Starting our RV life at the end of 2020, we made some highly recommended tweaks to improve our overall experience.
- Rear view camera – since Geo Pros are pre-wired for a backup camera, installing one was one of the first addons to improve safety. We installed a Furrion system since the Geo Pro mount is Furrion. Some dealers offer a rear view camera standard or as an incentive. Ours didn’t come with one so to make the installation easy, I installed a standard Furrion 5 system. Took 10mins with no drilling or additional wiring. The amount of extra wire in the Furrion base was longer than needed. So I fed all but ~8″ into the wall instead of cutting it shorter. We plan on adding two Furrion side cameras since we prefer not to use side mirror extensions. So far the rear view camera is working well wirelessly, viewable on the 5″ monitor setup on the dash.
- Painted trailer tongue – painting the black trailer tongue where the ball hitch attaches was one of the best tips we saw on YouTube. Painting the ball hitch receiver light grey makes it easy to see on the Tacoma’s backup camera when hooking up. The light color can be “blown out” in camera view under bright sunlight, but still useful. The Tacoma’s backup camera is slightly off-center on the tailgate so the ‘centerpoint’ crosshair is slightly off to the left.
- Dinette molding – the cabinet corner next to the dinette is already showing wear from the few times we’ve scooted out, rubbing against the wall (see photo). So we added oak molding stained to match the interior to the corners.
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| Worn corner from us sliding into the dinette | Solution: oak molding glued to corner |
After taking a few trips and seeing mods other GeoPro owners have done. We made a few more changes to make living in our G19RD more comfortable.
Bed Extension (click for full description)
The east-west full size bed is fine for us but a north-south modification makes it easier to get up without crawling over. Plus it adds extra room for Bodhi, our terrier-poodle, who sleeps next to us.
Dinette Table (click for full description)
The dinette table that comes in the G19RD is relatively huge. It doubles as the bed platform so is wide and long enough to covert the dinette into a queen size bed. Unfortunately, it makes getting in & out of the dinette cumbersome, having to shift the table to the opposite side to slide in.
We installed a Lagun table arm that swings the table top in different positions. Plus we can use different table top sizes to open up the dinette area. We’ll keep the stock table for trips where we need the extra bed. But for most of our trips, we’ll use the small table.
