Manufacturer
Gulf Stream Repair For Lake Forest Owners
What we see on Gulf Stream units
Patterns specific to how this manufacturer builds, rather than generic RV advice.
Screw line corrosion on stick and tin Innsbruck and Kingsport walls
Aluminum sheet fastened through a wood stud with steel screws sets up a slow galvanic reaction wherever the sealant washer has aged out. The visible symptom is a line of small dark blooms marching down the sidewall at stud spacing, and by then the wood behind those screws is usually damp. Replacing the screws alone repeats the failure. We open the wall at the worst run, evaluate the studs, and refasten with isolated hardware and fresh butyl at every penetration.
Two tone break line matching on Vintage Cruiser panels
The retro look depends on a crisp painted break between two colours running the length of the trailer, often with a rolled trim strip on the line. After a side impact the panel gets replaced but the break rarely lands exactly where the old one did, and the eye catches a two millimetre step from thirty feet away. Doing this properly means striking the line off the original trim datum on the undamaged half of the trailer, not off the new panel edge, and shooting both colours in one session so the break stays sharp.
Entry step frame rust on Conquest and BT Cruiser
The step assembly on these hangs off a bracket welded to the chassis outrigger and sits directly in the spray path of the front wheel. Coastal Orange County air plus the salt that comes back on a coach from a beach trip attacks that bracket first. Owners report a step that has started to rock. What is actually happening is the outrigger weld is corroding through, and welding a new bracket to compromised parent metal fails again quickly, so the outrigger section gets cut back to sound steel before anything is added.
Mixed skin repair on Envision and Streamlite
Gulf Stream ran laminated and non laminated products side by side, and mid production changes were common. A Streamlite from one year is bonded and from another year is screwed. Ordering a bonded repair panel for a screwed wall wastes the part and the week it took to arrive. We verify by probing the wall at a removed marker light or a window flange rather than trusting the brochure, because the brochure describes the model, not the individual unit in the bay.
Models we take in
| Model | Type |
|---|---|
| Innsbruck | Travel Trailers |
| Kingsport | Travel Trailers |
| Ameri-Lite | Travel Trailers |
| Vintage Cruiser | Travel Trailers |
| Envision | Travel Trailers |
| Streamlite | Travel Trailers |
| Geo | Travel Trailers |
| Sedona | Standard Fifth Wheels |
| Trailmaster | Standard Fifth Wheels |
| Gulf Breeze | Standard Fifth Wheels |
| BT Cruiser | Class C Motorhomes |
| Conquest | Class C Motorhomes |
| Capri | Travel Trailers |
| Matrix | Toy Hauler Fifth Wheels |
Work commonly done on these
Service
RV Collision Repair
Impact damage repair on motorhomes, trailers and vans, from documented teardown through structural rebuild, panel replacement and refinish.
Service
RV Fiberglass Repair
Laminate rebuild for cracked, punctured or spidered fiberglass on caps, sidewalls and compartment doors, followed by fairing and refinish.
Service
Delamination Repair
Rebonding of separated sidewall and roof skins by injection or open repair, including core replacement where the substrate has failed.
Service
Full RV Paint and Refinish
Complete exterior refinish of a coach or commercial body, from substrate preparation through primer, color and clear in a single continuous pass.
Service
Roof Repair and Replacement
Membrane, fiberglass and aluminum roof repair, resealing, recoating and full replacement, including decking repair and every rooftop penetration.
Service
Water Intrusion and Leak Repair
Leak source tracing, moisture mapping, controlled water testing, and structural rebuild of framing, decking and panels that water has reached.
Service
RV Body Panel Repair
Repair and replacement of exterior panels, compartment doors, skirts, moldings and trim on RVs, trailers and commercial bodies.
Service
Slide Out Repair
Diagnosis and repair of slide room drive systems, controllers, motors, rails and structure, across the four mechanisms in common service.
Gulf Stream builds we cover: Travel Trailers, Standard Fifth Wheels, Toy Hauler Fifth Wheels, Class C Motorhomes.
OCRV Center is an independent collision, paint and body repair facility in Yorba Linda, California. We are not an authorized dealer for, and we are not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by, any recreational vehicle, chassis, bus or trailer manufacturer. Manufacturer names, model names and logos are the property of their respective owners and appear on this site only to identify the vehicles we repair. Every repair is performed at our shop.
Bring it to the shop from Lake Forest
Collision, paint, fiberglass, roof, slide and systems work, all performed at the Yorba Linda facility. Tell us the vehicle and what happened and we will schedule intake.