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filling in holes (need info)
I may just have to take you up on that. Sounds like bondo is an eh solution. Unfortunately, I don't plan on going back to NY until after Cincy. However, I will get to ride in the NY caravan! Come in with the West Coast crew, leave with the East Coast.
Dan
Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com> wrote:
Jeeze Dan, Ask outright. Jump in the car with Lacy. I'll weld it and make it
nice :)
Or
I understand what Mark was saying, but if you push enough Bondo in the hole
it forms a tail that will hold better. I wouldn't "bump" the hole, Bondo
hates cold weather.
Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v
Amsterdam NY
>From: Dan Smith
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: filling in holes (need info)
>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:19:46 -0800 (PST)
>
>Yeah, I figured I'd have to pull the interior, but I also figured there was
>more to it than that. What's going to keep the bondo in place though? When
>I sand it smooth, won't it no longer be holding on to anything? Someone
>suggested denting it in a bit and then smoothing the dent (and hole) with
>bondo, which sounds like it would work but I'd really rather not put dents
>in the car.
>
>Dan
>
>Julie Macfarlane wrote:
>I very much doubt you can get behind the holes, its pretty well sealed.
>Just
>use the bondo and primer well.
>I did the DS last year and the PS will be when ever this s**t snow goes
>away.
>
>
>
>Julie Macfarlane
>1981 MKI 2L 16v
>Amsterdam NY
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Dan Smith
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: filling in holes (need info)
> >Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:50:02 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >I'm pulling off all the chrome strips on my mk1 and I want to know the
>best
> >way to fill in the little holes left behind. A strip of fiberglass cloth
>on
> >the backside and filler putty on the outside is what I'm thinking, but if
> >there's an easier way I'd love to hear it.
> >
> >TIA,
> >Dan
> >
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