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mhodge00
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 Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2025 7:03 am Post subject: MK1 Rabbit Pickup Hood rebonding |
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Good morning and thanks for dropping into my daily question thread...
One of the many things to correct on this little beauty is the hood. The hood skin and the hood frame have become separated. Before I put any kind of sound deadener on, I'd like to rebond the frame to the skin.
Any preferred method for this or sealer that will hold. I believe I'd have to remove the old crap, sand, bond, prime, paint the underside.
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TeamSpatula
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| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: MK1 Rabbit Pickup Hood rebonding |
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Just wondering, that looks like seam sealer in there? Were they not spot welded at least? If they were just sealed up from the factory, and nothing has been bent out of shape then I would guess that theoretically you could scrape out the old and re-seal it.
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mhodge00
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2025 8:35 am Post subject: Re: MK1 Rabbit Pickup Hood rebonding |
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| TeamSpatula wrote: |
| Just wondering, that looks like seam sealer in there? Were they not spot welded at least? If they were just sealed up from the factory, and nothing has been bent out of shape then I would guess that theoretically you could scrape out the old and re-seal it. |
Didn't think of that. Are any of the spot welded or are they just sealed?
Yes, the seal has come loose and does need to be scraped out/reapplied but I'm worried about pulling the hood skin inwards by doing that |
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