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    Posted: 02 Oct 2017 at 8:19pm
New to this, but recall reading that the slight bulge at the bottom left at entry is normal to allow condensation to evaporate. It does seem that a continuing expansion suggest that may not have been true, although the surround is just attached at the punch-pin type things. Would love to hear of a fix if needed. Or maybe live with it or replace with something better....
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Took my pod to Tom’s Camperland in Mesa, AZ and they added a piece of trim also like Dirt Road Warrior.  Seems to have fixed problem but we will see what 110 degree temps do to it next summer.  
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Maybe send them a link to the forum thread where a few of us mention this?
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My email request to FR:   Purchased our 179 this past March and love it. I'm an RPOD-Owners Forum member and just started seeing posts about shower wall deformation and responses that attribute it to heat. Sure enough, I checked mine yesterday with 90 degrees here in Carolina and saw very wavy shower walls and the edge of one buckling out enough I could see under it. I checked this morning with 70 degrees and walls had gone back to almost normal...still a little waviness. I have some concerns about the long term impacts to the caulking between the 2 panels and uneven expansion. And to the adhesive method under the panels. You will soon be getting more inquiries about this since I understand the 179 (and other models?) are now using a new, different shower material. Has there been any discussion/resolution about this?

Their reply:  Good Afternoon Mark,
I do apologize that you are experiencing these issues, but we have not had complaints about this issue. I ran your vin number and it looks like this unit was manufactured in February of this year, we have not made any changes to the R-Pod shower surrounds since your unit was manufactured. 

Not much of an answer...my reply:  Thanks for the response.  I realize you haven’t made changes since February but the shower surrounds are different from before then.  Any thoughts on the problem?

 Their response:   As I stated we have not been presented with this issue before your email to us. So I am not sure what could be causing  the issue. You could always take the unit into a service center or dealership and see if they can diagnose what might be causing the issue. 
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Thanks, I've read about removing the sink, but I'm not sure I'd want to risk messing up whatever is behind it. I've only used the shower twice because we've stayed at state parks or Forest Service campgrounds that have showers. I'll use them for now or shower outside if we ever go dispersed camping. 
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Prior to FR changing to this new shower wall, they offered a sink delete kit which essentially patched the hole after you remove the sink. I called FR to ask for the kit and they said they didn't (couldn't?) offer a kit for the newer material. Others here have removed the sink and said it made a huge difference!
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My dealer (Tom's Camperland in Surprise AZ) fixed the single panel problem by adding a bit of trim on the edge nearest the door. That trim is stiff and screwed down and caulked. It's seemed to hold up so far this summer and the three sided panel goes flat when I take the camper up near Flagstaff and the weather is cooler. I agree the material is probably not the right stuff for anywhere where it gets hot, but I doubt Forest River will change it out. 

I just wish I could turn around in there while I shower without bumping into the sink, walls or opening the curtain. But that's my problem for being kind of wide and I could have bought the 180 for the bigger bathroom. But wifey wanted the big kitchen and she's little so the shower is fine for her.
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Seems like this post ought to be moved the warranty section of the forum.....,
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Just sent the FR RPOD service person an email about this.  I will call them if I don't get a satisfactory response.
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I confirmed that I have the same issue.  Checked the shower late afternoon yesterday with 95 degree heat.  Wavy walls plus the piece directly to the left had an edge bowing out that I could see under.  I checked it this morning with 70 degrees and the walls were almost flat again.  I could still feel a little waviness.  What concerns me is the long term impacts to where the one caulked corner is and to what is under the paneling attempting to hold it in place.  Will the caulk separate/crack due to uneven expansion of the 2 panels?  Will the adhesive give out under the panels?  I don't guess anyone has contacted FR yet.  Seems like the ultimate solution would be to replace the whole shower with something that doesn't expand.  If you start "nailing" it down in the middle, something has to give and will move the expansion to another location.
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