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Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:24 pm

Heres a link to how to do it and what they make it out off Enjoy

http://www.vw-resource.com/plastic_sheet.html

Hope this helps it did me..

Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:32 pm

That's the link I was going to work off of. I just didn't see them mention the secondary piece.

Thanks!!!

Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:35 pm

Helfen wrote: If you go to You Tube just type in--VW beetle documentary: shape of quality (2/3)--. This short film not only shows putting on the plastic inner door insulation which you wanted to see, but the whole building of the pan and body including the paint process, headliner and glass installation wiring ect and shows the body drop.

Don very cool video

Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:38 pm

I love how they slam the decklid on in seconds and I spent hours lining mine up LOL

Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:29 pm

Regarding that video of the door plastic going on, don't they have tar boards inside the doors? Is that on some years? I'm getting ready to re-do my '64's doors so this interests me immensely.

Chuey

Fri Dec 10, 2010 10:58 pm

All the '65 doors I have seen have a small square piece of tar board inside the doors and in the rear quarters.

Except . . . . for the vert. 65 as well, but looks like some spray, rough rhino stuff.

Quarters:

Can't find any door pics right now.

Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:38 pm

Yeah, Wolfsburg West sells that stuff specifically for the doors/ quarter panels. Sound-deadening material is all it is.

Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:54 pm

I agree with Gerg in that I don't see in that picture any break or blurb. It also seems to me that unless the plastic at the bottom is inside the door frame that the moisture would not be forced into the door and could eventually come into the interior. Seems to me there should be at least like a 6" lap at the bottom where moisture is directed into door. Just saying, not speaking with any certainty.

Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:45 am

That secondary barrier sounds interesting. I already made my own from heavy sheeting I had, but like Gerg said, a runoff piece about midway leading into the door cavity would keep the water in the door and not running and settling at the adhesive point and rusting there.

Easy to add a flap on the inside that falls to the bottom of the door.

Sat Dec 11, 2010 3:05 am

I wound up using something like BluTac, but it was a Scotch product, white in color. Stuck nicely. Only did the right rear quarter in the vert tonight.

Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:08 am

The plastic film should have an additional bib, or apron, that spans a little more than the width of the large opening. It can be adhered to the door or the primary vapor barrier, but the bottom edge should fall inside the door, directing any moisture to the bottom of the door and out the drain holes.

Even later model VWs had a problem with moisture getting inside the car. I've had to re-do countless door panels with a bib to keep the door panels from getting wet.
My wife's 98 took on enough water in the rain that the passenger's front would accumulate a fair-sized puddle. Redoing all four doors has resulted in a dry interior.