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02-10-2017, 09:40 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Placerville, California
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19
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Captains lights
Captains lights, good to read by or as someone else said are they so bright you could do surgery? In other words, do you all like the ones you got and why or why not?
Throwing in aluminum rims. We are not getting them, but... ?
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02-10-2017, 09:47 AM
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mquirk
Captains lights, good to read by or as someone else said are they so bright you could do surgery? In other words, do you all like the ones you got and why or why not?
Throwing in aluminum rims. We are not getting them, but... ?
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We put them over the bed in our 21 as they can be aimed in any direction. Did not put them over the dinette area as they are too bright for my eyes if pointed directly at a book.
Aluminum rims don't rust..........
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02-10-2017, 09:48 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
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If you have fancy wheels on your tug, then I'd get them, sort of like having matched socks!
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02-10-2017, 09:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Galesville, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2017 21 "Blue II" & 2017 Highlander XLE (previously 2010 17B "Blue" & 2008 Tacoma)
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On the 21, two captains lights over the bed are now a standard feature. Charlie is right, aluminum rims don't rust, but they can corrode and need to be waxed and well cared for to stay good looking.
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02-10-2017, 10:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
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Though not a big problem for good weather campers, aluminum rims driven or towed on chloride treated roads, may experience corrosion as Eric stated. It starts where the chloride is trapped between the rim and tire. The corrosion can work its way in and cause a slow air leak. When good tire companies fix or change tires in our country they buff the inner rim edges clean and swab a sealer on before remounting the tires. Some rims corrode worse than others. That said, I still like the appearance of aluminum rims.
Dave
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02-10-2017, 12:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: North of Danbury, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 21C
Posts: 3,033
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iowa Dave
Though not a big problem for good weather campers, aluminum rims driven or towed on chloride treated roads, may experience corrosion as Eric stated. It starts where the chloride is trapped between the rim and tire. The corrosion can work its way in and cause a slow air leak. When good tire companies fix or change tires in our country they buff the inner rim edges clean and swab a sealer on before remounting the tires. Some rims corrode worse than others. That said, I still like the appearance of aluminum rims.
Dave
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We have aluminum rims on my wife's car . We live in an area where road salt use is prevalent ,so every winter we have to take the tires off the car and have the rims cleaned and the tires reinstalled using bead sealant . If we don't clean the rims we loose 5 to 8 PSI over a week's time especially when it's cold and I am constantly adding air to the tires.
A real PITA when it's 20 below zero especially when travelling
Aluminum rims may look nice but they are not without their issues .
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