Weather proofing your cap

Id love if some of you cap guru’s could chime in an offer options on how the heck i can create a rain guard for my ARE MX windows. Rains A LOT in ny, especially when i plan a camping trip. I just got my foxwing awning but are there any other options? Need to keep the window open so i don’t suffocate or create a crapload of condensation on the windows

 

Do you have the stock sliding windows? Other than keeping them closed, I can't think of a good way to keep rain out. Does your awning provide any cover from the rain?

 

Yes they’re the stock sliders.
Keeping them closed = soaked
Windows from condensation... i havent installed the awning yet, how-ever, 2 nights ago it poared and the wind was 30+... awning wouldnt have been ripped away!!! I built a little drape set up for now, in hopes it’ll block the water from hitting my blackets/sleeping bag

 

I've done several things to allow me to keep a window open. The best is an awning that I hook into the Yakima track then stake out, either with or without poles to raise it, but I also built a ghetto looking hard "awning" for a trip. I took a piece of Plexiglas that I had laying around, drilled a couple of holes in one side and installed some suction cups then drilled a hole on the opposite side for a bungee cord that I hooked in the fender well to hold it in place. Like I said, ghetto looking, but it worked; after a couple of years it broke around one of the holes so I tossed it. I also used another piece of Plexi to cover the gap between the cab and the shell so I could leave the front shell window open; a couple of suction cups for the shell side and a couple of magnets glued to the Plexi for the cab side and it stayed on even in windy weather.

 

Any pictures???

 

Nah, the Plexiglas eventually broke around one of the holes and I'm pretty sure I tossed it. Picture a square piece of clear Plexi with a couple of suction cups mounted on one side and a hole drilled on the opposite side. Stick the suction cups above the window then attach a bungee to the hole in the Plexi and connect inside the fenderwell. Because I stuck it near the Yakima tracks on top, it curved as it went over the radius of the shell then stuck out maybe a foot. Like I said, not pretty but it stuck out enough to allow me to open the slider. The piece for the front part just covered the gap between the shell and cab so I could open the front slider.

I thought about buying some of that awning track like they use on RVs (example of one style: https://www.sailrite.com/Awning-Track-Aluminum-96) and sewing an awning to slide into it but so far I've been too lazy and I worried about it whistling going down the road. The good thing about the Plexiglas piece was it didn't need to be staked out or anything so it was easier to set up and could be used if I was stopped in a parking lot or something.