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filling the roof channels



I think they are full of sh*t.  Someone on the list will probably speak up, 
but
A lister bought some a while back(Kevin Collins maybe) and he didn't have to
buy a whole new roof.  I would just call Potterman on this one.

John




At 08:41 AM 2/16/04 -0600, Mark Langford wrote:

>I'm about to paint my 87 Scirocco, and spent Friday removing everything
>that's not a faded-to-pink version of Tornado red.  After peeling off the
>black "drip rails" from the roof (that's all I can think they'd be for),  I
>called the VW stealership, where I was told these were available only if you
>bought the entire roof.  Well, I'd already been thinking of getting rid of
>them anyway, so that confirmed it.
>
>I was thinking of mixing up some epoxy with microballoons and filling them
>completely with this stuff (same stuff composite aircraft builders use), as
>it's not as prone to cracking as polyester type body fillers.  Has anybody
>filled these channels with something, and did it last without eventually
>cracking? And what did you use?
>
>Thanks a lot,
>
>Mark Langford, markl "at"  hiwaay.net
>1974 2110cc Karmann Ghia  (http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/ghia2.jpg)
>1987 2.0L 16V Scirocco
>1999 1.8T Audi A4 Avant
>2001 1.8T GTI w/APR chip
>see Corvair powered KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
>