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Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: May 28th, 2022, 12:59 pm
by Maddel
Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: July 31st, 2022, 4:58 am
by Maddel
Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: September 16th, 2022, 5:58 pm
by Maddel
February 2015
Burnt (and patched before) original cardboard voltage regulator cover.
It will be replaced by a homemade fiberglass one later...
Started to remove some carpet. A bad hunch crept over me that getting rid of the old glue incrustations will be much fun!
Removed the seat mounts...
The folding gadget of these aftermarket seat mounts is necessary only for TÜV approval of race bucket seats...
So I decided to disable it. Also deleted the latching clamps...
Reworked the mounting points too...
Fits way better now and gained some stability too...
Now for the luggage area...
Removed the speaker box, the carpet and parts of the sound insulation...
That heavy monstrosity will not go back in...
Never liked the bulky sound damping of the hot air Y-tubes under the rear seat...
So I cut some latex coated felt...
Glued it to the perforated metal tubes...
And soaked the felt with some black synthetic resin lacquer...
Seat rail covers with attached spacers, finally shaped and painted along with the rear seat support bar and attachment strip...
Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: September 16th, 2022, 8:22 pm
by Super_Randy
the voltage regulator had a cover?
Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: September 17th, 2022, 3:57 am
by Maddel
Super_Randy wrote:the voltage regulator had a cover?
Check out this Samba topic:
Flap over voltage regulator
Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: September 17th, 2022, 5:31 pm
by Super_Randy
interesting. iv never seen or even heard of those
Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: September 26th, 2022, 2:16 pm
by Maddel
March 2015
Ready to add some sound insulation...
Started with some felt stripes...
Then reinstalled the original insulation board and added more felt stripes...
Followed by aluminum coated bitumen sound deadening pads...
The wheel arches will be covered with butyl rubber mats later...
Obsolete speaker and amp wiring...
Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: September 28th, 2022, 3:02 pm
by Maddel
April 2015
Removed the sun visors and the rear view mirror. The headliner yellowed quite a bit over the years...
As well as the assist straps. No cleaner I tried produced a satisfying result...
After some research I found a crucial hint on a computer collector's website: bleaching!
So I got some hydrogen peroxide (H
2O
2, 11.9%)...
Steeped an assistant strap in the liquid for a few hours.
Ultraviolet light is vital for the bleaching process so I placed the bowl on the sunny balcony...
The result turned out quite impressive IMHO...
But how to use that H
2O
2 liquid with the headliner?
After some more research I ended up with "Cream Oxide" (creamy H
2O
2, 12%) from the barber shop...
Sun visors and some headliner samples served as guinea pigs...
Plastic wrap prevented dry-down and an Osram Ultra Vitalux 300W UV lamp got the ball rolling...
And this charlatanism did the job quite well...
At that point I had only a dim idea how that procedure could work with the way larger area of the headliner.
That H
2O
2 stuff is quite aggressive so care must be taken not to mess up the Bug's interior.
Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: September 28th, 2022, 8:01 pm
by Super_Randy
ok, now i have to do that to my straps
Re: Some old Bullshit...
Posted: October 1st, 2022, 3:13 pm
by schwim
Maddel wrote: ↑September 28th, 2022, 3:02 pm
The result turned out quite impressive IMHO...
That's truly incredible! It kind of makes me want to roam around the house and find things to renew