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    Solitude 310-GK repaired!

    After a blown tire and damage to the rig, I received the necessary parts from GD and made the repairs myself (with help from my brother-in-law).

    I ordered an extra panel just in case it happens again, which may be needed since I just put brand new Sailun G637’s on and of course they were manufactured in Vietnam.

    It was an easy job to do and only took a couple of hours.

    Here are a couple of before and after pic’s.

    Damaged sheet metal.

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    New sheet metal.

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    Fender cutout and skirt installed.

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    2020 GMC Denali 3500HD
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    Nice looking repair.
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    Good looking repair. Did you have to replace the sheet metal along the whole side?
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    Quote Originally Posted by traveldawg View Post
    Good looking repair. Did you have to replace the sheet metal along the whole side?
    Hi Larry,

    Unfortunately yes, I just replaced the entire panel since the blowout warped a lot of the metal. What sucked was the shipping cost which I believe was around $355 (to CA)? The panel was only $108 and I bought 2 just in case.

    The new panel was 15’ in length and the replacement length was 13’ 4”. Again, it was pretty easy but you’ll need 2 people as the metal is thin and took some finagling to get it in place.

    Hope that helps.
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    Nice work. Where did you order the panel from?
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    Nice job!
    I was fixing our 310GK-R today. Those tables in the recliners...both lost the shank and wing nut inside the couch arm.
    I flipped the seats over, cut the felt fabric on the back and retrieved the threaded shank and wingnut. Then I put blue loc-tite on the threads and put the wingnut back on and also loc-tite'd the piece it attaches to on top.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BB&LAB View Post
    Nice work. Where did you order the panel from?
    Hi Bruce,

    I ordered directly from my local GD dealership in Santa Rosa, CA. It was easy and took about one month to receive all the parts. The shipping box was nearly 16’ long so I’m glad my brother had a truck with racks!

    Thought I would mention this too… I have a lot of rock chips and was able to order touch up paint as well. Needed all 3 colors and I think it was around $30 a bottle, 4oz.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoppyz06 View Post
    Hi Bruce,

    I ordered directly from my local GD dealership in Santa Rosa, CA. It was easy and took about one month to receive all the parts. The shipping box was nearly 16’ long so I’m glad my brother had a truck with racks!

    Thought I would mention this too… I have a lot of rock chips and was able to order touch up paint as well. Needed all 3 colors and I think it was around $30 a bottle, 4oz.
    Great! Thank you for this.
    Regards, Bruce, Lin An, Kenji & Suki (Our two Akitas)
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    One month ago I had the lower metal skirt and the double cargo storage door replaced due to a slight whoops on my part. I took it to several dealers and repair shops near me and it was going to run me about $1000 in labor and almost $800 for parts w/shipping. No one could work on it until next spring! I decided to call GD and see how backed up their schedule was... to my surprise they had an opening 2 weeks later so the wife and I took that appointment and made a road trip to Indiana. GD has about 8 RV parking spots out front with water & 50 amp electric hook ups and the booked us in for 2 or 3 nights. We took 2 days to go out (645 miles), 1 day for the repair and 2 days back home. GD Customer Service was EXCELLENT to work with and I give them an A+.... Since there was no freight charges for parts the total dollar amount was less than $900. I even forgot to tell them ahead of time that the little plastic tray under the Nautilus system had also cracked so I mentioned it when I was checking out and paying my bill. The service rep made a note of it and 2 weeks later I had that part sent to me at no charge!


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    Quote Originally Posted by IBEW Sparky View Post
    One month ago I had the lower metal skirt and the double cargo storage door replaced due to a slight whoops on my part. I took it to several dealers and repair shops near me and it was going to run me about $1000 in labor and almost $800 for parts w/shipping. No one could work on it until next spring! I decided to call GD and see how backed up their schedule was... to my surprise they had an opening 2 weeks later so the wife and I took that appointment and made a road trip to Indiana. GD has about 8 RV parking spots out front with water & 50 amp electric hook ups and the booked us in for 2 or 3 nights. We took 2 days to go out (645 miles), 1 day for the repair and 2 days back home. GD Customer Service was EXCELLENT to work with and I give them an A+.... Since there was no freight charges for parts the total dollar amount was less than $900. I even forgot to tell them ahead of time that the little plastic tray under the Nautilus system had also cracked so I mentioned it when I was checking out and paying my bill. The service rep made a note of it and 2 weeks later I had that part sent to me at no charge!


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    Glad to hear it all worked out well.
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