The body is almost ready to go back on the chassis. I had a few very small bumps on the header panel, between the headlights and the hood, from corroded rivets in the header reinforcement and had planned to let them go as they would likely sand out. But then I figured, while I'm here I may as well do it right. I'm glad I did because after pulling the reinforcement down, I saw that each of the rivets had a significant amount of corrosion on the heads that was pressing against the underside of the header panel, so the problem would have undoubtedly gotten worse with time.
My question is about the glue that was used to hold the reinforcement in place. The rest of the car is held together with the conventional resin/talc type glue that dries very hard. The glue that attached the reinforcement bonding strip to the bottom of the header seems to be some type of rubber/silicone based product. It's still pliable.
Does anyone know what this glue is, where I can get some or why a different type of glue was used? Assuming I can't get anything like the original stuff, will using the hard drying resin/talc glue cause problems? Thanks.
My question is about the glue that was used to hold the reinforcement in place. The rest of the car is held together with the conventional resin/talc type glue that dries very hard. The glue that attached the reinforcement bonding strip to the bottom of the header seems to be some type of rubber/silicone based product. It's still pliable.
Does anyone know what this glue is, where I can get some or why a different type of glue was used? Assuming I can't get anything like the original stuff, will using the hard drying resin/talc glue cause problems? Thanks.
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