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Oh no! Foam is everywhere!, Been browsing Bowlsby's site...

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bondo	Jul 27 2005, 07:49 PM Post #21
Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California	We all know and love that foam the factory stuck in hidden places that traps water and causes rust... I knew about the front and rear of the inner rear fenders, and the ends of both trunk lids... Brace yourself, then check out the pic below! I was hoping to eliminate the foam during my restoration, but now it seems hopeless. (IMG:http://members.rennlist.com/914_collectibles/zRareDoc08.jpg)

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bondo

Jul 28 2005, 10:28 AM

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Practicing my perpendicular parking

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QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jul 28 2005, 09:25 AM)

QUOTE (bondo @ Jul 27 2005, 06:49 PM)

Brace yourself

no worries. those are the access points to spray in "Hohlraumversiegelung" but that was, as far as i know, never done by the factory but instead was an option for the dealers to put in ...

i honestly don't think there are a lot of 914s on the road that have all those cavities sprayed out.

the purpose of the foam is rust-prevention. it works great for a couple of years until the foam get's old and brittle and starts sucking up water ...
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Andy

Sweet, I feel better now. So what are the known foamed locations? I only know of the ones I mentioned.

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bondo Oh no! Foam is everywhere! Jul 27 2005, 07:49 PM

Brent That pic is damn scary! Jul 28 2005, 02:14 AM

URY914 So what was the purpose of the foam? Sound deadini... Jul 28 2005, 06:03 AM

bd1308 the germans thought it would be a funny joke. They... Jul 28 2005, 06:08 AM

Jeff Bowlsby Thanks for bringing this up. The diagram is from ... Jul 28 2005, 06:12 AM

lylegd It looks like instructions for spraying undercoati... Jul 28 2005, 06:18 AM

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SirAndy Jul 28 2005, 10:25 AM

JmuRiz Z-Bart anyone http://www.914world.... Jul 28 2005, 10:28 AM

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SirAndy Jul 28 2005, 10:38 AM

URY914 The parts car that I have was Z-bart'd. They s... Jul 28 2005, 10:43 AM

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Jeroen I may be off, but AFAIK, Dinol (mentioned in the p... Jul 28 2005, 12:23 PM

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