Decals are peeling off the Raptor

It is crappy decals. I had to remove the decals on the front, rear, and driver side due to fade, cracking, and peeling. I still have the passenger side still on as they still look new because of no sun on them. I work at Coca -Cola and my semi decals were put on ten years ago and still look new and are not taken care of as well as I do with my trailer. Seems like decals on trailers are just as good as the tires they install, China junk.

Does this problem exist on other brands. As mentioned, many companies use the same supplier in Indiana? I had a 2006 Montana that was starting to do the same thing. I bought the unit used and had no control of the past. Clay (used as a filler) fades the graphics. I found a product that brightened the graphics and made them look new and shiny. I can't remember the name of the product, I have some left but not close to the rv. I sold the 2006 and made money on the deal because it looked like new. The shrinking leaves the sticky residue. I removed it with lighter fluid. It worked for me. Good luck my friend.

Must be different people replying from Keystone since some get them replaced and some don't.

What I don't get is that decals on cars & trucks never fade or peel and most of us abuse them throughout the life of the vehicle, yet most of us try and take extra care with our RV's and we have problems.

This is a very interesting thread. There has been a lot said on here about decals. When we bought our first fifth wheel it was one model year old but never titled. The decal on the nose was peeling when we looked at it in November, the dealer ordered and replaced the decal before we picked it up the next April. Two years later we decided to "upgrade" from the Mountaineer to a Montana. At the time we traded the Mountaineer in, the front decal was just starting to peel again.

The Montana logo on the nose of the "new" trailer was beginning to peel as well (and it's NEW), in fact that dealer ordered a new decal and we took the trailer back in a couple of weeks later and had the bad decal replaced. It's one year later now and so far we have no peeling! I hope we don't have an issue, time will tell.

I wish an expert installer could chime in and tell all of us what exactly is going on with these decals. Is it in the application or prep? Or is it the quality of the graphics themselves, or the conditions in which these decals are subjected to.

Why is it some decals NEVER peel? We park our trailer in a secured storage lot with a bunch of other RVs, motor homes fifth wheels and travel trailers, some old, some REALLY old and some fairly new. Some are faded and some are peeling, all different manufactures. I just don't get it!

BTW, I started using 303 on the decals on the Mountaineer religiously after reading about it here on this forum, especially on that front decal. The sides were just fine but the big one on the nose did beginning to peel. Bummer :-( I'm using it on the Montana as well.

Dan

Splashers3 wrote:
I won't need to be reminded to NOT buy a keystone RV - EVER!

I would kind of appear that those with the higher end RVs got new decals sent to them being out of warranty.

Well not much credibility in your reply, maybe you could share your experience with Keystone,and add some merit to your reply, bashing is helping no one.

It appears that higher end RVs got new decals, and you know this how ???? , from this thread ????

I won't need to be reminded to NOT buy a keystone RV - EVER!

I would kind of appear that those with the higher end RVs got new decals sent to them being out of warranty.

My in-laws also had the decals peel from their Keystone Cougar. They were also denied replacements after their warranty.

up2nogood wrote:

milo wrote:

WhitehouseLV wrote:
Keystone had shipped some people (that were out of warranty) new decals. You just have to remove the old ones & install the new ones :)

Not So

I emailed Keystone about my faded & peeling decals. This is my email.

To Whom It May Concern;
We own a 2007 294RLS Cougar Travel Trailer. We enjoy the trailer very much & plan on keeping for the foreseeable future. The front Cougar decal is badly faded & peeling off. There's also a couple of street side decals peeling. My question is, will Keystone show some good customer relations and replace the decals that are faded & peeling. Also recommendations on how to keep the others from peeling. The trailer is very well taken care of, detailed twice a year and cleaned good after every trip.

This was their reply ...
Unfortunately we are not offering goodwill replacements on any Cougar decals. However, you may have any Keystone dealer order what you need from our parts department.
"No mention of How To Take Care Of The Decals"

This was my response to their email ...

Thank you for your response.
No problem. I'll just make a sign, stand it up against the trailer stating how Keystone's lack of customer service is .. in replacing a couple of decals. Your product does not stand up through time and you're not willing to make it right. This will be the last Keystone product I spend my hard earned money on and I'll make sure through different RV forums that allot of other RV'ers know about how poor your customer service is. They can decide if they wish to do business with you. An excellence company stands behind their product.

Haven't heard a word from them.

Maybe not so in your case, but just the opposite in my case, not only once ,but twice, once for just the front graphics ,and all the graphics the second time, when other graphics started getting bad. Yes it was three years out of warranty. Could not have asked for better customer service.

Probably telling them about the sign did not do much to help you in your cause. I too will repeat my experience with Keystone on the forums, relating the excellent customer service that I experienced with Keystone, and they can decide if they want to do business with them.

We tried to order replacements for our 2006 3400RL from Keystone. Response: "No longer available".

We don't consider that good customer service at all.

milo wrote:

WhitehouseLV wrote:
Keystone had shipped some people (that were out of warranty) new decals. You just have to remove the old ones & install the new ones :)

Not So

I emailed Keystone about my faded & peeling decals. This is my email.

To Whom It May Concern;
We own a 2007 294RLS Cougar Travel Trailer. We enjoy the trailer very much & plan on keeping for the foreseeable future. The front Cougar decal is badly faded & peeling off. There's also a couple of street side decals peeling. My question is, will Keystone show some good customer relations and replace the decals that are faded & peeling. Also recommendations on how to keep the others from peeling. The trailer is very well taken care of, detailed twice a year and cleaned good after every trip.

This was their reply ...
Unfortunately we are not offering goodwill replacements on any Cougar decals. However, you may have any Keystone dealer order what you need from our parts department.
"No mention of How To Take Care Of The Decals"

This was my response to their email ...

Thank you for your response.
No problem. I'll just make a sign, stand it up against the trailer stating how Keystone's lack of customer service is .. in replacing a couple of decals. Your product does not stand up through time and you're not willing to make it right. This will be the last Keystone product I spend my hard earned money on and I'll make sure through different RV forums that allot of other RV'ers know about how poor your customer service is. They can decide if they wish to do business with you. An excellence company stands behind their product.

Haven't heard a word from them.

Maybe not so in your case, but just the opposite in my case, not only once ,but twice, once for just the front graphics ,and all the graphics the second time, when other graphics started getting bad. Yes it was three years out of warranty. Could not have asked for better customer service.

Probably telling them about the sign did not do much to help you in your cause. I too will repeat my experience with Keystone on the forums, relating the excellent customer service that I experienced with Keystone, and they can decide if they want to do business with them.