washed my car before action day only to find that my passenger side door was making a very very wet noise. took off the side card and found about 4cm
of water had welled up down the bottom of the door. thought i would check the other door while i was at it... sure enough there was water in there,
but hardly any. it seems that the drivers side door had drainage holes, while the passenger side did not (but a drill fixed that... thanks dad!)
now im getting really paranoid! my beetle has one piece windows, and the inside of the doors seem to be painted in this weird black rubbery stuff
(could be some sort of tar paint?)
questions: obviously i have two different types of doors, did they make doors sans drainage holes at any point in time? also, now that the rust has
had its time to lay its feet in my passenger door, is sanding it down and fish oil going to be any good? the rust isnt bad but i dont want it to get
any worse!
and last question... can you get seals specially made to fit perfectly, and is this expensive? (and im guessing the answer is yes to the latter...)
its a sinking feeling when you close a door and it sounds like a beach!:cry
Yes, the old fish oil (motorpro or other good brand) will fix inside the doors Ok.
Just make sure that its perfectly dry before applying the fish oil.... I believe that all VW doors had drain holes... and its not unusual to have
different doors on a Beetle.. I have a 1976 door and a 1968 door on My beetle... they are very different behind the trim... but they both have drain
holes..
I thought I would seal up all the holes & seams on the boot of My Lancer so there would be no dribbles after I had washed it.. and slosh slosh..
the drain holes are there for a purpose... to let the water out.
Lee
StarBuggy
You don't have to rub down the metal before using fish oil... slop it on nice & thick and leave the doors open, so the excess can come out of
the drain holes.. also fish oil has to dry before getting wet.. I have done inside My doors about 6 times... to make sure it never rusts...
The seals You refer to, are these the one piece window seals? there are some excellent ones about... and some not so excellent... West Coast Metric
are the best rubber seals and they are available from Muller & Muller & Vintage Vee Dub Supplies in Sydney. Mention Aussie Vee Dubbers and You
should get a special price... that is All VW Rubbers... V V D S
cheers .. tell them Dave sent You...
Lee 68AutoBug
Just make sure the drain holes don't drain into the car 
Fish oils the go, make sure there's no scaly rust in there. As Lee says do a few coats. Will take up to a week to dry though.
You can cover that either with a tar type body deadener paint or something like Tectol after a few weeks.
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coolies
thanks guys... looks like the cats will be milling around my car
for a few weeks during the holidays!
also, is there anywhere in brisbane or surrounds that sells or can get in the west coast metric seals? also are they hard to put in one ones own?
think i best do all this now while ive got the time!:thumb
Most VW places will have access to WCM products. If you particularly want WCM though make sure you ask for it specifically or they may supply another
brand.
Generally WCM is good quality though.
Do compare the forum discounts as well.
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=7101&page=2
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=7620
Andy
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As for whether you can do it your self or not, what do you plan to do?
If your quite handy pretty much everything can be done yourself. s are harder than others though
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starbuggy
You could try Harding European at Rocklea
email at: sales@hardingeuropean.com
phone: 0732767477
I thought I may have seen them advertise West Coast Metric rubbers.
or Be like Me and order by email....
over 300kms to My nearest VW shop.....
Vintage Vee Dub Supplies do sell them...
cheers
Lee
Yes Starbuggy,
Harding European do sell West Coast Metric...
Here is another email address:
info@hardingeuropean.com
they are in the process of doing a website
Lee