Smyth Jetta Ute: body install
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- čas přidán 8. 11. 2015
- This is finally hanging the fiberglass body panels on the aluminum bed installed in stage 4. A lot of fitting, trimming refitting in this stage. If you don't take your time though, the body lines won't match or the gaps will be uneven. You also probably need to finish all your wiring before you hang the body panels over it. Not as fun as cutting the donor car but still exciting as the Ute begins to take shape!
- Auta a dopravní prostředky
Love the musical accompanyment
Tanks man
finally I get the car I want use for the ute is a 2005 gli 6 speed manual transmission with little bit of modification on engine is black I can wait for start
Sweet! I'm jealous! That's gonna be a nice ute!
Hi, is there a rubber seal that goes around the rear sliding window?
Max M no you glue this style of window in with urethane adhesive like window weld.
I have a question.
Volkswagen Golf is a monocoque chassis, so if you cut a place like a C-pillar, the stiffness would be lowered. How about car body reinforcement?
That is a very good point and valid concern. This video is just hanging the fiberglass panels. They are just the outside skin and not any strength. The previous video
czcams.com/video/dAzf7fVb4_Q/video.html
Is the steel and aluminum panels that bring the strength and rigidity back to the car after cutting the C pillars out. The 1/4 in thick B pillar panels tie into all the pieces of the bed. The bed pieces actually form a box that bridges from the new B pillar extension to the bottom of the old C pillars and across the floor.
Of course in the interest of not boring viewers, it doesn't show every bolt and rivet but believe me, there are a lot (much like in an aircraft). The car ends up coming out impressively rigid.
How long till you put stage 5 on the website?
Also love all the work you have done so far.
+sonicx059 Thanks! I sent it to Mark this morning. Up to him if he wants to hang it :)
Is it good to pop-rivet fiberglass especially right out front on the face of the wheel opening. I know you can body fill those but won't it just come back out in a few years?
You could just use adhesive like 3M 5200 or something but you will need filler either way. I just figured it was better to have them flex together so I riveted it. I used fairing compound instead of bondo for most of my filler. I just used bondo as a glazing to fill the pin holes in the fairing compound.
You are right thou that I gotta be careful how close to the edge I rivet in fiberglass
I was thinking to buck rivets old school like on planes , for as many as possibly be done.
I'm sure some of the new adhesives can take place for some of the rivets around the fenders,or do another method.
Build the back of the panel up a little, so you can countersink them.
I understand the kit, it's for a DIY type of situation,it's whatever you want to do too, improve on something you aren't fond of.
I'm trying to talk a buddy into building one, I'll give him the donor.
And since its fiberglass for the body, I'd like to do a little custom work and install original Vw pickup taillights.
These are all pipe dreams if I can't talk my buddy into it. 😁
+MrTheHillfolk That sounds like some pretty cool ideas. I know Mark Smyth spent a long time working on the taillights. Of course he also had the battle of having to be able to source a lot of them. I looked at doing something else with the tails. I had a spare set of 81 Caddy pickup rears laying around. I mocked them up with cardboard but the lines just didn't look right. I love the old Caddys and I'm still crying a little bit about selling my last one but the curves on the jetta and the Ute kit don't blend that well with anything square like most of the Caddy stuff. But mock it up and see how you like it! Thats the beauty of customizing, you can do what YOU like! Gotten a ton of comments on some of the stuff I did on this Ute that people didn't like. I like working with the fiberglass just because you can customize so much. You can build all kinds of cool stuff. Been toying with the idea of putting some brake vents in the fender flairs just to make it a little different but got enough other stuff to do right now!
+hesty32
Yea I was talkin with a few other people , they said the same thing about the early tails not looking right.
Looks like a fun build, I miss my old truck.
hi hesty this is edmar can you tell me the 2 wires on passager side bed wath is for
+edmar castro I put a power outlet (cigar lighter) on the side of the bed there. I used the leads from the original one that was in the trunk. I used a water proof power outlet I got from an old boat but you can get them from West Marine or any boat supply store. Is that what you were asking about?
+hesty32 yes my man tanks
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