sealing the sidewall / fender interface

[bfitz]

I haven't seen posts on what material people are using to do this. I have a commercial aluminum fender, that meets plywood walls with a fiberglass sheeting. There is currently no place to mechanically attach the fender to the sidewall.



My thought is that a rubber flange, attached to the wall, tucked under the trim piece, and resting on the fender would best keep water out of places where water doesn't belong.

What did you use? Where did you get it? Pics would be great!

Thanks,
Brian

[Dale M.]

My first though would be "not to build" that sort of water trap......

No matter how good you try to seal it, moisture will get in there and over time it will wreak havoc..... a SEAL may do more damage by keeping water in than allowing the free flow of water and later AIR to dry out water.....

I personally would just leave a "open" air gap between fender and TD body....

Dale

[glassice]

What I might try is Seal the wood .Use large fender washers bolts dip in tar
Dale is right make sure it has some weeping holes
even a way to check ever now and then to make sure no rot maybe a hole with a plug like they use on car floors

[bfitz]

All of the wood will be sealed with epoxy and/or heavily covered in "evil black goo of death" (EbGod). The fore and aft portions of the fenders will butt up against the steel frame, but will not be sealed, so water accumulation will not be an issue. There will be minimal airflow (yes, this troubles me...hence Epoxy/EbGod).

My concerns is twofold. First, cosmetically, I dont think the siding fender interface will look good without a nice piece of trim. Secondly, With clouds of water around the tires, I'd like to keep as much spray as possible from getting into the cavity.

Seems a piece of angle (what's going on the roof) will look great, but may allow H2O in. So I wonder about how to combine this with a rubber gasket, or even whether this is a good idea.

Surely there are some people out there that want to show off some pics of their craftsmanship related to this???
-B

[glassice]

Look at Steele Rubber Products the will send you a free sample pack and good prices and don't rip you off on the shipping

[aggie79]

Early automobiles used fender welt. Thomas (2bits) did this on his teardrop, and I will be doing this on mine, too.