rear compartment doors

[jj_long81]

hello. what is used to glue the compartment door frames to the doors after you carpet them?

 

[bill81vette]

I used this...

it is available from the corvette vendors...

 

[jj_long81]

is that contact cement? that's what I would use to glue the carpet but to slide the frame over the door after contact adhesive is applied seem like it would be hard to do.

 

[Yoda]

It has been over ten years since I did the rear compartments and carpeted RARE so I go on memory... unless I go out to the shop and look...

As I recall there were small screws in the side of the FRAME that the carpet covers sat in. The screws were on the outside and screwed into the plastic board, unless that got all busted up during removal and now your are using an after market frame and particle board inserts...

Bud

 

[Wajulia]

It has been over ten years since I did the rear compartments and carpeted RARE so I go on memory... unless I go out to the shop and look...

As I recall there were small screws in the side of the FRAME that the carpet covers sat in. The screws were on the outside and screwed into the plastic board, unless that got all busted up during removal and now your are using an after market frame and particle board inserts...

Bud

Sometime before 81 they had screws. but by time they got to 81, the frame is glued onto a plastic lid. But that said, when I replaced mine, the frames I bought had the holes (wrong for an 81) so I drilled holes in the plastic lid and screwed them together . Figured only the most astute vette-head would ever notice and know it wasn't right.

 

[22229stingray81]

I find all this fascinating. I just figured out my compartment doors are those aftermarket particle board one's. I had no idea the originals were plastic, and glued together to boot. Also I had no idea there were jack instruction decals under the larger door.... Can anyone comment on the battery door compartment "gasket"? Some of the part vendors have such a part listed. Did it go around the perimeter of the entire door?

Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread....


-Tatortot

 

[bill81vette]

Didn't know it had a gasket..
but I'll double check this weekend!!!!

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[Wajulia]

I find all this fascinating. I just figured out my compartment doors are those aftermarket particle board one's. I had no idea the originals were plastic, and glued together to boot. Also I had no idea there were jack instruction decals under the larger door.... Can anyone comment on the battery door compartment "gasket"? Some of the part vendors have such a part listed. Did it go around the perimeter of the entire door?

Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread....


-Tatortot

The 81 does not have a gasket to my knowledge.

 

[22229stingray81]

Thanks for the input. They must just be generic, as in "it will fit if you want it." Here's what I found.

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-Tatortot