VINYL TRIM
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Topic: VINYL TRIM
Posted By: hogone
Subject: VINYL TRIM
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 6:49am
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just purchased 100 ft of vinyl trim. mine is all cracked. i read on a previous post how someone installed but it kept coming out. i cut a 1 ft piece to practice with and it would not stay in the track. it's the right size (1 inch). finally realized that it's to be installed upside down as it comes off the roll (if that makes sense). also the trim that i purchased (camco product) the bubble trim (it is narrower) that forms is not as large as the stock trim. i guess i am assuming that will be ok as long as the trim stays in and the track is covered. hope this all makes sense. any thoughts? hogone ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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Posted By: Sleepless
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 8:34am
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The trim that I installed in past trailers and motor homes fit tightly in the channels. Compare a flatten piece of the old with the new, just to be sure they are both 1" wide. I doubt if you have a problem with the new. Bob ------------- 2014 R-Pod 178 (OUR POD) 2009 Chevrolet Avalanche |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 8:43am
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They are definately the same size(1 inch)and does fit tightly in the groove. It's just the rounded finished part that sticks up is not as large. Hard to explain exactly what I mean. Maybe it's because it's new and stiff and will expand when it gets softer in the sun. ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: Sleepless
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 9:21am
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Sounds good to me. As long as it is raised in the center, as yours is, it is pressing against the inside of the channels properly. Usually this friction fit will hold it in place, but sometimes it tends to creep in the channel. My pod is in storage so I can't check it, but if yours had a screw at each end, or was doubled up at the ends, or has metal end pieces and a screw at each end, I would use that same method on the new. I believe I read somewhere that a person applied an adhesive to the ends. Newly installed, the vinyl my contract or expand slightly when it becomes acclimated to the channel and the weather. Give it a few days before fastening the ends. Bob ------------- 2014 R-Pod 178 (OUR POD) 2009 Chevrolet Avalanche |
Posted By: retiredtraveler
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 4:05pm
As someone who is reading various posts thinking about getting a pod, I have to ask. How does the trim all crack on a pod that is a 2013? (or is the year of the pod, shown in your signature, incorrect?). ------------- Looking hard at a pod 2006 Jayco 1206 (pup) with slideout, shower,solar 2005 Nissan Xterra (probably going to new Nissan Frontier) Into hard-core hiking and biking |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 8:48pm
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No signs of damage on mine.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2013 at 6:32am
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2013 pod is correct. no idea as to why the trim cracked. and i don't mean just a little stretch either. both sides and i would say 90% of it. mine does sit outside and i do not cover it, so i guess maybe just weather??!! at least it's an easy fix. hogone ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: Sleepless
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2013 at 8:09am
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Forest River must have had a bad batch of trim when yours was produced. I lived in NW Indiana and had no problems with my newer RVs setting outside 12 months of the year. I do remember replacing the vinyl trim strips on one older Winnebago MH and one pup, but those were due to age. You would think the strips used now are better and would have a longer life. Bob ------------- 2014 R-Pod 178 (OUR POD) 2009 Chevrolet Avalanche |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2013 at 8:32am
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I'm just chalking it up to a bad batch, oh well, no biggy. ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2013 at 7:16am
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job complete, easy fix; definitely was easier to install once the pod was in the sun, made the vinyl much more flexible!! ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |