Enclosed Trailer Re-skin vs Wrap

[seth25]

Bought a nice older featherlight enclosed 5 place trailer. Trailer is very nice with the exception of awful graphics down the side that are faded and cracked. Trying to weight the options of completely reskinning vs putting on a solid color wrap. Trailer is currently black. I would replace the black panels or do a solid black wrap and add 2' of diamond plate on the bottom.

Rough pricing is aprox $1500 for reskinning vs $1k for wrap and diamond plate.

Got the trailer very cheap, so spending $ on making the exterior nice is worth it. Inside is set up nicely and the size is perfect.

Anyone have experience with either?


Thanks

 

[Bacon]

Reskinning looks to be the way to go. $500 more but with a wrap you will still have the old faded skin underneath.

 

[LoudHandle]

I have a hard time believing your re-skin quote. Unless they are re-skinning over the existing rather than replacing it (the right way to do it). Which will likely look worse than it does now.

This it how to do it correctly; The wall panels fit into a track top and bottom. The wall panels are glued not riveted so there are no waves in them like the cheaper riveted trailers. They charged me more than that to replace one panel on my FeatherLite twenty years ago. As the outside skin is glued to the structure which is glued to the inside skin. Essentially you will be separating the roof structure from the frame and replacing all the glued panels and re-riveting them top and bottom.

If they just re-skin over the existing then you will have a wavy black trailer that looks like it was already in a wreck no matter how shiny it is, it will still look like he!!.

That is my opinion! For what it is worth.

 

[seth25]

Both prices are just for materials. I would be installing both methods. The panels are riveted on using solid rivets. They may be glued as well, be they are definitely riveted.

 

[LoudHandle]

Both prices are just for materials. I would be installing both methods. The panels are riveted on using solid rivets. They may be glued as well, be they are definitely riveted.

If there are rivets in the vertical joints the trailer is pre-mid-nintey's. All the newer ones are glued panels and only riveted top and bottom. Which leaves a nearly flat surface, other than the thickness of the skin over lap.

 

[seth25]

Correct. The trailer is a 94.

 

[Matte Murder]

seth I would wrap it. I think you would be opening a HUGE can of worms trying to "re-skin" it. Take some time and come up with a nice graphic design too. I wanted to wrap my 24' FLite and the bid was over $5000. So you are def saving some money doing it yourself.

 

[seth25]

Going to do a solid matte black wrap. Diamond plate trim on the bottom.

 

[trackvs2wheels]

Where the pictures at?????

 

[rkaminky]

Where the pictures at?????

x2 I think that's gonna look real good.

 

[seth25]

Patience my friends... Want to get a finished product first.

 

[trackvs2wheels]

Is this the final pic???

 

[seth25]

No, not the final pic. As I said, patience my friends...