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PilotPodder
Senior Member Joined: 04 May 2016 Location: Portage, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 305 |
Topic: Fiberglass body panel cracking Posted: 24 Mar 2018 at 8:01am |
I don't recall the name of the person my rep mentioned, but it was a local company that does a bunch of their fiberglass work and the guy came in for a day to do the repair. You'd never know there was an issue. The work and color match are that good. Very pleased.
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 24 Mar 2018 at 6:59am |
Did Jimmy look at it? I forget the name of the fiberglass guy, it's been a couple years since I saw him. But he was/is good.
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PilotPodder
Senior Member Joined: 04 May 2016 Location: Portage, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 305 |
Posted: 23 Mar 2018 at 9:22pm |
The person I worked with at FR said that they had never seen it before. I don't doubt that. So I think it is a mystery. My hypothesis is that it was built in Feb 17 when it was very cold and the panel was likely not given enough expansion room. When we were in FL it was sitting in full sun at 88 degrees several days, so with the sun and dark color, I'm sure the surface was well over 100 degrees and the panel had nowhere to expand. Something had to give, so the surface cracked.
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3220 |
Posted: 23 Mar 2018 at 8:55pm |
So . . . . . . . . . . don't keep us in suspense. Did they give any possible reasons as to why this happened or the cause thereof?
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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Leo B
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Posted: 23 Mar 2018 at 7:39pm |
Great to hear that it got taken care of!!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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PilotPodder
Senior Member Joined: 04 May 2016 Location: Portage, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 305 |
Posted: 23 Mar 2018 at 7:29pm |
Quick update. I was able to get the 179 to FR in Goshen IN and they did a fantastic job with the fiberglass repair and color match, besides taking care of a few minor warranty issues. Thanks to Furpod for helping me out in this. Couldn't be happier.
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 25 Feb 2018 at 2:07am |
Definitely some improvements, with mine I think has something to do with age of the car and paint. I've seen Vettes crack if you jack them wrong.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3220 |
Posted: 24 Feb 2018 at 8:52pm |
mcarter. You remind me when i had my '69 vette, did not suffer any cracks like that but the '68 (first year with the mako shark body) were notorious for those around the rear wheels. Fortunately GM did something right as I never experienced that with mine.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 23 Feb 2018 at 1:10pm |
Something has stressed the fiberglass, probably an impact. A good boat shop or a body shop that does a lot of fiberglass work should be able to match the gelcoat for a repair. You might also be able to get some gelcoat or epoxy paint of this color from Forest River if they make the panels in house. GlueGuy is right that matching the color will be your biggest problem.
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Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2629 |
Posted: 23 Feb 2018 at 10:39am |
That is for sure gel coat cracking, and it does look like it was from an impact. I'm going to speculate that it's not a structural issue, but I would keep an eye on it.
Attempting to repair it will be almost impossible to match the color up. |
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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