Is this normal

[mstell2]

I just noticed I have a ring of rust on the outside lights on my 2011 rockwood 8281ss 5th wheel. Is this normal or do I have a warranty issue?

[papap]

Looks like either a poor paint job or the metal was cut after being paint. Not sur if warranty covers it or not. I would take it down and paint it.

[Mark and Linda]

Sitting here looking at the photos, is this rust? I wonder what type of ring is being used on this light fixture, aluminum or steele, also I wonder why they used this type of screws? It makes it a little hard to change out the bulb unless you have a torex screw driver or bit. Just curious after looking at the photos....

[Fourn3833]

It is the body of the light rusting. Either pull them off and give them a light sand and paint them with a Rust-Oleum Rust Reformer primer that kills rust and finish with a color that matches the rig. These are the same lights used on school buses, they are steel. The paint is available at Home Depot. I repainted the steel under my Georgetowne with this paint and several other projects over the years. It does kill the rust. I would also recommend that you replace ALL the screws with stainless steel. My screws in my lights after a couple of years of use where terrible with rust.

[AVid]

I changed mine out to stainless steel ones.

[Rugged Brown]

My fiver is less than a year old and the outside flood light on one side is also rusting. A shard of paint about 1 sq inch pelled away and it started to rust. i plan to sand it paint it later when I get it out of storage. Never thought to enquire about warranty coverage, but I will.

[mstell2]

Avid where did you get the stainless steel ones at, and how much?

[AVid]

I honestly don't remember exactly where I got them, but ETrailer has them. Here is a link: E Trailer They are so reasonably priced that it was worth it to me to just replace them, rather than sand and repaint.

[dezolen]

My Cardinal lights look exactly the same. Rusty

[Malco]

Originally Posted by Rugged Brown

My fiver is less than a year old and the outside flood light on one side is also rusting. A shard of paint about 1 sq inch pelled away and it started to rust. i plan to sand it paint it later when I get it out of storage. Never thought to enquire about warranty coverage, but I will.

Your just to close to the salt water.

[campdohbrew]

Originally Posted by AVid

I honestly don't remember exactly where I got them, but ETrailer has them. Here is a link: E Trailer They are so reasonably priced that it was worth it to me to just replace them, rather than sand and repaint.

For that price, $10.50, I would replace.