AF 1150 trim strip fix?
So completely new to the truck camper stuff. We have about a year under our belt now and loving it. Our setup is a 2015 Chevy 3500 dually diesel and AF 1150.
A few months ago I noticed a wavy spot in the diamond plate on the side wall of the basement area on the slide side. Hopefully the pictures explain it better than I can. It appears the diamond plate got pulled down or bumped into something causing it to come down below the trim piece and get stuck outside the trim piece. Aesthetically I could care less. The problem I see is this now has a nice open spot for water, snow, dirt, critters, etc to get in. I would like to get it sealed back up.
I contacted my local dealer and they said it looked like we ran it into something. My wife disagrees with them but I'm thinking we did it. On one of our first couple trips we decided to take the camper off to go explore some places. Not knowing any better we left the slide out put the jacks down and off she came. When it came off the truck it moved toward the slide side due to the weight. My guess is this piece rubbed up against the truck wheel well in the bed of the truck. That motion would pull down and away causing the issue I now have.
Local dealer said to bring it in and they will take a look at it which is great and they have been nothing but good to us through the purchase process. Here's where I start looking for a better option. They want $100 just to take a look at it. I get it that's pretty standard wage for getting stuff worked on but I'm a handy guy and do a lot myself. Plus it's a 2 hour drive to Apache and all the sudden I'm in this for an entire day maybe more to get this fixed.
Sooooo - Would someone be able to tell me how this trim strip is attached before I start reefing on it? It appears from my antics of trying to pull down on the diamond plate piece to get it to slide back under that the trim strip is just shiny plastic.
I'm guessing just pulling that trim strip off and putting a new one is about the only way to go. I've also thought of make two cuts on either side of the bulge and taking just that piece of finish strip of and replace it with something else.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated
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A few months ago I noticed a wavy spot in the diamond plate on the side wall of the basement area on the slide side. Hopefully the pictures explain it better than I can. It appears the diamond plate got pulled down or bumped into something causing it to come down below the trim piece and get stuck outside the trim piece. Aesthetically I could care less. The problem I see is this now has a nice open spot for water, snow, dirt, critters, etc to get in. I would like to get it sealed back up.
I contacted my local dealer and they said it looked like we ran it into something. My wife disagrees with them but I'm thinking we did it. On one of our first couple trips we decided to take the camper off to go explore some places. Not knowing any better we left the slide out put the jacks down and off she came. When it came off the truck it moved toward the slide side due to the weight. My guess is this piece rubbed up against the truck wheel well in the bed of the truck. That motion would pull down and away causing the issue I now have.
Local dealer said to bring it in and they will take a look at it which is great and they have been nothing but good to us through the purchase process. Here's where I start looking for a better option. They want $100 just to take a look at it. I get it that's pretty standard wage for getting stuff worked on but I'm a handy guy and do a lot myself. Plus it's a 2 hour drive to Apache and all the sudden I'm in this for an entire day maybe more to get this fixed.
Sooooo - Would someone be able to tell me how this trim strip is attached before I start reefing on it? It appears from my antics of trying to pull down on the diamond plate piece to get it to slide back under that the trim strip is just shiny plastic.
I'm guessing just pulling that trim strip off and putting a new one is about the only way to go. I've also thought of make two cuts on either side of the bulge and taking just that piece of finish strip of and replace it with something else.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated
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