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On 4 Feb 2006 at 11:21, Gary Gamboa wrote: > I have removed my front seats for reupholstery (going with TMI). I am > also repairing my front floors. All the floors and hump had the same > three layers of material: black top/white styrofoam/black tar-like > material. Here's what I found: That's the factory material which is put there to damp vibration and cut down on noise. It's perfectly good stuff as long as it doesn't get water under it, but it really only does a good job if it is securedly bonded to the sheet metal. If you get water there you've got other problems, so those are the problems you should fix. If you can seal up the holes that are there, then seal the panels back down that would be best, but you also have to find out where the water was coming in and fix that first. Keep in mind that the most common entry point for water is the fresh air boxes due to plugged water drain hoses. These are easy to fix. Rust holes on the floor NEVER arise due to rust thru from the outside. They are always due to water trapped on the inside. I wonder if one could patch the holes, then use Por-15 as a coating AND adhesive to hold the panels back in place. Keep in mind that you'd like to seal the panels to the floor so that water can't even get under them, even if the floor does get wet. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~