Podmods, Maintenance, Tips and Tricks: Slider Roof Material?

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Slider Roof Material?

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Topic: Slider Roof Material?

Posted By: fonseca179
Subject: Slider Roof Material?
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 8:44am

Hi,

I need to clean the slider roof on my 179 but I am not sure what to use. Does is have a rubber roof or is it a different material?

Thanks,

Mike

Replies:

Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2015 at 3:30pm

It appears to me to be fiberglass. I just used the same stuff I washed the rest of the pod with.

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Posted By: fonseca179
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2015 at 9:12pm

It is definitley not fiberglass on my 179. I think the fiberglass is covered with a rubber or similar material.

Posted By: Budward
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2015 at 6:20am

Yep my 179 slide out is rubber roofed. Don't understand why they didn't use fibreglass like the main roof, seems like that would have been preferable from a maintenance standpoint.

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2014 179
Towed by a 2015 Ford Transit Diesel
Supervised by a German/Aussie mix and a Labradoodle!

Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2015 at 8:27am

The 179 has a different slide than all the other models.. and I note all 179 owners are reporting a rubber roof.. Interesting.

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Posted By: Podster
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2015 at 11:40am

Appears to me to be some kind of vinyl over metal flashing maybe over plywood on the 178?

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Cliff & Raelynn
Ranger 4.0/178
(1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity)