Aluminum top Cobra trailers leaks - how frequent?

[AK]

A few people told me that their Cobra trailers with aluminum tops
developed leaks. I wonder how frequent this problem is. Obviously
aluminum top is nice to keep it looking good, but one of the the
purposes of a trailer is too keep the glider inside dry. In New
England we sometimes get 4 inches of rain in a day. Thx, AK

[Greg Arnold[_3_]]

On 3/29/2010 4:58 AM, AK wrote:
> A few people told me that their Cobra trailers with aluminum tops
> developed leaks. I wonder how frequent this problem is. Obviously
> aluminum top is nice to keep it looking good, but one of the the
> purposes of a trailer is too keep the glider inside dry. In New
> England we sometimes get 4 inches of rain in a day. Thx, AK


1998 aluminum top. No leaks.

My old Cobra aluminum top (1987) had no leaks.

[Frank[_12_]]

On Mar 29, 12:44*pm, Greg Arnold > wrote:
> On 3/29/2010 4:58 AM, AK wrote:
>
> > A few people told me that their Cobra trailers with aluminum tops
> > developed leaks. I wonder how frequent this problem is. Obviously
> > aluminum top is nice to keep it looking good, but one of the the
> > purposes of a trailer is too keep the glider inside dry. In New
> > England we sometimes get 4 inches of rain in a day. Thx, AK
>
> 1998 aluminum top. *No leaks.
>
> My old Cobra aluminum top (1987) had no leaks.

2002 Cobra trailer leaks around the front door. I sealed what I could
find with RTV and this reduced but did not eliminate the problem