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I clipped the back end of my Elddis Evante pulling out of a petrol garage, when forced to turn immediate. Very annoyed as I am usually very careful. The damage was to dent about 4 feet of my bottom awning rail, clipped off my rear nearside light, and damaged the bodywork around the light fitting about an area the size of my fist.

The light cover requires replacement, but the lights all work fine. The awning rail can be corrected with a bit of patience and a screwdriver, but the bodywork requires some effort. I am reluctant to pay to have it done as I can turn my hand to most repairs. The rear panel that houses the light fitting is formed to take the light and, as such is not flat but moulded. It looks like fibre glass and I am thinking of a GRP repair.

Can anybody give me any advice/tips before I start. This site is excellent for advice and you are all so helpful.

Regards and thanks in anticipation  

Geoff

Hi Geoff , could you post a picture of the damage on here or email it to me at
bobanoba86 at hotmail.com  note change the     at     for the correct symbol and no spaces .

atb

Wizard

Thank you both. I have to get to my storage to take photos, but am hoping to do that next week. The damage does not (I think) warrant removing the panel so it looks like the chopped glass in a tin option may be the best. I will post a couple of pics next week. Metz, where is the best place to get the chopped glass fibre in a can?

Thank again for the advice. I may need some more before finishing this one.

Regards

this may help on repairs,found on the net.

http://www.rochdale-owners-club.co.uk/technical.htm

The easy way is to stick a vent/etc over it if its in a suitable place

I had 2 sets of triangles on the back of one caravan after the step ladders fell against it

My friend dented one caravan on the dealers forecourt before he had paid for it and the dealer fitted an external shower over the hole(never ever used!)

GB /makers stickers etc can be used

Hi Geoff no pictures have come thro with your email .

atb

Wizard

Hi Geoff i've just loaded your pics to my site , see members temp pics . You can click on them and click copy , then paste them on here .

atb

Wizard

Hi Geoff , the rawplug things that hold the light fitting are normally a rubber tube with a nut molded in the end , as you do the screw up the rubber expands and grips in the hole .
If the fitting has been ripped out you could try glueing the rubbers in place on the body with araldite or try increasing the diameter of the rubber tube by sticking some thin strips of rubber to the tube .

Looking at your pics , unless your pretty handy with fibre glass i would use car body filler , you could then fill , smooth and spray .
If the filler was to fall out , you could then do a fibre glass repair , but if you do a fibre glass repair first and don't get it spot on it could look a bit of a mess and would be difficult to put right .

Hope this helps . Do ask as many questions as you like .

atb

Wizard

Just copied the link from your members temp pics site. Hope this gets the other picture. Added the text for others after the picture.

You need to copy the picture on my site , not the link .
Try this .

atb

Wizard