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The flat bit is substantially just that; I don't think it has the pressed swages in it. The bumper mounts I saw were fairly crudely shaped with folded edges not pressed. They're not really visible when fitted so maybe it's not a problem for most. The nuts are those captive ones that are riveted in - not as reliable once the bolt rusts in a bit as a welded nut would be. We had a guy a few years back who was getting the bumper mountings pressed - nice job and not too expensive, but I think he's probably gone the way of all flesh. He was using wooden moulds with a big press; quite heavy metal gauge too. Porsche apparently used to use that technique - I suppose the cost of the tooling was so much less, and OK for small runs. The shaping on the spare wheel area is usually not rusted out - it's normally only the bottom and where the mount fits, so I reckon you're better off just cutting a repair panel from flat sheet. Flange it (joddle?) or butt weld for the original look. Use galvanised sheet if you want, but watch the welding fumes. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Constantino Tobio" <ctobio@gmail.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Did anyone else see this? > John Jaranson wrote: > > > Looks like CIP has some Type 3 rust repair panels including some of > > the pan edges and the the battery tray! > > > > http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=TAB-403-&Click=46601 > > > > Not real cheap, but if you need them they might be OK. > > Hmm. I could be very interested in those front bumper mount repair > panels, as mine are fairly well rotted. Does anyone have any opinions on > them? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~