I have a rip curl dawn patrol 5/3, just bought it this winter. Nearly every time I would zip up the back it would drag along the edge of the rubber and sometimes catch, I usually would just unzip it and start over. Well I hit a quick twenty minute session right before work. I was in a serious hurry and of course when I went to go zip it down.. it caught. Like I fool in a hurry, I got inpatient and yanked that sucker. I ended up removing the zipper itself. I was wondering if any body had any ideas as to how I would go about repairing it, or if ill just need to chunk it.
Dive shops are usually a good resource to find someone that does wetsuit repairs. Others on here have had good luck returning it to the manufacturer for repairs. Sometimes they will do it for free.
It should still be under warranty...definitely go to the website and go through the warranty/returns process thing, I don't see why they wouldn't repair it for you. Sent my e3 suit back (still under warranty, mind you) for a torn stitch - rip curl fixed it better than it was originally and sent it back, all within 2 or 3 weeks. only money i paid was to ship it off to them.
I agree wetsuit folks have taken care of me, be it body glove or xcel. I am appalled they touched my suit at all, I bet they used gloves
Should definitely be under warranty. Contact the shop or online distributor, you usually have to pay shipping and wait like a month for it to get back to you. O'Neil repaired a back zip I bought a few years back with a similar malfunction and rip curl has a generally buyer friendly take on repairs. The wait will bother you though. Hope you have an old suit that can hold you over.
Yeah I have an older 2/3 but its fairly worn. And I'm spoiled by my busted 5/3. The wait will have me very chilly. Thanks for the direction.
Blown out wetsuit repair..in Santa Cruz, ca Does a great job, Diane is awesome to deal with... She take orders from all over...i still send her my stuff From fla
