For now we wanted to share the problem we found this weekend. Where the pop top meets the van top (front passenger side) we pulled back the fabric cover (looking for the culprit of a squeak, thought something might be rubbing up there) and found that they used plywood in the pop top mounting, and water had gotten in and soaked the plywood, rusted and corroded the screws, and began to mold. They also used a TON of screws in that corner compared to the other corners--looks like they knew there was a problem (and "solved" it by making swiss cheese of the van top!).
We have spent SO MUCH time and money on this project, that we are really more than bummed about these developments. Adam already had to go back down to Sportsmobile once, to have them do a "quick fix" on the warped top (which they admitted was a problem since they started having their tops manufactured out of the country!). This cost us time and money. Now, another problem.
Sportsmobile has great ideas, but we have found their execution to be much less than satisfactory.
Here are pictures of the latest problem:
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| Mold, rust, corrosion, wet wood, tons of screws.... |
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| A "good" corner for comparison |
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