Still not easy finding before pictures, but examining the archives, i found this litte landscape of rust:
Maybe not looking that bad, but still, this is the number one location for rust on T4s – causing water flooding everywhere it can cause damage inside … Therefore it totally earned my attention in the war of rust battle IV 🙂
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – avoiding spray side effects by newspapers and a yoga math
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – even more paint layers
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – all paint layers applied
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – now handling edges left
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – final result left
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – handling right rain drain
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – right rain drain final result
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – total final result
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- VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – also fixed the right welding spot of the roof to match the paint again
Clearly, this is not a professional paint job. Also it seems the white of the roof of the VW T4 is slightly brighter by age or by default, but still – it prevents one of the most vulnerable spots of rust and invading rain water. Sadly on some spots I’ve painted the rubber seal white, which left me no choice but to paint the whole seal a bit more white than I’d have retrospectively. Anyways, the VW T4 looks a lot more worthy than before and hopefully will not develop rust issues on the handled spots soon..
VW T4 Project – War against Rust – Battle IV: Roof – total final result
There are two more areas to treat soon which I have been avoiding due to the required experience: sill and back right wheel case hole. I am really looking forward to solve this 🙂