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| Literati914 |
 Jul 14 2021, 08:31 PM
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Hey guys, one of my project cars was hit or hit something in it's past and the previous owners grafted a front end from anther 914 on to it (so this will become my Suby car). It's generally a very solid grafting IMO. But, unfortunately they over-lapped the channels of the fenders (new on top of old partially) and tacked everything up... This looked to me like it would cause issues with seal fitment (channel and lip too shallow) so I'm in the process of correcting this. Today I cut away most of the top fender channel and will be butt welding them to the car's original fender channels that lay underneith. So far so good.
Unfortunately the DAPOs added flat steel pieces the the rest of the channels - surrounding the headlight buckets and nose of the car. I assumed they did this to bring all the channels to a consistent depth... but upon removal I see that there is HEAVY pitting and holes in several places. The areas under the fender channels were not as bad, pitted but no holes there. Any advice on working the channels around the headlight buckets and nose? I don't think anyone offers these pieces in repo form. Thoughts? . |
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| Mikey914 |
Jul 14 2021, 08:35 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,741 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None 
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We replicated the metal so that you could drill out the spot welds and replace.
https://914rubber.com/front-trunk-metal-for-porsche-914 Hope this helps Attached thumbnail(s) 
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Literati914 Advice needed on Frunk 'Seal Channel' repairs Jul 14 2021, 08:31 PM
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We replicated the metal so that you could drill o... Jul 14 2021, 08:47 PM Mikey914 It lays down just like factory metal does so you c... Jul 14 2021, 08:49 PM IronHillRestorations @Mikey914 are they curved?
[b]@[url=http://www.... Jul 15 2021, 06:02 AM Literati914
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[b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.p... Jul 15 2021, 07:47 AM Mikey914 They are not curved. Jul 17 2021, 06:22 PM cary The nose needs a few soft bites on the shrinker. I... Jul 17 2021, 07:30 PM
bkrantz I used the 914 Rubber pieces, and got pretty good ... Jul 17 2021, 09:03 PM |
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