RV repair
RV Repair Serving Lake Forest, CA
An RV is a building bolted to a chassis, and the two halves fail in completely different ways. The chassis behaves like a truck. The house behaves like a small structure that spends its life being shaken, heated and rained on, and almost every expensive repair on a coach traces back to that second half rather than the first.
That split is why general auto body shops struggle with this work even when the technicians are good. A bonded sandwich sidewall does not dent and pull like a steel quarter panel; it separates at the adhesive line, and the visible damage is frequently the smallest part of what moved. Reading how far a bond has let go, and knowing whether a panel can be re-bonded or has to be sectioned, is specific experience that car work never builds.
The other constraint is physical. A forty foot Class A needs a bay tall enough to open the roof, a frame rack rated for the weight and a paint booth long enough to shoot the body in one pass. Shooting a coach in sections leaves banding you will notice in raking afternoon light for as long as you own it. Those are facility problems before they are skill problems, and they are the main reason owners from Lake Forest drive north rather than working with a shop closer to home.
Types we take in
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Class A Gas Motorhomes
Front-engine flat-front coaches on Ford F-53 rails, where cap cracking, sidewall delamination and windshield leaks dominate the repair list.
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Class A Diesel Pushers
Rear-engine air ride coaches with full painted bodies, where refinish quality, bay door alignment and structural squareness set the repair standard.
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Class B Camper Vans
Factory camper vans on Sprinter, Transit and ProMaster bodies where roof cap seams, poptops and tight-quarter interiors drive the work.
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Class C Motorhomes
Cutaway chassis coaches with a retained truck cab and a cabover bunk, where the cab-to-house joint is the defining repair problem.
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Super C Motorhomes
Medium duty truck chassis coaches with commercial cabs and heavy house structures, repaired to commercial standards rather than recreational ones.
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Bus Conversions and Skoolies
Converted coaches and school buses where monocoque body structure, window delete plating and roof raises define the repair approach.
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Vintage and Classic RVs
Pre-1990 coaches where original parts no longer exist, so panels, trim and structure are fabricated rather than ordered.
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Standard Fifth Wheels
Mainstream gooseneck RVs where front cap cracking, upper deck flex and slide room alignment make up the bulk of repair volume.
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Travel Trailers
Conventional ball-hitch towables where laminated sidewall delamination, roof seam leaks and frame flex account for most of the work.
The work involved
Impact damage repair on motorhomes, trailers and vans, from documented teardown through structural rebuild, panel replacement and refinish.
Complete exterior refinish of a coach or commercial body, from substrate preparation through primer, color and clear in a single continuous pass.
Laminate rebuild for cracked, punctured or spidered fiberglass on caps, sidewalls and compartment doors, followed by fairing and refinish.
Membrane, fiberglass and aluminum roof repair, resealing, recoating and full replacement, including decking repair and every rooftop penetration.
Diagnosis and repair of slide room drive systems, controllers, motors, rails and structure, across the four mechanisms in common service.
Leak source tracing, moisture mapping, controlled water testing, and structural rebuild of framing, decking and panels that water has reached.
Fault isolation and repair across 12-volt and 120-volt circuits, load centers, transfer switches, converters, grounds and branch wiring.
Complete teardown and rebuild of an RV living space, sequenced in reverse of how the coach was originally assembled and weighed against cargo capacity.
Interval based preventive service covering seals, propane, running gear, slides, appliances, generator hours and seasonal storage preparation.
What this work usually runs
| Work | Range | Labor |
|---|---|---|
| RV collision repair | $1,000 to $150,000 and up | 5 to 800 hours and up |
| Full paint refinish | $5,000 to $35,000 and up | 40 to 250 hours |
| Roof membrane replacement | $3,500 to $18,000 and up | 20 to 80 hours |
| Slide out mechanism service | $500 to $8,500 and up | 3 to 35 hours |
| Water damage and subfloor replacement | $750 to $15,000 and up | 4 to 60 hours |
Planning ranges. All posted rates.
Questions owners ask
What kinds of RV do you take?
How long does RV repair take?
Do you handle the insurance side?
Where do I bring it from Lake Forest?
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.