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• Re: '90 syncro with seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Michael Volatile
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 08:44:06 -0500
  The best way to deal with the seam rust on the driver side rocker panel is to replace the panel. You can purchase the...
• Re: Seam leaks
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sat, 6 Dec 2014 21:17:43 -0500
  ...Cracked OEM sealant letting in water but don't see any signs of rust. I just want to reseal the seam with minimal painting...
• Rusty seams
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd Perkins
  Wed, 02 Apr 1997 18:55:46 -0500
  ...Several people on the list are still searching for the Definitive Procedure for dealing with seam rust in Vanagons. After cleaning, reaming, scaping, filing...
• Re: seam rust under dash and near antenna
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:52:02 -0700
  ...I think this seam rust may be the cause of the rust hole I > have outside just under the antenna but I'm not...
• Re: Seam Rust Photo Website
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:39:59 EDT
  ...by a listee that photographically detailed the ugliness behind his rusty body seam on his vanagon and it's repair. Is there anyone who...
• Re: what is the best way to fix the rust in the body seams?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 11:43:48 -0800
  OldC00T@aol.com wrote: > > my 85 vanagon has rust just starting to show in the driverside body seam-what > is the best "fix" for...
• Re: Question - RE: Vanagon Seams & Sealing them up for good... Amended with n...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 2006 23:21:17 EST
  ...use seam sealer. and remember - the rust/water comes from BEHIND the seam. so making the outside pretty without taking care of the root...
• Re: seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:20:56 -0700
  ...What if, instead, the inside seam are is treated with a rust converter paint and then the entire panel and seam area is covered...
• Source for driver's side body repair panel?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:45:10 EDT
  ...The rust is confined to just the lower seam right now and I would like to stop it right there as the rest of...
• Re: Rear driver's wheels well rust treatment and updates
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:00:54 -0600
  ...The old fiber glass was intact and dry. >> >> What are the seam rust treatment options people might do? >> >> Also how would you approach the...
• Re: westy rust redux
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 01:21:57 -0500
  Doug, did you weld a bead over those seams that were rusty? What about body flex? I am using POR-15 rust paint on...
• Re: body panel seams anatomy and rust mitigation
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 28 Oct 2018 20:58:37 -0700
  ...body panel seams anatomy and rust mitigation > > > > I'm getting der gulden luvwagen ready to sell and looking at what seams > > (sic) to be...
• Re: Vanagon autobody question
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:03:07 -0500
  ...Of all 6 Vanagons I've had, the best for seam rust is the second oldest (1982), and this one also gets at least...
• remove your van's hatch plugs and caulk your westy filler ports!! DO IT.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:16:34 EDT
  ...2)westy seam rust on drivers side horizontal seam under fill ports- the #1 cause of the horizontal seam rust on the drivers side...
• Disassembling Westy interior for Seam Rust battle?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 8 Sep 2007 22:30:44 -0400
  Our '83 westy has very little seam rust as seen from the outside, but my understanding is that the rust is probably mostly hanging...
• Re: Good deal on a TDi (ALH) Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 10:13:41 -0500
  Is that really what is called "minor seam rust"? The panel above the seam is bubbling, which I have been told by body shops...
• Re: Rust in the seams
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:40:36 -0700
  ...And there is >>> lots of rust. Every seam, >>> it seems, is rusted. >>> (http://www.spurgin.net/images/van/DCP_0095.JPG) >>> I've >>> removed...
• Re: seam rust, how to prevent?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 12:51:42 -0600
  Maybe this is the reason vw made the later vanagons with the body molding covering the seams. It's a band-aid. steve > > > How...
• Re: Vanagon Seams
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:55:02 -0600
  Sand blast them clean with a spot sand blaster, and fill the seams with body panel adhesive. Never show rust in that area again...
• Re: Seem Rust
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:23:55 -1000
  ...the > rust > out of the seam. > Remove the tape, ( because more than likely you will have torn it up > in > the rust removal process...
• Re: Body Seam Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 02:01:27 -0400
  Please do tell what would be a "professional type body seam sealer"???? name brand, specific material to ask for??? mike 87 westy Stuart MacMillan...
• Re: POR Patch as a seam sealer?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:37:23 +0000
  ...wouldnt count on that 100% ) But the rust Is Still there, No matter what, until the seam is seperated and sanded, cleaned, prepped and...
• Re: Seam Rust '87 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 10:29:23 PDT
  ...Well I also have the seam rust (bought it that way) and I did take out the cabinets to get at the panel behind...
• Link to Rust Prevention Using BedLiner?
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:34:26 -0700
  ...was basically pics and an explanation of repairing seam rust then spraying bedliner over the seams and the lower part of the body for...
• POR-15 and seams
  Historical mailing list - Brian Hughes
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:30:46 -0400
  ...There's a pretty nasty case of seam rust below the untilities holes on driver's side. Poking around the POR site - noticed they...
• Seam Bubbling
  Historical mailing list - Kirk Swezey
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 11:39:43 +0000
  I have seen ads refering to 'seam bubbling'. Can anyone shed any light. Is this just a euphemism for rust corrosion where the panels...
• '90 syncro with seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Liberte, Joel
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:32:31 +0000
  ...It was suggested to me that after cleaning the seams of rust to weld them together to prevent it from happening again. Other than...
• Re: Seam Sealer removal Tool
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 22 May 2001 22:01:50 -0500
  The rust converter is a good idea - but unless you seal the seams with something like an epoxy primer or POR 15 - the seam...
• Re: westy rust redux
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 23:10:19 -0500
  This visual outside rust is only part of the story. Before I took ours to the body shop (it showed less seam rust than...
• westy rust redux
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 29 Jan 2001 15:51:33 -0800
  can anyone advise me just how bad this rust looks? http://www.scruznet.com/~cikasper/pics/westy/seam.jpg http://www.scruznet.com/~cikasper...
• best seam sealer?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 18:04:25 -0500
  I have sand blasted and rust treated all of my seams, and sprayed with self etching primer. Now im ready for paint and add...
• heads up...seam rust on vanagons w/ fiberglass bodykit
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:40:04 EDT
  ...the fiberglass bodykits on the carats/wolfsburgs, and later model GL's look really cool..but they also hide seam rust.. which can be...
• best seam sealer?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 18:04:34 -0500
  I have sand blasted and rust treated all of my seams, and sprayed with self etching primer. Now im ready for paint and add...
• Re: seam rust
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 23:52:39 EDT
  In a message dated 98-08-27 11:14:04 EDT, tonyd@CANDESA.COM writes: << Does anyone have a solution for seam rust and...
• NC body shops for dreaded seam rust repair?
  Historical mailing list - Agent99
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 01:04:17 -0400
  I'm looking for someone to repair the dreaded left rocker panel Westfalia seam rust. If anyone has had this done in the greater...
• yearly reminder to caulk your fill ports and remove your hatch plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 May 2006 15:04:52 EDT
  ...the metal starts to rust.. water takes the path of least resistance, the floor and horizontal rocker seam.. your seam will continue to rust...
• Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:48:35 +1200
  ...Actually, nothing will stop seams rusting in the long term. Car bodies flex when they go over road irregularities, and this causes the seams...
• Re: Body Seam Sealing
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 08:10:48 EDT
  ...Get the seam as clean as you possible can then flood the seam with a very good rust preventative primer. Then a apply a...
• Re: Disassembling Westy interior for Seam Rust battle?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 12:04:51 -0700
  By fill ports do you mean the ports half down the side of the Westy? I have some seam rust on my syncro and...
• vanagon body rust problem
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:47:25 -0500
  My 85'Vanagon has rusty seams. It seams to have been driven through salty snow roads. Ive sand-blasted out most of the surfice...
• Re: Body Seam Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 11:58:12 -0600
  You remember when Bob Hoover was on the type2 list? He apparently thought that mig welding the seams was the way to go, and...
• Re: rust treatment
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 26 Jun 2021 10:06:53 -0700
  ...But, the auto body guy claims it will soak into the seams and do good to slow rust. He will then prep and paint...
• Re: repairing seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 19 May 2001 22:48:50 -1000
  ...repairing seam rust > I just bought some 'Corroless' rust convertor from Eastwood company, I've > used the stuff before and have liked it. I...
• Re: seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:46:57 -0700
  ...if, instead, the inside seam are is treated with a rust converter > paint and then the entire panel and seam area is covered in...
• Re: seam sealer
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:41:51 -0800
  A 1/32 or 1/64 inch crack lets in water and leads to rust and paint failure. I've got a seam where...
• ReRust Problems
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 14 Feb 1995 07:01:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...I succeeded in stopping the rust by firstly removing the seam goop in the seam between the two panels then clean and sand the...
• Re: Rust protection...
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:06:59 EST
  ...After spraying anti rust solution & letting it soak in. Then wiping the surface clean, I bought a tube of 3M seam sealer. The kind...
• Re: ReRust Problems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
  Tue, 14 Feb 1995 22:34:22 -0600 (CST)
  ...I succeeded in stopping the rust by firstly removing the seam > goop in the seam between the two panels then clean and sand the...
• Re: Body Seam Rust (long)
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:58:19 -0500
  > Your going to mig weld the seam? I think this is a bad Idea. >This I am sure, is where the vehicle flex. Wellding...
• Re: A word to the wise on seam rust;
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 15:34:44 EST
  ...a repair panel available, > for the behind the drivers side rocker seam rust problem? > JC... > before you do that make sure you caulk around...
• Re: body panel seams anatomy and rust mitigation
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 28 Oct 2018 21:46:01 -0700
  ...body panel seams anatomy and rust mitigation >>> >>> I'm getting der gulden luvwagen ready to sell and looking at what seams >>> (sic) to be...
• do you know your vanagon is rusting away?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:46:29 EDT
  ...got seam rust along the horizontal rocker seam under your fill ports? its water coming in around the fill ports. when westfalia-werke does...
• Re: Rust in the seams
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 00:45:35 -0500
  ...And there is lots of rust. Every seam, > > it seems, is rusted. (http://www.spurgin.net/images/van/DCP_0095.JPG) I've > > removed...
• Re: Body shops in Portland, Oregon
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:17:47 -0700
  Don't know about seam rust, but I've had excellent results with "Artistic Auto Body" in Tigard Tigard Facility Phone: (503) 639-9200...
• Re: Link to seam rust fix
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 13:19:14 EST
  ...fix the rust, treat it, and seal everything up w. new seam sealer.. and reseal the fill ports.. this kind of rust has nothing...
• Re: seam rust
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:04:50 PDT
  ...with "Rust Check" and fluid film about every 2 months, as I do with all of the seams - yes they are rusting -= bought it...
• ?'s On Seam Sealing
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:19:39 -0500
  Getting tread yto dig out the seam sealer and attempt to do the rust thing on the 90 GL. I started digging some of...
• Re: Rust in the seams
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:07:26 -0700
  ...And there is >> lots of rust. Every seam, >> it seems, is rusted. >> (http://www.spurgin.net/images/van/DCP_0095.JPG) >> I've >> removed...
• Body seam gap - How to repair?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:06:44 -0400
  ...Are there any products that will flow into the gap and prevent the seams from rusting? That's mostly what I'm worried about...
• Re: Rust protection...
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:32:55 -0500
  ...None of seam rust in the interior was very advanced, so I didn't use seam filler material. I just cleaned up the rust...