[T3] pop-out windows on a fastback

Phil Hof phil.hof at ostronic.org
Sun Jan 12 09:50:45 PST 2014


It was welded on the interior of the car, not between the inner and outer panels of the C-pillar, as you can see in this picture:
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1154298.jpg

I was worried a little at first, wondering if the thickness of the new plate would locate the hinge differently, but it seems to open and close just as it should.  The buts were welded on the backside, and the plate then welded as shown.  I presume they cut out enough of the inner C-pillar to make room for the nuts.

FYI, I sprung the sunroof addition request on them after the pop-out work was done.  They did not have to get inside the C-pillar to do this pop-out work.  I suppose I might have made it easier on them if I told him of the sunroof work earlier, and he could have directly welded a nut behind the inner C-pillar while it was cut open.

But this was an ingenious solution, which only required the headliner to be removed or at least peeled back; I was replacing the headliner anyway.

-Phil

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> From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
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> Okay, it's always good to hear from someone who has actually been 
> thru this. How did they get the nutplate inside the B pillar? With 
> the headliner gone, can it be slipped in from above? On a fasty could 
> it be slipped in from below, from the rear trunk?
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