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emmjaydubya 06-14-2010 03:37 AM

Metal to metal body panels, what do you put in between?
 

Wanted to ask you guys who have done this before. I'm putting the tooltray/ rear floor in the rear of my 36 coupe. There is a steel brace that goes on the inside behind where the spare tire mount would go on the outside, and it touches the backside of the sheet metal on the inside of the coupe back. I'm wondering what you guys use for metal to metal contact between parts?

Body welting? 3M windshield sealant? Body sealant? Combinations of these?

It needs to be decently thick in consistency, not runny. I guess I'm concerned about expansion/contraction rates with heat and cold with respect to the paint on the outside, so maybe just welting is the ticket, or maybe I'm overthinking this!

The brace:

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/a...24tooltray.jpg

The coupeback:

http://i849.photobucket.com/albums/a...ckbodywork.jpg

Ken Crans 06-14-2010 05:02 AM

Re: Metal to metal body panels, what do you put in between?
 

3M body caulk. No welting!! Ken

emmjaydubya 06-14-2010 08:02 PM

Re: Metal to metal body panels, what do you put in between?
 

Bump for the evening crowd...

1oldtimer 06-14-2010 11:01 PM

Re: Metal to metal body panels, what do you put in between?
 

do you need the brace now that your not using the spare tire holder?. if so maybe rubberized undercoating.

kevinmac/toledo 06-15-2010 11:50 PM

Re: Metal to metal body panels, what do you put in between?
 

i always had good luck with the body caulk from 3mmm. kev

tint1 06-16-2010 02:04 AM

Re: Metal to metal body panels, what do you put in between?
 

Window urathan it works really good it is the stuff thay put widshields in with I use it all the time for diffrent stuff

55 dude 06-16-2010 02:09 AM

Re: Metal to metal body panels, what do you put in between?
 

Quote:

Originally Posted by ken crans (Post 27888)
3m body caulk. No welting!! Ken

x2!:d


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