Hard top question

EDragnDean · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:19 am Post subject: Hard top question

Scored a VWOA hard top, a couple of significant issues need to be addressed. New window rubber i can handle, questions on the below.

1- missing right side drip rail (anyone have one? $285 for a pair at TTS is steep!)

2 - the right side front latch mount assembly is gone, not just the latch, but the latch mount/plate etc.

What is the underlying assembly? the structure piece that goes over the front window, and that the latch attaches to? I have the left, does a solid metal bar go inside the fiberglass accross the entire front of the roof? Is it only a foot or inches from the latch part way across? Wood structure with a metal front? Without cutting up the fiberglass, i am unsure of the inner structure.

Picture of the issue - (roof is upside down)

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[email protected] · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Hard top question

i have a left side drivers side drip rail, are you sure your missing the right side passenger side?
http://www.thingparts.com/hardtop-drip-rail-left-used/
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EDragnDean · Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Hard top question

[email protected] · Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: Hard top question

I have a pair for sale
Can’t separate
http://www.thingparts.com/hard-top-drip-rail-set-used/
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EDragnDean · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Hard top question

Shoyrtt · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: Hard top question

Do you have an update on this repair?

EDragnDean · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: Hard top question

Once I cut open the fiberglass I found a rusty mess of what used to be a metal with a 90 degree bend. You could still see the adhesive where it was epoxied in and then the fiberglass was layed over it.
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63 Double Cab http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=443823&highlight=deanos
66 Bus Click to view image - SOLD
73 Thing http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8111202#8111202
70 BusClick to view image

Shoyrtt · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:17 am Post subject: Re: Hard top question


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