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Re: [TR] TR3A Seat Rails

To: terryrs@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3A Seat Rails
From: Geo Hahn <ahwahnee18@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:59:36 -0700
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FWIW -- I slit my carpets so they can be put in and removed w/o removing the
seat rails.  Makes it much quicker to remove the carpet for drying in the
'unlikely event of a water landing'.

Have never had rust on the rails but that may be Arizona + they are lightly
lubed with Lubriplate.

Geo

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:47 PM, <terryrs@comcast.net> wrote:

>  When I rebuilt the car, I sourced two pair of used seat rails that had
> already been painted, installed them, and have driven on them for several
> years now.  Pulling up the seats and carpet this winter (oh, a garage!), I
> found they were already filming with rust.
>

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<div>FWIW -- I slit my carpets so they can be put in and removed w/o removi=
ng the seat rails.=A0 Makes it much quicker to remove the carpet for drying=
 in the &#39;unlikely event of a water landing&#39;.</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>Have never had rust on the rails but that may be Arizona + they are li=
ghtly lubed with Lubriplate.</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>Geo<br><br></div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:47 PM, <span dir=3D"lt=
r">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:terryrs@comcast.net";>terryrs@comcast.net</a>&gt;</=
span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">
<div>
<div style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<p>When I rebuilt the car, I sourced two pair of used seat rails that had a=
lready been painted, installed them, and have driven on them for several ye=
ars now.=A0 Pulling up the seats and carpet this winter (oh, a garage!), I =
found they were already filming with rust.</p>
</div></div></blockquote></div>

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