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I'm thinking along similar lines in my Mk3. I'm thinking of not having something permanently rigged, but to use shock cord hooked on at all four corners which I can hang at night, so I don't have curtains flapping around in the daytime. Either way it'll be cheap enough to experiment.
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Hadn't thought of magnets or shock cords so gives me a bit more food for thought. Going out for the first night on new years eve (the girlfriend is delighted!) and going with the uber bodge of the car cover. Prob ok for one night in winter but not one for the summer ...
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You can buy very thin bungee type elastic from a ships chandlers.
That should prove to be a workable solution.
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The shockcord will pull the magnets unless they're quite large (tried this on another motor). You can
get rigid curtain/net mounts that consist of an oval tube within a tube(telescopic) with eyelets each end. The mounting pins are plastic / metal pin with double sided sticky tape. Make sure the mounting area is immaculate so the double sided sticky gets a good hold. Make a hem on the top and bottom of the curtains, slide the telescopic rods through and hook them onto the mounting pins. The rods are about 10mm x 5mm, come in various telescopic lengths, can be cut with a hacksaw to suit and are only a couple of quid to buy at most big stores and some DIY shops too. Dead easy to mount / remove.
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Sticky backed Velcro type fastening would work if you want them demountable. We use it in the trailer tent or you can try
curtain J track riveted in place and the same cut in pieces sewn to the curtain to hold them up. We have used this in awnings as well.
So where does this bit go then ?