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NOTE: When placing your order, be sure to subtract 1.5 inches from the total inside captocap measurement when specifying "Fabric Width to be cut to" on the Tough Top Awnings order form.

Our favorite type of DIY RV project is one that's both surprisingly manageable and also saves a lot of money. Slide topper replacement fits that description to a T by being much easier to accomplish than one might expect, while costing as little as 1/2 to 1/3 the price of having it done at an RV shop. If you thought that replacing your slide toppers was out of your league as a DIY RVer, watch this first and you just might change your mind!

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Here's our entire playlist of awning & slide topper videos:
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After videoing the installation of the first topper (which takes a lot more time of course), we completed the remaining ones in just 2530 minutes each. Even though it may look as though we've done this before, this video shows the very first time we've ever worked on a Carefree of Colorado slide topper. It was really that easy to figure out, so this project just might be easier that you thought (we know a lot of people are afraid of "The Spring!"). The spring tension was noticeably less than on A&E toppers (which still aren't that strong) and wasn't intimidating at all.

If you have a different Carefree of Colorado topper than the SOK II models that we're replacing today (or if you simply want to see the "official" instructions for replacing the toppers), you can view all of Carefree's replacement instructions here:

http://www.carefreeofcolorado.com/car...

We purchased our first slide topper replacement fabric two years ago from Tough Top Awnings. When we opened the box, it was immediately obvious that it was superior to the original fabric (doublestitched, very tight weave and noticeably thicker) and less expensive than OEM replacement material.

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The piano music is my own performance of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag from 1899.

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