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Insides were treated with Bilt Hamber Dynax S50 and all outer surfaces with Dynax UB. This is not going to rust again.
New wing supports also painted and fitted with Sikaflex on the mating faces to stop water creeping behind.
The bumper beam tubes also needed replacing as they were badly corroded. OE 993 part 99350501900 costs £76+vat each. With a bit of research I found that the 996 uses exactly the same part but with a different part number 99650501901 only costs £29+vat each!
New wing supports also painted and fitted with Sikaflex on the mating faces to stop water creeping behind.
The bumper beam tubes also needed replacing as they were badly corroded. OE 993 part 99350501900 costs £76+vat each. With a bit of research I found that the 996 uses exactly the same part but with a different part number 99650501901 only costs £29+vat each!
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Most of the heat shields just needed a really good clean but the small shields that cover the silencer pipes were missing so these were replaced. New Top Gear exhaust system also fitted with Dansk big ovals. :thumbs:
The small brackets which hold the lower PU and heat shield were also badly corroded. As an experiment I put them in a solution of Bilt Hamber Deox C. The result was impressive so they were painted and reused.
The small brackets which hold the lower PU and heat shield were also badly corroded. As an experiment I put them in a solution of Bilt Hamber Deox C. The result was impressive so they were painted and reused.
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The heat shield studs are a type of CD weld stud. There is a supplier locally https://www.advanced-studwelding.co.uk/ but only sells them by the 1000. He gave me a handful which I passed on to 9m. It's a tricky business doing them in situ so Chris used the same M6 studs as the wing struts. I found those on ebay, M6 self clinching stainless studs.
If you want the correct ones any local good body shop should have them but the equipment to fit them is pretty expensive and it's difficult to get a weld as strong as the factory original. When I did the rear seat delete I fitted RS seat belt reel covers retained by those same weld studs, it took 9m several attempts to get a decent weld.
I would rather have duplicated the original but these will probably outlast the car and no one will see them.
If you want the correct ones any local good body shop should have them but the equipment to fit them is pretty expensive and it's difficult to get a weld as strong as the factory original. When I did the rear seat delete I fitted RS seat belt reel covers retained by those same weld studs, it took 9m several attempts to get a decent weld.
I would rather have duplicated the original but these will probably outlast the car and no one will see them.
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