New 38RL

Very nice looking rig. Can't wait to hear all the differences between this and your KZ product. I'm nervous as I feel our KZ is a good one. Hoping we choose the RW and it is worth the upgrade.
 
Very nice looking rig. Can't wait to hear all the differences between this and your KZ product. I'm nervous as I feel our KZ is a good one. Hoping we choose the RW and it is worth the upgrade.


I hear you !! It has been on my mind from the time I said yes! They are some pretty BIG shoes to fill. We keep saying that we hope we did not make a mistake....When do you get your new one ?
 
I hear you !! It has been on my mind from the time I said yes! They are some pretty BIG shoes to fill. We keep saying that we hope we did not make a mistake....When do you get your new one ?

We are still in the looking phase. Pretty certain it will be a RW. A 36 or 38 RL.
We thought maybe another Stoneridge. Then with KZ buyout and No certain future for the Stoneridge or whatever the new Model will be, I've decided we will choose a different product.

As I use this for work, we will wait till after January 1 to buy something. This year is the last depreciation year for the KZ.
So in the meantime, gathering as much info as possible. Want to make sure this is a better product than Crossroads' Rushmore line. I wasn't super impressed with that build for the money.
 
We are still in the looking phase. Pretty certain it will be a RW. A 36 or 38 RL.
We thought maybe another Stoneridge. Then with KZ buyout and No certain future for the Stoneridge or whatever the new Model will be, I've decided we will choose a different product.

As I use this for work, we will wait till after January 1 to buy something. This year is the last depreciation year for the KZ.
So in the meantime, gathering as much info as possible. Want to make sure this is a better product than Crossroads' Rushmore line. I wasn't super impressed with that build for the money.

I was told by Mike Mack at KZ that they are NOT making a new luxury model.. instead they are going to offer upgrade packages as options to the Gold line to make it feel like a luxury coach.. That is when I started looking elsewhere. The Stoneridge will probably be phased out and the prototype that was called the Prestige will not fly.. They only made 4 of them.
 
That sure brings back memories for me... ours was sitting on a back lot at a satellite location. After checking the vin we knew it was ours and we were to excited, we went in it (felt like bandits). We were so happy. We still are. Congratuations! You have happy times ahead! We call ours our "Genie Bottle".
 
Well, we just got our new 2016 38L. Noted your comments on the shower door! Was trying to figure out why floor had water on it. Discovered NO CAULK at all under metal frame on shower door. Heading to Home Depot this morning!


Got the water filter and vacuum bag issues fixed at the dealer before we left.


Sounds like the shower door needs to be seriously addressed to Redwood.


Other than that, only a few minor things, easily fixed!
 
Did they change the shower enclosure door? Ours has never had a problem leaking, but I think I saw a new style on their 39RD video. Ours looks like this:
 

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Ours is similar to yours AA, except we have the white fiberglass and the "Waterfall" glass instead of the clear.
We had the dealer caulk ours too since we were getting water leaks at the bottom and there was a gap between the aluminum frame and the fiberglass.
The new Corner Showers have the radius "Clam Shell" type door instead of the swing door.
 
Ya it was that clam I was seeing in the video. I thought maybe it was that one causing the issue, but not if yours was having the issue as well.

Must have been different production days, ours is caulked well.
 
We have the clam shell type and also discovered no caulk under shower frame either. Home Depot solved this problem and I'll fix this myself.


I think allot of what I am reading on this site, seems to be the same problems over and over again and the Factory and their Quality control need to know about this stuff.


Another small thing too. They sent the Toilet Paper Roll hanger, but no hardware (Screws, Set Screw, etc.) I'm just gonna send it back to them and use our own and they can put it in someone else's coach without the hardware!
 

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