| 6T5 square |
Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:14 pm |
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| The rear hinge cover in the 65 square is looking kinda ratty. Is there any way of refinishing or painting it? |
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| blankmange |
Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:35 am |
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6T5 square wrote: The rear hinge cover in the 65 square is looking kinda ratty. Is there any way of refinishing or painting it?
the single cover or the two covers? is it the original plastic or an aftermarket fiberglass or steel one? |
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| GjMan |
Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:51 am |
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| It's a one-piece steel stamping finished in what appears to be an off-white crinkle paint. I also have one I need to spruce up, so if anyone knows how to duplicate the original color and texture please jump in. |
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| 6T5 square |
Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:56 pm |
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| It's the original single piece. It almost looks like it is covered in 'glass fibers. |
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| rust 1500 s |
Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:41 pm |
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Rust-oleum textured white works well.
It's has texture ,and not glossy.
Thats what I used and turned out very nice. |
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| GjMan |
Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:40 pm |
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| Rust, thanks for the tip. Do you just spray the paint according to can directions, or is there a trick to get the proper texture? |
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| rust 1500 s |
Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:03 pm |
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| Just spray it on. Clean and primer the cover but try to leave old texture intact. |
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| Peter Hops |
Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:11 pm |
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| So which cover is the original? The one piece metal or the two piece plastic? |
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| rust 1500 s |
Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:18 pm |
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They both are. The one piece is for early year cars. And the
two piece are for later years. |
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| Russ Wolfe |
Tue Jan 10, 2006 6:29 pm |
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| And the 2 piece plastic ones just melt in your hands when you try to take them off your parts car. :( |
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| buzzbox |
Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:46 pm |
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Quote: And the 2 piece plastic ones just melt in your hands when you try to take them off your parts car.
So true!
I got a pair out of a parts car couple of days back,
super brittle and crumbly! a few cracks etc..
Call me a fool but I'm Going to try to restore them :twisted: |
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| Peter Hops |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:35 am |
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| So would I get shit for having an early hinge cover on a late car? :) |
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| blankmange |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 4:54 am |
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Brian14 wrote: So would I get shit for having an early hinge cover on a late car? :)
no - only if you were trying to pass it off as 'original' or 'restored'.....
and the late, plastic covers are terribly brittle by now -- I removed mine (very gently) and painted them, since they had yellowed over the years....turned out quite nice.... |
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| buzzbox |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:05 am |
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Quote: So would I get shit for having an early hinge cover on a late car?
you know where to get one?
I'll fit one shit or no!
Quote: and the late, plastic covers are terribly brittle by now -- I removed mine (very gently) and painted them, since they had yellowed over the years....turned out quite nice....
Sounds like the ticket!
I plan to paint mine with por15 (got some lying around, surprise surprise), It should seep into the cracks and bind them up a little. fill the holes with caulking or some other sturdy plastic, GENTLY shave and sand, then paint them up with something oil based.
SALUD! |
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| blankmange |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:11 am |
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buzzbox wrote: Quote: So would I get shit for having an early hinge cover on a late car?
you know where to get one?
glass action makes them out of fibo... |
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| havenot001 |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:29 am |
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| I just put in a one piece steel hinge cover in a 1971 squareback. Two things, You need to drill and tap some new screw holes, and run wires for the light. I got the cover off thesamba classifieds. It came with wrinkled paint, I thought it was just a poor after market paint job. |
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| notchback |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:54 am |
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buzzbox wrote:
you know where to get one?
TheSamba.com classifieds:
Fiberglass:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=237094
OG:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=216221
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=231858
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=216750 |
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| buzzbox |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:41 pm |
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Oh, I'll be getting one of those! :shock: .
Didn't know about the metal ones prior to this thread..
(once again, ignorance is it's own punishment!)
They'll cover those nasty rips in the headliner..
Thanks! |
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| Peter Hops |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:12 pm |
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| I have my original covers but they are like you guys said, very brittle. what can I use to restore them? |
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| raru |
Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:14 pm |
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| i got a fiber glass action cover and an og metal cover if anybody is interested... :D |
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