Camping World makes a corner protector for the slide-out on an RV that would work.

On Wed Jul 27th, 2011 12:10 PM CDT Jake de Villiers wrote:

>You could make a nice bumper oo the point with polyurethane caulk - hard to
>match the colour but makes a nice springy, rubbery coating.
>
>On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
>camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Yep, pretty much. I guess I'll wrap some Gorilla-brand duct tape over the
>> pointy bit, though I'd prefer to use something designed for the job.
>>
>> On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 09:17 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>>
>> Ah.  Too thick?
>>
>>  On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
>> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Well, I finally did hie me to my FLAPS and found that they had nothing
>> that would fit the lower, outer corner of the door underside -- the pointy
>> bit that can scratch nearby cars -- because it's not a simple edge that
>> u-profile edging can snap over (at least on my '84, other years may be
>> different).
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 10:37 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>>
>>    Hie thee to your FLAPS for some door edge guard - comes in colours
>> too!  ;)
>>
>>
>> http://www.google.ca/search?q=door+edge+guard&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
>> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> When I was getting into the van in a parking lot yesterday, the door
>> swung wider than it should have and briefly touched the side of the car
>> parked next to me. As I climbed in, my weight drew the tip of the van
>> door downward, leaving a comma-shaped scrape in the paint of his gas cap
>> door.
>>
>> The guy who owned the car wasn't bothered, it had plenty of scrapes on
>> it. But if it had been a shiny new expensive luxury sedan I might have
>> been in doo-doo.
>>
>> The bottom edge of the door on my van is just painted metal. I wish it
>> didn't want to swing wide so easily -- other cars I've owned had
>> "detents" where the door could be parked in a partially-open position. I
>> often am using both hands to pull myself up into the seat so I can't
>> hold the door at the same time.
>>
>>  Is there some kind of pre-fabbed rubber or vinyl trim strip that can be
>> applied there to reduce the scratch potential?
>>
>> -- RJS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jake
>>
>> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
>> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>>
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>
>> www.thebassspa.com
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jake
>>
>> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
>> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>>
>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>
>> www.thebassspa.com
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>
>>
>
>
>--
>Jake
>
>1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
>1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>
>Crescent Beach, BC
>
>www.thebassspa.com
>www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27