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LarryH 10-03-2012 01:22 PM

Bumper Cover Replacement
 
I need a good used or new bumper cover for my 1997 Classic 26RD. Will appreciate any ideas regarding where I might find one. Thank you

RCREYES 10-03-2012 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LarryH (Post 15826)
I need a good used or new bumper cover for my 1997 Classic 26RD. Will appreciate any ideas regarding where I might find one. Thank you

If you are talking about the covers that plug each end of the bumper where the sewer hose is stored, they are available just about anywhere. They are a standard size. Camping World or any RV parts place should have them.

LarryH 10-04-2012 04:02 PM

Bumper cover
 
Thanks for your reply. This is the grey colored fiberglass cover for the whole bumper and the storage area.

JackandJanet 10-04-2012 04:37 PM

I don't know that you'll be able to find that except maybe through J&R. It could be made up rather easily though by a sheet metal shop. The only thing that might be hard would be to match the color. I think you'd have to settle for "close" with paint.

- Jack

Papa 10-04-2012 08:09 PM

Replacement
 
Just a thought. I had a friend that crushed one of the fiberglass fender guards on his travel trialer. He could not find a replacement so he took the one on the other side of the trailer off and used it as a mold to make a new one out of fiber glass.
If you knew someone that had the same model Hi Lo you maybe could use his as a mold to make yourself one.
Just a tip I thought I'd pass along.
God BLess
Papa

sam 10-04-2012 10:23 PM

Getting a bumper cover.
 
Larry H,where are you located? Perhaps another HiLo owner lives near you. I was thinking about boat shops and how they repair fiberglass. What happened to yours?

JackandJanet 10-04-2012 11:44 PM

Sorry for my earlier post Larry - I completely missed that you said the cover was made of fiberglass on your trailer. It's a metal flap on mine, mounted with a long piano hinge.

Could you make or have one made of aluminum instead of fiberglass?

- Jack

RichR 10-08-2012 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JackandJanet (Post 15845)
Sorry for my earlier post Larry - I completely missed that you said the cover was made of fiberglass on your trailer. It's a metal flap on mine, mounted with a long piano hinge.

Could you make or have one made of aluminum instead of fiberglass?

- Jack

Jack, I think he is referring to the fiberglass that covers the whole bumper like the material that now covers car bumpers.

JackandJanet 10-08-2012 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RichR (Post 15894)
Jack, I think he is referring to the fiberglass that covers the whole bumper like the material that now covers car bumpers.

Thanks, Rich. I guess the design changed more than I thought. The current design certainly seems more practical to me.

- Jack

LarryH 10-16-2012 12:08 PM

Thanks to all of you for your ideas. I believe I will copy what may have been Jack and Janet's idea of doing away with the fiberglass cover, painting the bumper black, then manufacturing a metal cover for the bumper that uses the long piano hiinge.


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