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Old Oct 13th, 2018, 09:14   #448
Army
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Default OK another bit of advice needed

I'm getting alarmingly close to putting wings on cars (!)

Well I say alarmingly close as in I reckon I could start thinking about trial fitting the rear wings on the PV.

I'm going to use the "silly" original system of sticking vinyl between the body and the wings. This is obviously (I say obviously now as we all now know about vinyl and vinyl roofs on cars because of the 1970s) a bad idea because it traps water...

...to combat water ingress between the body panel joints I intend to use some sort of sealant.

I'm not sure which

So I was wondering what others have done

I was thinking along the lines of Permatex black silicone =>

https://www.permatex.com/products/ad...esive-sealant/

But I'm a bit worried about getting silicone anywhere near paint - can cause problems in the future with repainting

EDIT:- after a bit more reading on the interweb it seems I might been a victim of anti-silicone-ism =>

https://www.eshine.ca/blogs/articles...-is-silicone-1

May be silicone on paint isn't such a problem after all (?)

Still I would like to know more about what others have done to their vinyl linings
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Last edited by Army; Oct 13th, 2018 at 10:20. Reason: Found more info
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