 Styrofoam in the Door?, What's supposed to be in there? |
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| able2222 |
 Jan 7 2013, 07:44 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 29-July 09 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 10,621 Region Association: None  |
Doing some window track maintenance on a '70 and pulled the door panels off. Found some large styrofoam blocks in the bottom of the door. Questions: 1. did the factory do this? 2. is it a redneck attempt at sound deading by the PO? or 3. is it an after market floatation assist kit (if it is I'm missing the snorkle)?
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| Nine_14 |
Jan 7 2013, 10:09 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 30-August 12 From: Germany Member No.: 14,873 Region Association: Germany |
Don't forget there must be a plastic foil behind the door panel.
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| Tom_T |
Jan 7 2013, 11:27 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,321 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California 
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QUOTE(Nine_14 @ Jan 7 2013, 08:09 AM)  Don't forget there must be a plastic foil behind the door panel. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Although here we'd call it a plastic sheet vapor barrier behind the inner door panel & over the inner frame. That styrofoam was a DAPO add-on, cuz that will only hold moisture to aid tin worm! Porsche/VW did inject foam in other body cavities in an ill advised attempt to both sound deaden & waterproof the bodies, which instead turned out to cause water-poof! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
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able2222 Styrofoam in the Door? Jan 7 2013, 07:44 AM
914itis Window stopper? :confused: Jan 7 2013, 07:48 AM SUNAB914 Not factory. Jan 7 2013, 08:08 AM 76-914 New to me. My 1st ride in a 914 was in Austin albe... Jan 7 2013, 10:07 AM walterolin Agree with Tom T. I have an August 1970, took the... Jan 7 2013, 11:34 AM
Nine_14
Agree with Tom T. I have an August 1970, took th... Jan 7 2013, 11:42 AM JamesM My guess is someone put it there to soften the blo... Jan 7 2013, 11:45 AM |
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