(Roof Rack) filling the roof channels

[Ron at Bunch.org (Ron@Bunch.org)]

That might cause your roof to rust.
In the interest of protecting your 82, how much do you want for the factory 
rack?

At 10:29 AM 2/17/04 -0500, you wrote:
>HEHEHEHEHE
>I have one!!!
>Came on my 82 when I got it a couple years ago. I love the way it looks on
>the car, as Ron said, I just keep the front to back pieces on. The blocks
>that mount the crossbars on are super rusty so I think I'm gonna get them
>powder coated.
>
>-George
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Ron@bunch.org>
>To: "Mark Langford" <markl@hiwaay.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 7:19 PM
>Subject: Re: (Roof Rack) filling the roof channels
>
>
> > Assuming you are referring to the black trim pieces either side of the
> > roof, they were designed to  accept a very slick dealer option roof rack
> > that mounted at four corner points on the roof and came with cross piece
> > attachments for bikes and skis.
> > You could remove the crosspiece attachments and just drive with the low
> > black siderails of the rack on top.
> > I saw them listed at dealers in Germany mid 1980s and meant to buy one.
> > Never did.
> > I recall only seeing maybe three examples on the road.
> > I haven't been back to Germany in 9 years and maybe I've spent too much
> > time in the wrong places here, missing the fact that every other Scirocco
> > owner has one. Not sure.
> > But, if we are talking about the same channels and anyone has a rack:
> > please contact me off list.
> > I still want one!
> >
> >
> > At 08:41 AM 2/16/04 -0600, Mark Langford wrote:
> > >I'm about to paint my 87 Scirocco, and spent Friday removing everything
> > >that's not a faded-to-pink version of Tornado red.  After peeling off the
> > >black "drip rails" from the roof (that's all I can think they'd be for),
>I
> > >called the VW stealership, where I was told these were available only if
>you
> > >bought the entire roof.  Well, I'd already been thinking of getting rid
>of
> > >them anyway, so that confirmed it.
> > >
> > >I was thinking of mixing up some epoxy with microballoons and filling
>them
> > >completely with this stuff (same stuff composite aircraft builders use),
>as
> > >it's not as prone to cracking as polyester type body fillers.  Has
>anybody
> > >filled these channels with something, and did it last without eventually
> > >cracking? And what did you use?
> > >
> > >Thanks a lot,
> > >
> > >Mark Langford, markl "at"  hiwaay.net
> > >1974 2110cc Karmann Ghia  (http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/ghia2.jpg)
> > >1987 2.0L 16V Scirocco
> > >1999 1.8T Audi A4 Avant
> > >2001 1.8T GTI w/APR chip
> > >see Corvair powered KR2S project at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
> > >
> > >
> > >
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