Jon S.

(Sorry for the late reply, I thought I'd get an email notification of any responses and didn't see these until now.) @WanderlustAV The platforms have worked out well -- I built two, each of them is a 55" x 24" piece of 1/2" plywood, with a 2"x2" that runs the full 55" length on each side of the plywood. When not in use I keep them stacked on top of each other right in front of the built-in platform, and secured with a ratchet strap just to make sure they don't fly around if we had an incident. I'm now in the process of removing the running boards -- got the passenger side off, but I'm trying to decide what do with the driver side and the power inlet -- need to figure out where that will get rerouted. There is a LOT of plastic exterior molding on my 2012 compared to the later models (at least based on what I can see from googling images of the N6), and the molding that extends around the front wheel wells down to the running boards is in awful shape. I can see why they ditched it. Thanks to you and @rvivian for the seat cover suggestions -- I'll check them out.

Hi everyone, I'm the owner of a 2012 N6 Active with the pop top. Had it since 2016, when we took it on a cross country trip from NC to CA and visited a bunch of national parks over several weeks. I've enjoyed reading about your upgrades and seeing your observations of the "quirkiness" of this vehicle (observations which I wholeheartedly share). The only changes I've made were to build a wooden platform that I could slide out to extend the sleeping area in the pop top so that my boys could sleep up there -- mine didn't come with any sort of sleeping platform aside from the 3' or so of shelf above the third row. Back in 2016 I exchanged a few emails with a gentleman at RoadTrek who confirmed that no manual was ever created for these vehicles. And I can't remember where I got this info, but I distinctly remember reading that only about 80 of these vehicles were ever sold. As someone else in this thread noted, the seating upholstery is just awful -- my front and 2nd row seats are just a mess of peeling and shredded vinyl. Anyone have a lead on a full seat covers that would fit the 2nd row seats and accommodate the integrated seat belt?