CRG Discussion Forum
Camaro Research Group Discussion => Originality => Topic started by: 68Zproject on June 25, 2009, 12:11:56 AM
-
Did the factory use the grey thin ropes that I always called dum dum, for sealing the door water shields and the air vents in the kick panel? Or did they use black in some places, grey in others etc?
-
My '69 has grey on the door water shields, can't say about the kick panels.
Al
-
The compound I have seen on Kick panels had a tan appearance. This was on two vehicles both 68 with AC. Other smay be able to confirm or disprov ethis. I believe that neither of these vehicles had the panles out previously. This is the only part I have seen Tan on however.
-
It was very close to the gray 3M Dum Dum but it had a string in it, presumably to help with handling the stuff. You can use the 3M strip caulk in a box to be very close to original minus the string. Plumbers putty works well too. :)
-Mark.
-
This is what I use and was also recommended on another thread.
3M strip caulk part#08578 black
You can get it at pretty much any automotive supplies dealer , Napa, O'reilly etc.
-
I had an SS in H.S. and it was only 6 years old so most of the stuff was original. The kick panel had grey sealer but there was black on the door shields. I just wondered if there was a specific kind for certain areas or if they just used both or whatever was available. I know there is a lot that we know about the assembly process, but some of these little details are scarce it seems. I would like to know what people that restore cars use for a reference to get all these details.
-
On my car kick panels were sealed with grey seam sealer from a tube and dries hard. See photo. It's available from auto body shops in a caulk tube. The dum dum was used on the water shields and lower window track bolt. Strip Caulk is the same stuff.
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d80/pex68/DSC00189.jpg)