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 eraser
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| posted on September 19th, 2007 at 09:34 PM |
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Fibreglass front ends on beetles?
Howdy i came across a fiberglass frontend on ebay.
And its the perfect thing to get my beetle's front end uncrumpled after the insurance claim from hell ( 80% his fault 20% my fault but my damage was
less then his car damage and they refused to pay up :| yar i wasn't insured idiot.)
But i finally got some money together and thought okies this looks perfect, i currently have a 1968 beetle semi-auto, and i was wondering;
With these fiberglass kits how to they attach to the body?
How does the kit normally secure in the down position? (so it doesn't pop open when i brake :P
Anyone had any good or bad experiences or can point me in the direction of help?
Whats the deal with installing headlights?
Just cut a whole and mount a recess or something with some more fibreglass?
Any links or comments greatly appreciated, i really miss driving this little baby of mine.
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pod
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| posted on September 19th, 2007 at 09:55 PM |
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lok at westi post pimping his ride it has a fibreglass front on it:thumb
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| posted on September 19th, 2007 at 11:14 PM |
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Thanks for that pod (for those playing at home hes talking about this post)
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| posted on September 19th, 2007 at 11:31 PM |
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The perfect thing to get your front uncrumpled is to pay a good panel dude, not buy some plastic from Ebay
beetles are a cinch to fix
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on September 20th, 2007 at 06:40 AM |
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The fibreglass fronts have been made for Drag cars mainly not for the streeters so attaching is done different on a drag car
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| posted on September 20th, 2007 at 05:06 PM |
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Well i have had one of these #1 pannel beaters reccomended by the vw community down here in SA and they glued the pannels on and generally did a shit
job. The last few times in its history it has gone to any pannel shops it normally comes out worse for wear.
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 posted on September 20th, 2007 at 09:43 PM |
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You should first check with some insurance companies before fitting a f'glass frontend. Insurance companies suck bigtime, but you do need them,
unfortunatley. They may deny a claim - pricks.
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