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Custom RV Fabrication and Metalwork near Placentia, California
Custom fabrication builds the parts that no longer exist: compartment doors, brackets, bumpers, ladder mounts, slide supports, racks and reinforcement for equipment upgrades. Work is done in metal or composite and fitted to the coach in-shop. Projects generally run $750 to $20,000. Placentia owners are about ten minutes from the shop on Yorba Linda Blvd.
What kinds of RV parts do you fabricate?
The everyday list is structural brackets, outrigger and crossmember sections, compartment doors and frames, bumpers, ladder and rack mounts, slide-out room supports, battery trays, generator mounts and reinforcement plates for equipment that the original coach never carried.
The upgrade side is growing. Solar arrays, larger battery banks, heavier bike and cargo racks and replacement rooftop equipment all impose loads the original structure was not designed around, so mounts are built with backing plates that spread load into the cage rather than into a thin skin.
We also fabricate cosmetic parts. Trim extrusions, fascia panels and compartment door skins for coaches out of production get reproduced in matching material and then refinished in the booth so they read as original rather than as an obvious patch.
How do you choose between steel, aluminum and composite?
By load, weight and corrosion exposure. Steel goes where load and weld strength dominate, such as chassis and outrigger repairs. Aluminum goes where weight matters and the environment is exposed. Composite goes where a panel needs to match existing fiberglass and carry little structural load.
Weight is a real constraint on an RV, not a preference. Every pound of over built bracketry comes off payload and shifts axle loading, so parts are engineered to the actual load case rather than made heavy in the hope that heavy equals safe.
Galvanic isolation is non negotiable where materials meet. Aluminum fastened directly against steel in a damp wall cavity or under a belly pan corrodes measurably, so joints get isolating washers, coatings or sleeves as part of the build rather than as an afterthought.
What is included
- Templating from the damaged original or the existing mounting footprint
- Steel, aluminum and stainless fabrication with structural welding
- Composite and fiberglass panel layup for cosmetic reproductions
- Backing plate and reinforcement design for equipment upgrades
- Galvanic isolation at every dissimilar metal joint
- Coating, priming and booth refinishing so the part matches the coach
- Test fit and installation with sealed, correctly bedded fasteners
Questions we get asked
How long does a custom fabricated RV part take?
Can you fabricate a part from a photo if mine is destroyed?
Do you build racks and mounts for solar or extra batteries?
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Bring it to the shop and we will assess the damage, document it properly for your insurer, and tell you exactly what the repair involves. Serving Placentia and the surrounding area from our 35,000 square foot facility.
All work performed in-shop. We stand behind our work.