trim damage - putty?
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Racer
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trim damage - putty?
There's damage to the foam trim on my drivers side birdcage/windshield. I was hoping to just replace the piece but from what I've read here removing this trim requires windshield removal, which I'm not prepared to do. Instead I'm thinking of getting some kind of putty and molding it by hand, gluing, dying, and texturing to match (with a reverse imprint of the same area's surface). Any suggestions?
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Trim screws and velcro are the only things holding it. AIM shows how it was installed. Remove the trim screws at the header and possibly one in the pillar post trim. With the screws out, gently tug on it and the velcro will release.
You do not have to fiddle with the windshield.
You do not have to fiddle with the windshield.
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Trim screws and velcro are the only things holding it. AIM shows how it was installed. Remove the trim screws at the header and possibly one in the pillar post trim. With the screws out, gently tug on it and the velcro will release.
You do not have to fiddle with the windshield.
You do not have to fiddle with the windshield.
Easy to remove and easy to replace. Where on earth did you read that the windshield had to some out?
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It was the chrome piece on the top (with the insert to catch the bullet from the t-top) that needed the glass removed. The pillar covers are not so bad at all.
If you still wanting to try a repair, there is a product line called shoe-goo and they make automotive goo and marine goo and a few others. It's like a really thick silicone type product.
I fixed a foam shifter **** on a winter-beater VW Fox I had with the stuff once and it actually worked pretty good all-things-being-equal
Mooser
If you still wanting to try a repair, there is a product line called shoe-goo and they make automotive goo and marine goo and a few others. It's like a really thick silicone type product.
I fixed a foam shifter **** on a winter-beater VW Fox I had with the stuff once and it actually worked pretty good all-things-being-equal
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goo or goop?
It was the chrome piece on the top (with the insert to catch the bullet from the t-top) that needed the glass removed. The pillar covers are not so bad at all.
If you still wanting to try a repair, there is a product line called shoe-goo and they make automotive goo and marine goo and a few others. It's like a really thick silicone type product.
I fixed a foam shifter **** on a winter-beater VW Fox I had with the stuff once and it actually worked pretty good all-things-being-equal
Mooser
If you still wanting to try a repair, there is a product line called shoe-goo and they make automotive goo and marine goo and a few others. It's like a really thick silicone type product.
I fixed a foam shifter **** on a winter-beater VW Fox I had with the stuff once and it actually worked pretty good all-things-being-equal
Mooser
Last edited by 20mercury; Mar 7, 2012 at 11:34 PM.
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Go figure, I just googled it and the company calls it shoe-goo but "everything else"-goop. That is the stuff. Made by a company called eclectic.
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Well maybe you right!
I am thinking hippy mad scientists must have invented it!!
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You know how they make something environmentally friendly and it doesn't work as good anymore? that hasn't happened with these guys.
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Okay so I finally got around to doing this.
Ordered a new front left pillar, medium saddle. I think it was around $50, forget.
Fit was perfect. Color is little off but I'm pretty sure mine is just slightly yellowed and dirty from 38 years of time and likely people smoking inside. The grain is nearly perfect, too.
One thing that was really annoying is that the main attachment screw hole... wasn't a hole. I had to drill one out through the metal backing, it wasn't just the vinyl cover. There was a mark where the hole should have been. Poor manufacturing? Intentional? I dunno. Otherwise it installed fine.
Ordered a new front left pillar, medium saddle. I think it was around $50, forget.
Fit was perfect. Color is little off but I'm pretty sure mine is just slightly yellowed and dirty from 38 years of time and likely people smoking inside. The grain is nearly perfect, too.
One thing that was really annoying is that the main attachment screw hole... wasn't a hole. I had to drill one out through the metal backing, it wasn't just the vinyl cover. There was a mark where the hole should have been. Poor manufacturing? Intentional? I dunno. Otherwise it installed fine.
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...Intentional?...
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i was disappointed with the fit looking in from w/s. if you ever have just a corner one these type pieces that are cracked and the foam shows through, trim up the edges and apply 3M plastic emblem cement to it. be liberal. let dry for a full day. you can sand it to regain your contour and spray it with vinyl dye. i saved my door panels with this.
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i was disappointed with the fit looking in from w/s. if you ever have just a corner one these type pieces that are cracked and the foam shows through, trim up the edges and apply 3M plastic emblem cement to it. be liberal. let dry for a full day. you can sand it to regain your contour and spray it with vinyl dye. i saved my door panels with this.
Of course, as soon as I ordered the left pillar I noticed that the right side is starting to fray slightly. I'll try your fix.
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If you don't like the color difference, take the one you removed to an auto body paint supply store and have them mix up a 1/2 pint of SEM ColorCoat vinyl dye ($15). Also, pick up a PreVal bottle/gas canister sprayer ($10). You can clean the surface of the new part and shoot two light, covering coats of dye and install it 30 minutes later. And, you will still have most of that can of dye left for other parts/repairs that you will need down the road.
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If you don't like the color difference, take the one you removed to an auto body paint supply store and have them mix up a 1/2 pint of SEM ColorCoat vinyl dye ($15). Also, pick up a PreVal bottle/gas canister sprayer ($10). You can clean the surface of the new part and shoot two light, covering coats of dye and install it 30 minutes later. And, you will still have most of that can of dye left for other parts/repairs that you will need down the road.