filling the roof channels

[robcalderwood1 at charter.net (Rob Calderwood)]

I got a quote from a dealer about a year ago on those, I think they were
about $100 each.

Do the channels look bad without rails in them? I have seen other vehicles
with empty channels. I agree it would look better smooth, though.

Rob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Utley" <mr.utility@highstream.net>
To: "John C. Worden" <scirocco@powerlink.net>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: filling the roof channels


>   There is a picture that shows the roof panel by itself with those, and I
> think that is why they thought that was the case...  No excuse, but it
might
> explain it...
>
> Try these...
>   533-853-705-b
>   533-853-706-b
> -- 
> Regards,
> David Utley
> -----------
> Cable Volkswagen
> 405-470-3129
> 1-800-522-6793
>
>
> Quoting "John C. Worden" <scirocco@powerlink.net>:
>
> > 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
> > >
> >
> >
>
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