Looked at a 2011 Coromal 662 yesterday with the possibility of buying it.
I had read somewhere about them having delamination issues. Well this van inside is in perfect condition, so wife was very happy .
On checking the outside the first thing I did was push on the wall, it bobbled about a little. On the other side of the van it was like a trampoline. I was disappointed. On inspecting the roof it looked like sand dunes. Amazed there was no water leaks. The van has been under cover (unused) for 3 years.
On discussing this with the owners, (elderly) they were not aware of the delamination. So to help them out I offered to see where, and if possible, they could get the roof replaced and the walls repaired.
So has anyone on here had to have that done or know of anyone who does this successfully and does a quality job??
I will talk to Apollo Caravans tomorrow.
We are Mid North Coast NSW.
Cheers, Chris.
-- Edited by The Travelling Dillberries on Sunday 15th of March 2020 11:20:03 AM
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Chris & Sharyn.
Tea Gardens. NSW.
2015 VW Touareg V6 Air suspension, 2012 Jayco Sterling 21.
Have had exactly this issue with a 2005 Coromal Capri some four years ago. Went to several reputable repairers in Vic. and all quoted the same prices to repair. $7000 per side. Hardings manager in Vic suggested that we do the repair ourselves as they would be loathe do it as we would see no external improvement for the money outlaid.
We did this job ourselves and it comprised about about 95 hours total labour with absolutely no experience as to what to expect when we started. Total cost went to $773 dollars. This work extended to a lot of remedial repairs involving wireing very poorly done, cutout for one window and the toilet cassette door also very shoddy and in the case of the cassette door a rebuild of the frame due to water damage from rain leakage. The window required a remake of a badly cut corner where the window overlapped the cutout by a bare 1mm. Also whilst we were at it we inlaid a steel lintel above the door opening to stop the movement in the short panels fitted above the door. A major part of the labour was cleaning the silicon from the inside of the cladding and from the frame of the van before we rebonded each panel with Sikaflex pro. (one of the major cost was this adhesive,we used heaps) This job took 17 days overall but nothing was difficult to do.We needed three sets of hands to refit the longest panel as they are very flimsy all done by family members.
The end result is a very much stronger and far more water proof van.
