Cracked front camper skin - Replace?
On my 1999 Fleetwood Caribou model 11M camper, the fiberglass front skin/shroud has cracked from the bottom/back edge, under the cab-over, all the way into the front window opening. Since that nose sh...
Forum Discussion
Good recommendations, both of which I have looked into.
I took it to a local fiberglass shop and they told me that patching material as thin as it is, less than 1/8", wouldn't hold, that it would probably crack again. I considered using 5200, but fear that it would show big time?
Had an RV shop suggest the aluminum deck plating method. Like that idea, but decided I would go with smooth aluminum sheeting instead since it comes in 48" wide x 96" long sheets, which is sufficient to cover the entire nose section, joint to joint and side to side, with a single sheet, and then paint it to match the rest of the camper. That should look like original skin.
I took it to a local fiberglass shop and they told me that patching material as thin as it is, less than 1/8", wouldn't hold, that it would probably crack again. I considered using 5200, but fear that it would show big time?
Had an RV shop suggest the aluminum deck plating method. Like that idea, but decided I would go with smooth aluminum sheeting instead since it comes in 48" wide x 96" long sheets, which is sufficient to cover the entire nose section, joint to joint and side to side, with a single sheet, and then paint it to match the rest of the camper. That should look like original skin.
