Repairing the drip rail and new rims

At some point some genius cut out a small section of drip rail in front of and behind the rear door. The reason for this appears to have been for some type of wooden porch. It looks like they cut it away to get the porch flush with the side of the camper.

Whatever the reason it ended up royally screwing up the camper. water poured down from the hole in the drip rail directly on to the door hinge and seam, from there it went directly in to the camper. Its no wonder the floor was completely gone in this area.

The optimal thing to do would be to remove the complete section of affected drip rail and replace it with a new one. Since I am not made of money I decided to put in a patch at both spots.

I cut two small pieces of aluminum and bent them into shape, drilled the rivets out of the affected area, and hammered the patches into place. I used butyl tape on the seams. Now they dont leak at all.

The other thing I did was to find a set of aluminum rims to replace the steel ones that came on the camper. The rims are 15x7 with a bolt pattern of 5x5.5. The steel rims were rusted to the point that it was started to affect the structural integrity.

The rims I found are Amreican Racing rims. they were $100 for a set of four in Craigslist. That leaves another set of two for another camper!

I think I'm close to sealing all the leaks...