Should caravan bumpers come away from the main car

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edited July 2020 in Caravans #1

I recently bought a Bailey Discovery D42. The front bumper does not sit flush with the main body and I can get my fingers between them.This means that the rubber seal is at risk of falling off. It has been  suggested that this is normal but I find this hard to believe.

Has anyone any experience of this or suggestions for a cure?

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2020 #2

    Can you explain what you mean by front bumper or, better still, post a pic? 

  • SteveL
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    edited July 2020 #3

    If you mean the plastic add on below the brown / grey decal and unicorn symbol, as on our Mk 2 Cadiz. There was no significant gap.

  • ScreenNameC80D79A2C9
    ScreenNameC80D79A2C9 Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited July 2020 #4

    Not sure what to call it as I am completely new to Caravanning.

    Hopefully photo will be self explanatory.

  • SteveL
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    edited July 2020 #5

    No photo has appeared. It may be that it is too large. Photos need to be less than 500k to be accepted. For my photo above, I used an App called image size, freely available on the AppStore or Google Playstore, to reduce it from 2 MB to 460k. The app has adds unles you pay but they are bearable.

  • lornalou1
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    edited July 2020 #6

    What has the car got to do with the caravan body ?

  • EasyT
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    edited July 2020 #7

    I find it quick enough to view the image and use the Microsoft Snipping tool to copy the image

  • Metheven
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    edited July 2020 #8

    Most would realise this was not deliberate and the 'car' was meant to be 'caravan', but the subject heading has a maximum number for characters and so was truncated.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited July 2020 #9

    I think this might be a brand new owner not conversant with anything to do with caravans, hence not quite sure what to call things. The problem of having to resize photos is possibly causing an issue as well. They might come back, they might not🤷‍♀️

  • ocsid
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    edited July 2020 #10

    Bailey i know used and probably still do a "cosmetic finisher" which is what I am assuming is being described as a "bumper"?

    This plays no part in the watertight integrity of the front end so a gaping gap from that aspect is of no concern.

    They did apply a strip edging to the top of those but again, it was not a water seal, more of a cosmetic feature, plus it prevents the raw cut edge of the "bumper" fretting the van's skin as the two move about in buffeting and heating expansion.

    I remember viewing one that well fits your description, thinking its fitment was a real bodge job, not by design but by sloppy execution.

    I have zero argument against the concept of the "finishers" to simply improve the appearance, hiding the real working sealing, my gripe would be with the awful quality the assembler exercised in fitting them. Sadly, this is IME " par" for this industry.

     

  • ScreenNameC80D79A2C9
    ScreenNameC80D79A2C9 Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited July 2020 #11

    Thank you for your helpful comments . It is the finisher I was talking about and the caravan is going back to the sellers to get it fixed.

    As a complete novice it is really helpful to get advice from seasoned caravanners. Thank you

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