Body Work Q- Replacing rear arches

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

I believe the inner and outer fender are only joined with spot welds. 
www.eastwoodco.com sells a tool for drilling out the spot welds.
I try to leave the smallest hole that I can so I generally center punch the center of the spot weld, drill it out with a drill but just a little bit smaller that the weld, then use a sharp chisel to separate the two panels.
I'd start by cutting away as much of the old panel as possible so there is only a strip left spot welded in place. Easier to peel it off as you drill out and chisel the welds.


From: <julie@menloparkrandd.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 5:14 AM
Subject: Re: Body Work Q- Replacing rear arches


Its either done with a cut off wheel or an air chisel. Techniue varies with the user.
Being on an AFB, you might have a chance of borrowing the tools right?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bryan Rankin [mailto:d_x20@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 09:08 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Body Work Q- Replacing rear arches
>
>
>Hey fellow listers,
>
> Been a while since I've contributed anything good/bad/useless to the list, 
>haven't hardly touched the 81, but tonight I finally got back into it. I've 
>got replacement fender arches for the 81 and I'm in the process of cutting 
>them out. I'm about an inch and half away from the lip all the way around 
>the fender. How I do I separate the outer fender arch from the inner fender 
>wall without damaging the inner fender? Everything inside the panel is 
>perfect, looks just like it did in 81 I'm sure, except for the old old 11/32 
>socket and 1/4 drive extension. (Who was using metric on my car???)
>
>Thanks alot.
>
>Bryan
>Fort McMurray, AB
>81 Volkswagen Scirocco
>89 Volkswagen Jetta GTX
>
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