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pfillery Insano Dub Head

734 posts · joined Dec 2011 ·

#994326
meisterberginteriors wrote:using expanding foam to fill huge holes with a skim of bog over the top!

using silicone to fill a hole then bogging over the top.
So, using bog to fill holes and covering it with.....more bog is ok? As long as you sell the car before the bog cracks or falls out😂

Seriously though, the last crash repair I did on a little suzuki sierra I owned a few years back (car vs kangaroo at 80kph), I was expecting to use a lot more bog than I did, bought a 1kg can but ended up using about a tablespoon of the stuff, and most of that probably got sanded off anyway. A combination of hammers and dollies, sledgehammers on the driveway and pulling it back into shape using chains connected between the panel and the carport (chuck her in low range reverse and let it rip half a dozen times) and apparently you can do it without much filling at all.

modnrod Fahrvergnugen

978 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#994361
Never tie chains to your carport/patio posts to pull out a panel dent..........
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vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#994378
Cutting a hole in the tunnel to change the clutch cable weakens the major structual part of your car, put the clutch cable on as vw intended. i have done it that way for years with out problems.

OZ Towdster Keen to finish some projects

1,921 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#994418
DON'T put sealant on push rod tube seals , they are made to move around with the ever expanding and retracting movement of an aircooled motor , so all they need is a smear of high temp grease , oh and don't bother using the shitty red push rod tube seals that come in most kits , use only the white silicon seals and you'll have many leak free miles .
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel

Lucky Phil Wolfsburg Wizard

480 posts · joined Aug 2010 ·

#994429
Don't give up your long weekend to chase a barn find spare parts haul.
Only to have the door opened on a pile of scrap metal.
(sigh)
Still, we would have kicked ourselves if we didn't go.
And probably would do it again, given the chance.
You never know......

beetle_nut Wolfsburg Wizard

465 posts · joined Jan 2012 ·

#994437
Dont not. lower your vw...

Pastit Seriously Crusin Dubber

150 posts · joined Feb 2008 ·

#994451
For the old Farts, NEVER leave the tooth paste in the same draw as your haemorrhoid cream
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vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#994454
Sound advice, looks like you have had a experence with that.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#994471
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71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE