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bluebus86 Banned
Joined: September 02, 2010 Posts: 11075
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: Best battery tray sheet metal? |
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riverart wrote: |
We just did this job last week. Your welds look better than mine - eesh! We used some sealer (Dynaflex)from Lowes and a caulking gun. It dried well and then I used Rustoleum rust treatment paint over that and finally used Frost King to help with the road noise. |
Dunaflex is an acrylic latex, not a urethane. It will not hold up as well as a urethane. I am not saying it wont work, but Urethane is superior in this application _________________ Help Prevent VW Engine Fires, see this link.....Engine safety wire information
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lojoma Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 233 Location: Memphis
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Best battery tray sheet metal? |
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Inside is now done. Now I have to move under the car. Turned out pretty good, I think. That little bit of red in the upper right is a photo artifact...I think it's a reflection of a red tarp I have on the driver side. |
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lojoma Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 233 Location: Memphis
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: Best battery tray sheet metal? |
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Apologies for using someone else's photo, but I downloaded this a long time ago and now can't recall where I got it on Samba.
Does anyone have a good source for original-form tar boards that go around the battery area as shown in the photo? |
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VW_Jimbo Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2016 Posts: 9879 Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Best battery tray sheet metal? |
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Your weld looks like you are welding it too cold. You might want to turn the heat up a little bit. It will also flatten out your puddles, so less grinding. _________________ Jimbo
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thomas. Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2010 Posts: 1288 Location: South West (Pa.)
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Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:03 am Post subject: Re: Best battery tray sheet metal? |
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I've used seam sealer from Summit Racing & also from Eastwood. I think they were Sem brand & they worked fantastic.
If you want to sell the rear vents that are on the old pans I would purchase. I only need one but would buy both. The guy I bought my beetle from figured he wouldn't need the heater stuff since he wasn't driving in the cold weather. |
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lojoma Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 233 Location: Memphis
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Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:26 am Post subject: Re: Best battery tray sheet metal? |
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VW_Jimbo wrote: |
Your weld looks like you are welding it too cold. You might want to turn the heat up a little bit. It will also flatten out your puddles, so less grinding. |
Agreed, but when I went hotter it kept blowing out the old metal. |
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lojoma Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 233 Location: Memphis
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Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:27 am Post subject: Re: Best battery tray sheet metal? |
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thomas. wrote: |
If you want to sell the rear vents that are on the old pans I would purchase. I only need one but would buy both. The guy I bought my beetle from figured he wouldn't need the heater stuff since he wasn't driving in the cold weather. |
My old heater outlet is too far gone to reuse, sadly, or I'd put it back on myself. I'm in the market for one, too. |
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lojoma Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 233 Location: Memphis
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2019 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Best battery tray sheet metal? |
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First coat of POR under car. |
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lojoma Samba Member
Joined: May 28, 2012 Posts: 233 Location: Memphis
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Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2019 5:48 am Post subject: Re: Best battery tray sheet metal? |
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All done under the car now...here's the final pic with undercoating applied to try to match the rest of the underside...I hope once there is road dirt on there, it will blend in pretty well. |
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