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posted on December 24th, 2005 at 01:33 PM
rain gutters
ive seen them removed on very few beetles, cos its a bitch when it rains but whats the alternative? also has anyone had to repair theirs? how did you
go about it? just weld up holes of make a section of folded steel sheet like it was originally, figure re folded will just trap moisture again so yeh
just wondering what people have come up with...
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posted on December 24th, 2005 at 05:27 PM
i think u will find its not so easy to remove them.......i beleive this is a major join/ fold in the body. just leave them and fix em up.
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posted on December 25th, 2005 at 10:42 PM
i got a t3....when i did mine i filled them with bog...bad move:cry after a couple of weeks, body moved, cracked and started to rust.
with regards to cutting them off, i was told its a nightmare to keep clean because ur always getting water marks down the sides of ur windows. i dont
know how true that is though.
what u need is a 3m product u get from anypaint suppliers. forgot the name but when i find the packet will post it up. basically its a rubbery type
stuff and u just squeeze it into the sill straight onto the metal and wipe into the joint with ur finger, then get that prepsol stuff and wipe it
smooth with a rag. once dry its paintable and it flexes. hope that helps
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posted on December 28th, 2005 at 08:38 AM
the gear jonno is talking about is seam sealer, seals welds preventing water sitting in them..
do u want to remove your gutters or just repair them?
i was talking to one of the panel beaters at work a month or so ago, about how he would go about repairing the gutters on a Super, as he specialises
in resto's.. he said in most cases repairing the gutter turns out to be an easier job "cutting and shutting" the entire roof.. as the gutter pretty
much holds the car together, and you'll find more rust when u paint strip, than before u paint strip...
having said this i dunno if you've got rot, or just surface rust or what
to remove the gutters you have to invert them.. so theyre sitting on the inside of the roof, under your headliner...looks way cool when u see it in
person, but it's a LOT of work.
cutting and shutting involves finding a donor superbug with a good roof/gutters, and cutting the entire roof off from half way thru the pillars, and
welding it into the "restoree" a good panelbeater can do this so that it is impossible to tell it's been done.. it is a big job.. but is seriously
a good/economical choice compared to SOME rust repairs
