- 1. Front Fender to Body Shell Gap (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:37:44 -0400
- This might have been discussed before and I apologize for bringing the subject up again, but can someone tell me what they use to prevent the crap & crud being splashed up from the front wheel getti
- /html/spridgets/2003-03/msg01099.html (8,145 bytes)
- 2. Re: Front Fender to Body Shell Gap (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 21:53:31 -0500
- A design flaw overlooked when they stopped the Bugeye front end. I remove the fenders, coat them with roofing tar as well as with the inner panel and top of the rocker. A good blast of water every ot
- /html/spridgets/2003-03/msg01101.html (8,539 bytes)
- 3. Re: Front Fender to Body Shell Gap (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 23:07:45 -0400
- Hi Frank, Well, mine has gone too far as the water now gets into the footwell on the passenger side. When I had the body refinished a couple of years ago, I was going to replace the fenders but when
- /html/spridgets/2003-03/msg01104.html (9,533 bytes)
- 4. Re: Front Fender to Body Shell Gap (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 00:00:41 -0500
- No!!! Never! That stuff is OK to form a missing part of the body but never use it where it will collect water and hold it. It absorbs moisture and will rust out a panel in a couple months. Don't ask
- /html/spridgets/2003-03/msg01106.html (8,386 bytes)
- 5. Re: Front Fender to Body Shell Gap (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 05:38:23 EST
- The danger with this stuff is that it can actually trap water against the metal. I think Frank's roofing tar idea is the best one. Antique car restorers have used the fibered roof coating inside door
- /html/spridgets/2003-03/msg01109.html (7,668 bytes)
- 6. Re: Front Fender to Body Shell Gap (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:14:34 EST
- This comes in a spray can too! I guess it's not fibered, but for evaporative coolers used in my part of the world, this is a common fix for leaks. Home Depot should have it. Robert Houston War is an
- /html/spridgets/2003-03/msg01120.html (8,476 bytes)
- 7. Re: Front Fender to Body Shell Gap (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:39:07 -0600
- Long time since we spoke last. MGBs *didn't* solve the problem by welding a splash shield strip on the footwell and attaching a rubber strip that would *not* seal against the inner fender. (see the
- /html/spridgets/2003-03/msg01123.html (7,756 bytes)
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