Roadtrek Play Upgrades (Part 3)

 Upgrade Posts List:

Part 1 
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

In Part 3 we include:

• Under Bed Storage Access
• LED Headlights
• Rear Door Spare Tire Mount
  
  
  

Under Bed Storage Access

This upgrade has been a game changer!  
The Play has a large, open storage area under the passenger side bed. It's great....except that in order to access it, you need to lift the bed frame lid....including the mattress. That's a lot of weight to hold up while reaching into the storage compartment. After accessing it a few times (and having bruised arms to show for it) we decided to see if there was an alternative. 

Our solution was to remove the partition between the rear door small storage area and the large under bed area. The red line in the pic below shows where a partition was located. We used a jigsaw to remove the partition, thus opening up the entire space. 
It took us about 3 hours....mainly removing all of the screws that were holding the hinged top of the bed so we could access the partition that we needed to remove.

In order to access the entire space from the rear door, we added two metal carts with wheels. They can be pulled out for easy access to stored items. 

LED Headlights

We didn't have our Play very long before deciding that we couldn't tolerate the dim and yellowed headlights. We looked at LED bulbs, but most required making an adaptor our of gasket material or gluing the bulbs in place. 
We instead decided to order the OpenGlass Ram Promaster LED Kit. A 3D printed ceramic bulb holder and high and low beam bulbs are are included. This kit was worth every cent. The installation instructions were clear and the video helped guide us through.
The difference is amazing and well worth the extra money for the OpenGlass Kit. 

Rear Door Spare Tire Mount

We are in the mindset that while we will likely rely on AAA or other roadside assistance to change a tire, we don't want to sit waiting on a busy highway while a service truck tries to find a tire (and rim if damaged). We looked at the under-vehicle kits available to store a spare under the Promaster, but were turned off after reading reports of the cable snapping and bouncing the spare along under the chassis....destroying water lines, propane and more.
After researching, we decided on the Landed Gear Right Rear Door Mount. We wondered about how easy it would be to open the rear door with the spare in place, but Landed Gear's video relieved our concerns. 
It arrived and once we got over the frightening aspect of drilling holes in our new Play, we had it installed in a little over an hour. The kit included a template and a door hinge limiter strap. We purchased an OEM tire and rim and we're in business. 

Upgrade Posts List:

Part 1 
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5