First thing you did when you went full time

Re: First thing you did when you went full time

Reply #50 – December 17, 2016, 11:43:43 pm

"I thought maybe a touch-up would work, like what you did."

What they did was not what I'd call a "touch-up." They masked and completely repainted all the colored portions of the rig (approximately 50% of the surface area). It took nearly three weeks, during which time I had to stay in a B&B in Pasadena. (That added another thousand or so to the overall cost.)

Compared to other US-based RV repainting companies, $7,500 was on the low end of the price spectrum--I got estimates from several places that quoted $20,000 and up--but what the factory did was far from a minor touch-up job. The results of Lazy Daze's repaint job were gorgeous--absolutely as good as new--but I agree with those who say that if your budget is limited, you'd be better off putting that $7,500 toward a more recent coach in better mechanical shape than spending it on a repaint job.

Re: First thing you did when you went full time

Reply #51 – December 18, 2016, 09:16:26 pm

That was far more of a paint job than I realized! The expense of having to pay for a place to stay was something I hadn't thought about and that certainly might be a deterrent for me. I was mainly concerned about being denied access to campsites because of the age of my rig. Since that seems to be an issue isolated to high-end private rv campgrounds and not national parks, blm, etc. I'm not so concerned about painting the rig any longer, otherwise, I would definitely put that money to better use ie. newer rig.

Thank you for the clarification...

Mimi

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