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1994 U300 repair recommendation in central Florida

Hi All,

My neighbor has just returned from his latest trip with new battle scars. Required repairs are almost all fiberglass work plus new headlight, docking light, fog light, all on passenger side. Damage appears limited to lower right side portion of the front cap. There is about 24" of front cap to body separation beginning in the right side wheel well.  He's already spoken with Camping World and "Brian's ", an RV repair facility on rt. 27 about 5 miles south of rt. 60.  Wondering if our forum members have any other recommendations or cautions regarding competent repair facilities in central Florida.  Please respond directly to Dick Hoezel at the following email  address    "  Maggiesden29@aol.com  "  or post on the forum and I'll see that Dick gets your message.

Thanks to all - as usual :-)

Jon
Jon Harris
1995 U300 Unihome
Cat 3176
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Re: 1994 U300 repair recommendation in central Florida

Reply #1 –
Don't know anything about those places,but there are a few horror stories about work done at camping worlds.I think I would
seriously consider going to NAC to get that type of work done.
96 U270 BUILD 4810
85 380SL
Drummonds TN.

Re: 1994 U300 repair recommendation in central Florida

Reply #2 –
Camping World locations generally aren't qualified body shops.  Great for buying potty chem, hoses, etc., but not a place I would take any coach for any form of service.  Not sure I would go to a generic "RV service" shop for fiberglass work, either.

Parliament comes to mind as a Foretravel-familiar shop.  There are also a couple of body shops listed on http://rvservicereviews.com/StateList.asp?state=FL
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

Re: 1994 U300 repair recommendation in central Florida

Reply #3 –
....drive by this place every time I go see Gary & Sandy O... Creative Coach Collision Repair and Design Center in Lakeland, FL is an... ...they do amazing paint & body work....drove by the other day & there were about 6 beautiful (finished) coaches out front....they are always busy.  It is right off of I-4 at exit 38 (Polk City exit)....just north of the freeway.

Re: 1994 U300 repair recommendation in central Florida

Reply #4 –
From personal experience.....I cannot recommend using Camping World for any shop work....
'02 40' U320t  4010WTFS Build 6036 1 slide
Motorcade # 17841
SKP 151920
Retired truck driver
 5 million miler
Still have itchy feet for travel

Re: 1994 U300 repair recommendation in central Florida

Reply #5 –
Jon- I sent a message to Dick and recommended Bryan's because I have several neighbors here in Lake Ashton that had fiberglass repair and painting done there post accidents with beautiful results
Ed
Ed Pan, M.D.
2002 U320 40'

Re: 1994 U300 repair recommendation in central Florida

Reply #6 –
Sounds like a great opportunity to do a headlight upgrade as the lower front cap is replaced. 
"Not so  long ago we were a nation of risk takers, riding five million pounds of  thrust straight into space."  Joe Gresh
Chuck Pearson
1996 U295
2018 Can Am X3 TurboRS

Re: 1994 U300 repair recommendation in central Florida

Reply #7 –
Quote from: Chuck Pearson –
Sounds like a great opportunity to do a headlight upgrade as the lower front cap is replaced.
Do they do headlight upgrades on Grand Villas? Anybody have pictures of Grand Villas that have had headlight upgrades?
91 GV U300 Unihome 40' Build 3811
6V92TA Detroit