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ArthurH

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ArthurH

I have a couple of questions.  Many cars I owned from the 60s, 70s & 80s had the same approach to sound deadening - self-adhesive bitumen pads stuck on the floor, typically covering the front and rear passenger footwells.  As I strip out this Inca shell, I find it has two tiny pads, in just the front footwells.  Does anyone know why they bothered with such tiny pads?

 

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I have removed the black film from the 'B' pillars as I need to do a small welded repair behind the window rubber.  I pulled off the film, it came off fairly well but left behind a tacky residue.  I have tried to remove the glue using my trusty solvents (in order of harshness) - White Spirit, Methylated Spirit, Acetone, Petrol and Cellulose Thinners.  The glue has laughed at all of them...  Any suggestions?  Can I assume the original paint is an acrylic paint, I.e, not cellulose based?

 

 

 

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Leslie green

The tiny pads are only  there to block up 3 large holes in the chassis rails . The residue sounds similar to the stuff duck tape leaves if left on a while and is almost impossible to remove ,petrol softens it long enough to try and rub it off or if repainting it id scotchbrite it off . You can get sticky label remover but never used it so can't say if its any good for what you want.

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ArthurH

Thanks Leslie, I guess I was going to discover this when I removed them, but I left them for the photo :D  I'll re-cover the holes after spraying with something much lighter.

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Leslie green

Duct tape is what I used and was what was on mine before .

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