Silverliner

Silverliner is a repair and restoration shop for Airstream travel trailers, based in Birmingham, Alabama. You bring the trailer to them at their Kimberly Ave. shop rather than them coming to you.

They started out building custom, high-end Airstream conversions, and that same crew now handles repair work most dealers pass on. The list runs from pre-purchase and neglected-trailer inspections to waterproofing and roof sealing, awning repair or replacement, axle and brake replacement, electrical upgrades covering solar and batteries, insurance claim work after accidents or storm damage, and finishing services like deep cleaning, ceramic coating and rock or solar guard installation. All of it is Airstream-specific, on travel trailers only.

Silverliner bills $175 an hour, and job minimums apply, so a quick fix will cost more than just the diagnostic time. They describe the work plainly: "Specialty services that the big dealers won't touch ($175/hr, job minimums apply)." That matters if you have called around and heard dealers say they only work on trailers still under factory warranty, or quote you a wait measured in months.

The shop has been doing this kind of build and repair work since 2014, which is long enough to have handled plenty of vintage units, the kind with wiring and axles a general RV shop may not want to touch. Google rates them 4.7 stars from 7 reviews.

This is a good fit for an Airstream owner in or near Birmingham with a vintage or neglected unit, storm damage, or a repair job a dealer already turned away.