My wife has had hip pain after sleeping on the bottom bed, so we threw on
one of the 2"+ memory foams and that has solved her problem (I hope). When
time comes I plan on re-upholstering the bottom and top with this stuff and
maybe a layer of regular foam.

As for curtains, someone posted pictures of their van where they had
replaced the curtains and added a fabric that's often used for oven mitts
and ironing boards that reflects radiant heat and insulates. I think it's
called Insul-Bright and is available at some quilting stores and online. I'm
planning on using it to do just this as it's time to replace those old worn
curtains in my van too. My only worry is this stuff will be too thick with
an added piece of fabric (for appearance) to store open properly.

The cheapest I've found it online:

http://www.thebestkeptsecret.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi?cart_id=455661.8538
.s0&product=batting_1&productid=insulbright&sales=0&lastmenu=

Ryan
'82 Camper Van 'Beethoven'

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Loren Busch
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Improving stock curtains/matress toppers

RE: Mattress toppers
I and several others on the WetWesties list have the 2 1/2" toppers from
Costco.  Works great, little back problem especially compared to stock.  And
not a problem to store, folds in half and perfect fit behind the rear seat.