Re: Rieger kit install questions

[ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>]

At 12:30 4/30/97 -0700, you wrote:
>I am planning on ordering a Rieger Evolution GTO kit for my '82
>Scirocco.  After seeing a picture of the kit parts, it looks like the
>fiberglass work shouldn't be as difficult as, say, a Zender Z400
>Widebody requires.  The 2 front fenders are bolt-ons, the door skins fit
>over the the entire door up to the windows, and the rear quarter-panel
>covers everything up to the A-pillar.  It seems to me that the 'glass
>work is pretty straightforward.  The only hard part would be fitting the
>rear wing...or am I wrong?  I'm not an expert or experienced, but I have
>tried to do my homework.
>

Do these kits just glue over the stock sheetmetal? I've never seen one -
I guess the winters around here are a bit too much for custom work to
be popular.

I have to wonder whether there is any down side to a kit like this - like
will it trap road crud up against the metal body and rot out faster than
a stock body?

Chuck Kuecker

ckuecker@mcs.net

'83 Scirocco
'58 Ghia Convert
'67 Bug
'63 Bug
'91 Vanagon


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