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On 9 Nov 2005 at 14:40, Smith, Ethan Nicholas wrote: > My 71sqaureback needs a new left rear fender. I saw where innovations > in fiberglass has made fenders for type3's has anyone seen one of these > in person? A good used steel rear fender for your '71 should be rather easy to find. I probably have at least one here, but you should try to find one closer to you. I think you would be much happier with a steel one than with a fiberglass one. > Also when putting a new fender on a car, does the fender > beading need to be put in with just notches cut out for the bolts or can > you RTV the beading to the fender(where it is unseen of course) to > prevent water from running behind it. My current fender had some rust at > the top where water got by the beading. I wouldn't bother with trying to seal that seam. The beading really isn't intended to seal there, and the inside will always get wet in the rain. The beading just helps keep the parts from abrading the paint off. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~