Diamond Plate Success!

We picked up the RPod yesterday after repairs being completed.  It's been 3 weeks, but worth the wait.  If you read my earlier post from last week, we had an incident on our trip to Michigan last September.  Threw a rock at 65 mph and put it right through the front fiberglass wall of our RPod, in addition to a destroying the rear passenger-side truck tire.

After researching repair options, I concluded that attempting to repair the fiberglass would most likely be disappointing at best and probably never be "good as new."  Carol had the brilliant idea of diamond plate! Not only would it cover the damage but it would also help prevent a future, similar occurrence. Quite honestly, Forest River should be installing this stuff at the factory. That thin, little fiberglass wall is quite vulnerable and totally inadequate - as we proved.

We found that we could order a roll of the diamond plate online for a DIY solution for about $100.  I questioned how satisfactory a DIY job would actually be. I'm pretty handy, but I wanted this to be a genuine "fix" and not just some stop-gap attempt to cover the hole. I called around and found an RV dealer not far from us who agreed this sounded like a good solution that they could do the job. Estimated cost was about $500.

The result exceeded our expectations!  A completely professional installation and it honestly looks like it came this way from the factory. The service guy said, "not another RPod on the road with a diamond plate front!" Not only is it a satisfactory repair, it added some nice sporty bling to our little camper!  Looks amazing!  Thank you, Open Road RV in White, Georgia.

RPod 181G with diamond plate facelift!

Now that the repair is complete, it's time to start cleaning up the pod and getting it ready for sale. Since we anticipate delivery of our new Rockwood 2604 in late June or early July, it'd be nice if we could have the RPod sold by then so we don't face the issue of two travel trailers and only one storage spot.