1997 CM-2000 face lift ideas?

[CrystalPistol]

Been looking at my trailer today,thinking about a Spring face lift for it.

This is a Cycle Mate CM-2000 fiberglass trailer, has the 8" wheels (I have them in chrome), rear bumper bar or light bar has a bunch of red lamps around bottom of rear, spare underneath, rubber torsion suspension, I have a cooler rack fitted to a cooler that is easy to mount on tongue. I don't tow a lot, but when I do, I like it to look right.

Trailer is indoors, was painted with a mural on top originally, but the mural got damaged or scratched bad and it was repainted on top. The color has a tinted top coat that peeled over time, looked nasty IMHO. I cleaned it off, covered the top with adhesive backed heavy duty black vinyl with a textured finish anticipating having it redone in Line-X.

To paint the top is like $1200 last estimate, Line-X is gonna be a few hundred, the adhesive vinyl is tough, doing OK. It was cheap enough and very durable. Gonna look for some LED lighting for red tail/stop & amber signal lights, maybe marker lights too.

I saw someplace a fellow plated over the rear panel with polished aluminum diamond plate to mount new & different LED lighting to, I've seen the same stuff reflecting on tractor trailers at night, get's attention a long ways off too.

I just came here to look around at other trailers & to post looking for any new ideas.

 

[Gorilla]

Looks good so far. I would keep the cost down and make it presentable if you do not use it a lot. That covering is a good start. It looks good and should be durable.

 

[CrystalPistol]

Thank You Sir.

It does look presentable I guess … especially cleaned & coated with protectant. I don't use it a lot, true. It tows like it isn't even there. Floor is a sheet of 5/8 or 3/4 plywood under carpet with the fiberglass box floor sandwiched between plywood & trailer frame, wires under carpet.

You can see that I still have a couple bad spots, like a strip along the left side near lip, but I may be able to cover that too, after scraping, sanding that peeling loose "red tint" mess off. The top of the trailer was all the painter repainted last time, was before I bought trike in '04. Was on a trip and trike & trailer parked in sun at a lunch stop when it started, like something boiled up under the tinted top coat?

I did clean top, scrape & sanded too, before adding the vinyl, used a wooden wall paper roller, used a heat gun to do crevices & corners. The vinyl is from a trailer supply place, it's what they use for step plates, fender tops, etc. Interior is carpeted all over, we mostly use it to hold current helmets, maybe a jacket, trike cover, etc. … in basement "trike-room".

The lid, like other such trailers I've noticed, has a "slight sag" to it, I'm thinking of a center devider or box built of light wood to put inside the trailer just under the front of the stepped up portion to add support & take load off sides. Something built to just nudge under lid when lid is shut. Maybe put two aluminum "skids" on lid between tie down bar sides to rest a cooler or cargo packer on?