Accidentally drilled holes through the exterior wall of my Jayflight

[Hollander Mutthaulers]

Yup, done it too. : ) Once intentionally to re-mount propane regulator.

I filled the holes with OSI Quad and a 1/4" X 3/4" stainless sheet metal screw and washer. Seems to work fine. Check it a couple times a year.

[ARMYG]

The holes are small, buy a vinyl sign to cover the holes. 3m makes several products to fill the holes, sand and also put vinyl sticker over the holes. You could also thread it a put a stainless steel fastener in each hole and it would look like it belongs there

[mcdanger]

Assuming your unit is fiberglass if it was me looking for an invisible repair to fiberglass I woulld use a boat fiberglass repair company.
I've had deep scratches in hulls of boats that they repaired and the repairs have been invisible. They usually work with gel-coat but are equally skilled
at fiberglass work. I wish you could use my guy...he is a true artisan. As an alternative I would consider 4 pop rivets and paint them your outside color
or mount a light fiture with the rivets so it would appear you have a light there. They have 1/4" pop-rivets in aluminum and stainless and hand rivet guns
that can handle 1/4" rivets. Harbour Freight cheapy or Northern Tools or order on line. I wish I had never drilled through something like that....but alas I have
also been a victim of me. Good Luck!

[wducat]

Or, you could simply finish the job and use the holes to mount the TV, and then seal up the bolts on the outside 😄

[easevado]

There is a marine sealant that Are use for just about anything on Boat. It’s called 5200 made by 3M. Once it seals it’s not coming off make sure it’s where you want it clean up any mess before dries. I promise you that will take care of any problems from water getting in on the outside. As far as inside you have to do whatever looks good

[ARMYG]

Lots of good advice, how about a white solid grommet

[Hnyctfam]

Lots of good discussion.....only one that matters - what ever you do - Do NOT take it to Camping World and pay 1500 bux to get them to fix it! Have a nice day cause guaranteed you won't if you take it there......

[gypsmjim]

Originally Posted by Hnyctfam

Lots of good discussion.....only one that matters - what ever you do - Do NOT take it to Camping World and pay 1500 bux to get them to fix it! Have a nice day cause guaranteed you won't if you take it there......

I have only one question - How do they stay in business?

[Bayoutalker]

Originally Posted by gypsmjim

I have only one question - How do they stay in business?

Mostly first time RV'ers and those that don't know better.

[Hnyctfam]

Originally Posted by gypsmjim

I have only one question - How do they stay in business?

You're not the only one who wonders that.....lol. The fact that they are sooo huge, that people buy en-masse and don't care so much about quality, buy it cheap for a year or so then get rid of it.....kinda the same way Bayliner boats stay in business I guess. Of course, now that Jayco has sold out to Thor, I suppose they will be about like a ForestRiver before long.....makes me sad

[Bayoutalker]

Originally Posted by Hnyctfam

You're not the only one who wonders that.....lol. The fact that they are sooo huge, that people buy en-masse and don't care so much about quality, buy it cheap for a year or so then get rid of it.....kinda the same way Bayliner boats stay in business I guess. Of course, now that Jayco has sold out to Thor, I suppose they will be about like a ForestRiver before long.....makes me sad

I've owned 2 other Thor products in the past and they were very good and so was the customer service. In fact much better than my current 2017Jayco.

[Hnyctfam]

I think 2017 was Thors first year owning Jayco.....but hey, even a blind squirrel gets a nut....what do I know. I have a 2016 and I love it and have had 0 issues. I have read many on this forum talk about how the quality has seriously degraded after Thor bought them, and how the older models are better. Personally, I can only speak to mine. I had 2 Forest Rivers before my Jayco - both of my previous ones were very poor in quality and workmanship in comparison. My local Camping World dealership the salesmen knew squat about campers and I was happy to drive an hour and half to the Jayco dealer; your story is different. Cool. Makes the world go round. Not about to sit here and argue with ya.

[Bayoutalker]

No argument here. A lot has changed with different brands after the last crash. Some went belly up, some sold and some closed down. Both of my Thors were pre-crash and the one newer one I know about had some issues. Thor dropped a lot of models and didn't have one that fit my needs so I went back to Jayco since I had one several years ago that I really liked. The one I currently own hasn't had a lot of issues thankfully but each time it has taken a long time and several phone calls to get the parts. The material used in the cabinets is not very good and even a little moisture is enough to make it bubble. Just not as nice as my prior one.

I guess what it all boils down to is we must throw out the past history of all of them and start over. Only time will tell how each takes care of quality and their customers.

[gypsmjim]

Originally Posted by Hnyctfam

You're not the only one who wonders that.....lol. The fact that they are sooo huge, that people buy en-masse and don't care so much about quality, buy it cheap for a year or so then get rid of it.....kinda the same way Bayliner boats stay in business I guess. Of course, now that Jayco has sold out to Thor, I suppose they will be about like a ForestRiver before long.....makes me sad

I don't know about Thor or ForestRiver, but Bayliner isn't in that mix.

Back in the 1980's Bayliner came out with an inferior product with hopes that it would capture the market with a low price point. Actually they were just as servicable as anyone back then. They made the price with one-size-fits-all, no options and kinda blah aesthetics and performance. The people that bought them were clueless about boat ownership, and only bought them because they were cheap. The old rotten junk Bayliners you see today are largely due to poor maintenance.

But, times have changed. Brunswick has turned Bayliner into a high quality entry level boat that anyone would be proud to own.

[Bayoutalker]

Originally Posted by gypsmjim

I don't know about Thor or ForestRiver, but Bayliner isn't in that mix.



Back in the 1980's Bayliner came out with an inferior product with hopes that it would capture the market with a low price point. Actually they were just as servicable as anyone back then. They made the price with one-size-fits-all, no options and kinda blah aesthetics and performance. The people that bought them were clueless about boat ownership, and only bought them because they were cheap. The old rotten junk Bayliners you see today are largely due to poor maintenance.



But, times have changed. Brunswick has turned Bayliner into a high quality entry level boat that anyone would be proud to own.

The early Bayliners were cheap built and cheap price. What really sold them was 10 year financing and low payments. First time owners were the target market and it worked for 3-4 years until they learned that their boats were under powered and dealers didn't want to fix the many problems they had. When they tried to trade them in they were so far upside down that it was impossible to get rid of them without pulling money out of the bank. That cost the boating industry several years of poor sales due to many customers moving on to other hobbies since boating was a bad investment in their eyes.

[rhermsen]

No price is low enough for me to let camping world touch my camper