Final Body Kit Question

[tiAn@usiw.net (Christian Els)]

Tyler,

The sheet metal of the body is NOT substantial enough to attach the body
kit, you need to have something behind it to hold up.

If you can reach back there, bolts with nuts will work just fine.

If you can't get to the backside of (some) panels, your FLAPS will have
replacement plastic clips that will work. Look in the Help! section, they'll
have several types. Pick one that will fit without too much hassle.

Alternately you may want to consider Nutserts, which are like pop rivets
except that they are threaded to accept a bolt or screw. They are simple to
work with and hold quite well, but aren't the cheapest solution. You can
find them at any decent hardware store, just need a pop rivet gun to install
them.

Cheers,

Christian Els
Columbia, MO
1987 Scirocco 16V For Sale -- pics at www.schnellpc.com/scirocco.htm


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler J. Pease" <uberzip@attbi.com>
To: "List (E-mail)" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, 07 February, 2002 22:42
Subject: Final Body Kit Question


> Ok, so I'm finally going to put the body kit on, I only have the arches to
> clean up this Saturday.  But I have one last instalation question.  What
do
> I do for the screw holes?  I know on a factory car that most of the holes
> have a plastic insert to screw into.  Unfortunatly when taking off a body
> kit most of these plastic clips don't come off with out getting messed up.
> So I want to know what I should do.  Should I just drill holes big enough
so
> that the screws go right into the body really tight, or should I get one
of
> those kits from a car store that you can use to make screw threads with?
I
> don't think I'll be to successful with getting the few plastic inserts
that
> I have in so I just want to know what others have done.
>
>
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