I started getting ready for the next adventure coming up next weekend. I hadn't got the chance to try out the wind deflector. In fact, I hadn't even messed with it much so I didn't realize that it didn't come close to opening far enough. After some slight panic, I got to looking at it closer and decided to modify it to open farther. If I was at work, I could have got some flat metal, but I had to use what I had on hand. All I had was some 5/16" all thread. I drilled a hole in each of the aluminum pieces, then I cut the all thread to the length I wanted and bent a 90* on each end. Then I slipped each bent end through the holes in the aluminum and double nutted them to be sure that the nuts wouldn't back out. The zip ties and "mechanic's" wire are just to hold everything in a straight line. The extended mirrors work great and I'm easily able to see past the sides of the camper. After I left my garage, I had to get some fuel so I got to go on a little bit longer test drive. The wind deflector worked awesome. I can barely feel the frontal wind drag now. On the way to the gas station, there was maybe a 10 MPH SW wind and I was driving east so it barely affected the truck. After I came out from buying some groceries for camping next weekend there was no wind that I could feel. While I was fueling up the truck, I was thinking how nice of a drive it was going to be going home. I was a little nervous about weakening the aluminum pieces of the deflector by drilling holes in them, but I got to test them out in a big way on the way home. When I came out of the gas station, there was a strong NW wind blowing from the cold front that came through. As I was driving through town, I thought that it was between 20-25 MPH. As I started going south, I thought that the wind was blowing 30 MPH or so. When I started driving west, I thought to myself that the wind HAD to be blowing at least 40 MPH. It was almost dark by this time due to the clouds and the amount of dust that was so thick that it looked like fog. I just kept driving west between 40-45 MPH. At one point, the dust was so thick that I couldn't even see the lines on the road so I slowed down to 30 MPH before I could barely see the white line on the left side of the road. Thankfully, that only lasted for 30 seconds or so. It was a long 20 mile drive home, but I made it with no issues. I now also have no doubts about the strength of my extended braces. Although they're not even close to being pretty, they will hold up for a LONG time.