early trips that we got some dust in around the rear where the lid clamps down. If you watch when you are folding it down the dust seal can flip up where it touches the vertical guide. We now make sure that the dust seal is straight and we also tighten the overcentre locks twice. This ensures that a good seal is made.

By the way we have done about 15000 KM in 12 months and only just figured out how to lock the beds with those pins that dangle on straps!

Kings