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JD
pre67vw Junkie

17 years ago

Probably, and they'd certainly be easier to do, but I have doubts about the strength and longevity of ally ones. They are only thin hollow sections after all. I can see them going all wobbly when you nail them on. My last remaining tack strip is pretty bent up and thats brass. I wouldn't want ally tack strips near a non black coloured top either! You could never polish them without leaving black streaks!

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pre67vw
Administration

17 years ago

#42

Probably, and they'd certainly be easier to do, but I have doubts about the strength and longevity of ally ones. They are only thin hollow sections after all. I can see them going all wobbly when you nail them on. My last remaining tack strip is pretty bent up and thats brass. I wouldn't want ally tack strips near a non black coloured top either! You could never polish them without leaving black streaks!

"JD" wrote:

I was wondering about them going wobbly, my hood had the one left on it and that was pretty bent. This meant that the chrome chipped off because it doesn't bend too well, you wouldn't have that problem with ally - nothing would chip off. Strength wise I think they'd be fine, I was thinking that if they needed a re-polish you could lay down some 2" masking tape each side of the strip and polish away without getting it on the material.

Rob Amos
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2splits
pre67vw Junkie

17 years ago

#43

If you can swing it, go with brass like the originals. Wolfsburg West's are aluminum and as I said, are pretty low quality. I know a bunch of people who would be interested (shit, I would take a set), if the price was decent and quality was there.

Kevin

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