I have a proud owner of an 06 Phoenix and have had health problems,so I put it up for sale on consignment.
Sold it in December but in the pre-inspection they found both sides separated from the roof at the drip rail back allowing water to penetrate the coach. I would be interested in knowing if anyone else has had this problem and what you have had done to try and fix the problem.
I have been told this has occurred on other 06-07 coaches. Please respond ,thank you
John
jdvan551@gmail.com
Sadly a common occurrence those years. Best to call Xtreme paint and graphix in Nacogdoches. They can give you lots of background on issue. They have fixed quite a few
Tim Fiedler
Gen-Pro.biz
630 240-9139
Did they figure out WHAT caused it? BTW, here's one for you, Tim:
Wow! Rally neat vessel - wont hijack thread - but would love to know more about the trawler and where that picture was taken
And yes, Foretravel and Xtreme know the cause - poor design of the sealing of the lamination of the sidewalls in various openings (slide out for instance) water could sit on the top of the sidewall joint and since it was not correctly sealed it would infiltrate downward via gravity over time and delaminate the side in those ares. Many have been repaired - some for many many thousands of dollars. the prevention is pretty simple if caught before there is de-lamination, seal those openings, inspect and maintain those sealed areas, there should never be an issue. Design changed after a year or two of this approach - not sure with what build number.
Rance at Xtreme can explain the issue better than I, he can also do a pre-purchase look at any coach that is in the area for problems - the two that I observed were a quick outside check by Rance looking for visible issues - so far I have not heard of any $$$ charge for the service. But he would likely have caught the de-lamination in one of those checks.
During the factory tour I was told the roof sheets were ordered 1/4" less wide than needed & they went ahead & used them. Keeping the edges sealed will prevent any problems but then who does this on a regular basis? That's when I walked away from the 2007 we were considering. 2006 & 2007 had this short roof.