Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
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Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
Hi there,
I've searched for something already on this but didn't find anything.
The bottom lip of my T25 (1981) tailgate is a big piece of crumbling rust and is beyond saving/ welding/ patching and is letting rain into the back. I'm weighing up the options of buying a second hand one for around £60 which has less rust but will need attention (and will never be perfect) and buying a fibreglass replacement for around £300 which may be a permanent solution. I've seen some high quality ones that look good on other vans that have had a complete spray job afterwards.
Has anyone had any experience of fibreglass tailgates? (Obviously, I'll need to change the struts). Are they any good? A reasonable alternative? Problems with them? Or things to think about?
I'm a bit new to T25s and to this forum so your patience and comments will be much appreciated.
KC
I've searched for something already on this but didn't find anything.
The bottom lip of my T25 (1981) tailgate is a big piece of crumbling rust and is beyond saving/ welding/ patching and is letting rain into the back. I'm weighing up the options of buying a second hand one for around £60 which has less rust but will need attention (and will never be perfect) and buying a fibreglass replacement for around £300 which may be a permanent solution. I've seen some high quality ones that look good on other vans that have had a complete spray job afterwards.
Has anyone had any experience of fibreglass tailgates? (Obviously, I'll need to change the struts). Are they any good? A reasonable alternative? Problems with them? Or things to think about?
I'm a bit new to T25s and to this forum so your patience and comments will be much appreciated.
KC
Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
One thing to take into account,you can't hang a bikerack from them.
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Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
plus the quality is not too good
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Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
If it is an Ebay one from Stockport,
they do advise that due to a significant reduction in weight, you must use weak or old gas struts.
It would be nice if you could get a lower skin for the hatch.
I think our kitchen colander has fewer holes in it than our tail gate.
As you describe the entire width of the bottom 2".
they do advise that due to a significant reduction in weight, you must use weak or old gas struts.
It would be nice if you could get a lower skin for the hatch.
I think our kitchen colander has fewer holes in it than our tail gate.
As you describe the entire width of the bottom 2".
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Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
For the same money you can have a rust-free dry state US import tailgate.
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Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
Does anyone import rust free US tailgates? Seems to be loads of imported bits for Bays but wondered which companies do 'our' tailgates?
Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
vanagonvanagon (frank) on here does.
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Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
Realise it's an old thread, but is it still possible to get imported tailgates?? On the look out for one
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Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
Don't forget, takes 2 minutes for a thief to hack into a plastic tail gate.
Why would the glass be anything other than half full?
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Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
what2do wrote:Don't forget, takes 2 minutes for a thief to hack into a plastic tail gate.
How would a thief know it wasn’t metal ?
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Re: Fibreglass tailgate - a solution?
How long does it take to smash or with a stanley knife remove the rear window then.what2do wrote:Don't forget, takes 2 minutes for a thief to hack into a plastic tail gate.
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