Lyrikz
kirkland
Senior Member
Joined: 04/18/2011
View Profile
 Offline
|
i feel like im updating this just for myself. lol.
Underside is painted, insulation installed, everything back in and in working condition. Today i FINALLY got my new front piece. What they did was they upgraded it from filon to metal. They made it two pieces.. That will be kinda nice...
Installing it today. So pics to come.
|
nayther
Burbank, CA
Senior Member
Joined: 03/21/2005
View Profile
|
anxious to see the pics and the results of the first water test!
DIRT BIKES RULE
'12 Duramax CC short bed
'06 3005 Rage'n Falcon
|
Lyrikz
kirkland
Senior Member
Joined: 04/18/2011
View Profile
Offline
|
nayther wrote:anxious to see the pics and the results of the first water test!
Well, here is a picture. Still have to install the sticker, install some caulking and shes ready to go...
They updated from the filon front to aluminum two piece. I dont care, as long as it works.
|
Lyrikz
kirkland
Senior Member
Joined: 04/18/2011
View Profile
Offline
|
As for the water test, ahaha it leaked for a FULL YEAR before i noticed anything, so thats reallly hard to say.
Here are the rest of the pics. The wife washed it today so the sides are all nice and pretty now also. i SUUUUCCCCKK at laying down caulk. I really liked how the pro rv caulk worked though.
As for stickers, i have done a few tint jobs and big stickers before. This is an art form. I love watching people do stuff like this who have never done it.. HUGE learning curve. The factory puts the sticker above the line or below the line. I decided i wanted to cut the sticker in two pieces and do it in the middle.. way harder but looks WAYYY Better.
Wife warming the sticker back up.
Finished product. NO bubbles. nothing. Wraps around the lip and back under.. Love it. Best part of the whole job was right here.
* This post was
last
edited 08/01/12 07:58pm by an administrator/moderator *
View edit history
|
TxTiger
North Texas
Senior Member
Joined: 08/01/2011
View Profile
Offline
|
Congrats on getting it back together. It really looks great. Hope you came out ok on the insurance vrs your cost. This has been quite a project but you took a bad situation "by the horns" and resolved it. Very nice job.
2000 F250, 7.3 PSD, 6 speed manual, CC, SB
KZ 27TH Toy Hauler, 5,700 lb dry weight/8,000 lb GVW.
2010 Triumph Tiger 1050
2012 Triumph America
2009 Suzuki DRZ 400sm
|
|
|
Lyrikz
kirkland
Senior Member
Joined: 04/18/2011
View Profile
Offline
|
TxTiger wrote:Congrats on getting it back together. It really looks great. Hope you came out ok on the insurance vrs your cost. This has been quite a project but you took a bad situation "by the horns" and resolved it. Very nice job.
I came out phenomenal. I spent roughly 500 on supplies, they wrote me a check for 138000
|
Lyrikz
kirkland
Senior Member
Joined: 04/18/2011
View Profile
Offline
|
Lyrikz wrote:TxTiger wrote:Congrats on getting it back together. It really looks great. Hope you came out ok on the insurance vrs your cost. This has been quite a project but you took a bad situation "by the horns" and resolved it. Very nice job.
I came out phenomenal. I spent roughly 500 on supplies, they wrote me a check for 138000
And the front pieces were given to me by forest river when i showed them the damage. SO that helped also.
|
dedmiston
Valencia
Moderator
Joined: 01/26/2004
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
|
$138k? That's one heck of a policy!
Or maybe one too many zeros.
2004.5 Dodge 2500 Diesel • 2005 Weekend Warrior FS2600 • Hooligan #3
Toys:
- 05 Yamaha WR450
- 07 Honda CRF250X
- 05 Honda CRF230
- 06 Honda CRF230
- 06 Yamaha TT-R90E
The Edmistons - Our Gallery
Never forget 9-11-01 Check out our blogs @ blog.rv.net
|
Lyrikz
kirkland
Senior Member
Joined: 04/18/2011
View Profile
Offline
|
dedmiston wrote:$138k? That's one heck of a policy!
Or maybe one too many zeros.
HAHAHA wow. ya. 13800. Sorry..
That was for all the underneath.. The front stuff i found later while i was doing the underside...
It looks good and we are dying to use it. So we are literaly driving 30 miles to a friends house and camping in their front yard for the weekend.. What bums. lol
|
Trucker_18a
Chamblee, Georgia
New Member
Joined: 09/04/2010
View Profile
Offline
|
All materials are available from a big box, just take a small sample.
If you are good with a miter saw, create access doors, because as I found out myself in restoring a Pathmaker, manufacturers don't template them in, and when it comes to plumbing, access is everything, however, most is in the walls and if done properly, hidden access doors increase the resale value due to Inspections, by a Dealer.
I had to even fabricate an access under the shower faucet to replace the stems. Looks 'factory' to me...
|
|
|
