Speaking of the bumper attachment... (type 44)

[Kneale Brownson]

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The body shops I talked to described removing the bumper cover and chrome
strip, grinding away the rust, treating the metal with some sort of rezink
process, priming and painting and then reinstalling the chrome strip and
bumper cover.


At 04:49 PM 11/07/2001 -0500, TM wrote:

>About that spot- how does one fix the rusting problem around the
>rear chrome strip?
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>Taka
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>From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
>Behalf Of Kneale Brownson
>Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 2:26 PM
>To: Grant Bessom; 'quattro at audifans.com'
>Subject: Re: Rust-free old Audis
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>At 11:54 AM 11/07/2001 -0500, Grant Bessom wrote:
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> >This reminds me of one reason why I decided not to buy a 92 S4.  One
>reason,
> >surface rust on the lower faces of all doors.  Anyone smell an improper
> >repaint?  My 1986 5ktqcs (w/ 250+k miles), that has lived on the nothern
> >east coat its entire life, is rust free.
>
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>Even where the chrome strip above the rear bumper cover is attached via
>holes through the sheetmetal?  I thought EVERY type $$ rusted around those
>fastener openings.
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