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Hi Jim and Marcia, welcome to MOC.
We recently ordered a new 3475 and went through the same decisions as you on options. You can do a search of gel coat and see many posts from the past. A number of people on this site swear by the gel coat they have. We opted to not get it based on experiences my brother in law had in the past and on advice from a friend in the business. We wax our unit each spring and fall and the 2750 we had looked as good last fall when we sold it as it did in 2000 when we bought it. Regarding the buggy part, keep in mind that the front and rear end caps are gel coat anyways. Also keep in mind that the gel coat sides add about 600lbs to the dry weight of the trailer.
Your main concern on the sides are the black streaks from the roof. I found that the regular waxing made these easy to clean off.
Certainly the gel coat sides look very nice so you really can't go wrong either way.
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