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What gage sheet metal for rust repair
Chewy - April 17th, 2005 at 06:46 PM

Hey, starting the rust work on my bug, doing heater channel and general panel repairs.

what gage sheet do I need?

thanks


Che Castro - April 17th, 2005 at 07:37 PM

The early beetles were 20 gauge (0.94mm) and the late ones were 22 gauge (0.8mm)

[Edited on 17-4-2005 by Che Castro]


Chewy - April 17th, 2005 at 07:46 PM

Thanks Catsro
What about for the heater channels? they're a bit thicker right?


Chewy - April 17th, 2005 at 07:47 PM

And what year did they go to the thinner gage?


pod - April 17th, 2005 at 08:17 PM

try 18 guage(1.2 mm) for the heater chanels


Chewy - April 17th, 2005 at 09:20 PM

cool, Ill pick it up tomorrow and start work~!
cheers