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I'm at this very point, too, in my rust-o-ration operation. Fenders are off and interior is out. My inner fenders also looks like John's. All seam sealings are cracked allover and the gunk is slowly peeling off. Underneath the former seam sealing there is various grades of surface rust. I was planning to remove it all, take the body to the sandblasting shop, then paint the treated areas with some rust protecting paint like Corroless or POR-15, and then put rust protection wax all over it. Am I overdoing it? Is there any good penetrating rust protector that is useful in those weld seams? I still have to weld up some small holes in the lower parts of the rear wheel wells. The pan and the rockers seems fine, both in- and outside. Only that if I look inside the rockers through the inspection holes along the inside, I can see surface rust along the bottom part that is bolted to the pan, and of course around the heat air openings down at the A-pillar. No rust-through, as far as I can see, but I'm not sure. Should I go all the way and do a body-off job now, while I'm at it, or can I settle with a brush-out-and-rust-protect job for the time being. I plan to do a full repaint (professionally done, windows out etc), and I fear that I will mess that up if the rockers need to be welded underneath sometime in the near future. Is it possible to do a body-off job whitout damaging paint and interior? /Karl-Olov Sandin -73 Squareback FI, Sumatra green …rnskšldsvik, Sweden -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- FrŚn: john r [mailto:vwfasty@yahoo.com] Skickat: den 12 augusti 2001 01:22 Till: type3@vwtype3.org €mne: [T3] body work question Pulling fenders today, getting ready for body work. My question is regarding the caulk/sealant between the inner fender and the interior body. mine is cracked, loose and a little rusty. I scraped all the old out, I will wire brush it, and give it some corroless. Do I need to replace the caulk/sealant, if so what do I use. The last picture at the link below is taken of area I am talking about. Also check out the picture I took just after pulling fender, 2 inches of dirt and crap! Fun stuff! http://www.vwtype3.anomalous.net/Fenders/rear.html Thanks in advance, John __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe