On collecting our new-to-us 2015 Triton 430 on a rainy day last week, after 20 miles I noticed a blister at the back of the caravan.
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Has anyone else seen this on theirs? It has gone down now (presumably the water has drained away), but is it something that I should get repaired and, if so, how?
Brian.

I have heard recently that some Eribas have got a vinyl wrap on the lower section to create a silver finish. Could yours be one of these? I could be totally wrong as I'm new to these vans. It looks to me that water is getting under the vinyl.

It looks like the rain is channeling down from the waist strip above - so you may have a defective seal near the handle end.

Pete

Thank you both. I purchased it from Leisure First, to whom I have sent the same photos, but I haven't received a response yet. The body is dimpled rather than smooth, so I wouldn't have thought it would lend itself to be wrapped.
Brian.

Brian

I think I saw your van at LF when we visited a couple of weeks ago just before the NEC show and recall them telling me it was vinyl wrapped to give a dimpled finish to match the top half. Previously it would have been smooth metal.

I’d wait till they come back to you - hoping you’ve got some kind of warranty they should repair it. If not, I don’t think the repair is very difficult. Cut the vinyl with a sharp blade like a scalpel in the form of an ‘H’, peel back and use a vinyl adhesive to bond back smoothing carefully as you go. Very gentle heat applied to the area with a hair dryer would help.

Pete

Thank you Pete.

Hi. If you've only just bought it, I'd take it straight back! That's totally unacceptable. It's a total dog's dinner!

b & m do a nice wood effect wrap for interiors also at amazon.
gosh makes wonder if butted up to seal rather than under, there are proper wraps for automotive industry. speak to trading standards citizens advice, wonder what else they done.
who serviced it if keep would get a accredited workshop to inspect for peace of mind

Putting a vinyl wrap on a dimpled finish material must be hard to do well, given the masses of indentations in all sorts of directions.

Or is it a dimpled vinyl that's been put on a smooth van as the sliver of white visible above the waist line doesn't look dimpled. Not sure why anyone would put a dimpled vinyl wrap on a smooth surfaced van though is a mystery and would have me concerned they were covering up paintwork damage.

If the van has smooth metal above the waist and dimpled below then there's definitely something amiss because Bad Waldsee don't make a van with mixed dimpled and smooth finishes.

Another thought. Whilst LF have wrapped some vans in red and blue as cheap copycat versions of Hymer's special editions, as Roger says they're not known for grey vinyl wrapping. I'm wondering if it's a DIY job by a previous owner , maybe inspired by LF's efforts.

LF got back to me and are happy to remove the wrap completely. I share Steamdrivenandy's concerns that putting a vinyl wrap on a dimpled finish would be difficult to do well and I don't want a similar problem occurring somewhere else in the future. I'm very pleased with LF's response to me reporting the issue.