Finally had a chance to open it all up yesterday. Everything seemed to work fine and my wife liked it, which was the main goal of it all to begin with.
First of all, some of the images are a bit whited out. The camera was accidentally on manual mode for some of the initial shots. They came out good enough that I didn't feel like re-taking the images.
So this is what it looks like all folded up:
Here's a couple images of the unfolding process. It's all very controlled by the person holding the ladder. The only problem I ran into is that the cantilevered base does not want to sit just right on the aluminum support lip... so I had to help it into place just a bit. I'm not sure how I can remedy that.
After it's unfolded, the two angled supports need to be elongated to fill out the tent. Pretty simple process, climb in, loosen two knobs, push pole out, tighten knobs.
This is the lip I was talking about before. Just a bit annoying that they don't line up properly, but I am not really concerned. This gives you an idea how tight the tent is to the roof.
So here it is fully deployed:
My wife took a few pictures of the interior while I looked on. She said the mattress was more comfortable than the one at the bed and breakfast last weekend, so I think that's quite a positive thing.
Opening the sunroof/starroof really helped vent out the hot air.
I guess I'm done for now. The only additional thing I think I want to add is a ladder leash that would be built into the tent itself. The way it is currently could be a real trip hazard at night.
I can't wait to take out for a try. I've got a few more projects to finish up, then I think we'll try it out mid-late Aug.
(got set of bent running boards I'll trade you for it 
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