Body Mounting Points

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Could anyone advise if silicone or perhaps sikaflex should be used to cushion the mounting points between body and chassis when it's dropped back on?

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Discopotatoes said:

Not needed but I'm going to use 1 MM rubber sheet of eBay

Thanks Disco, are you going to sikaflex to the body? Would imagine it will be quite difficult to line them all up? It does seem right to provide some sort of flexible compound between the mountings.

I'm seriously tempted to brush some nice clean grease on the top of the outriggers before I drop the body on, my dad used to do it on the inside of his Mk11 cortina's doors and they never rotted! They may collect some rubbish along the way but it would keep the salt out?

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ClassiChimi said:

If you do use mastic and after you've applied it to the chassis before dropping the body down get some warm water and washing up liquid in it, spray the mastic, when the body sits on top it will set hard but not stick to the body thus giving you some cushion etc. I don't think it's needed but getting some mastic through the holes will aide water resistance etc so a very good idea IMO.

Thanks Classic, good thought! I guess there is no right or wrong method but it seems an idea to do something?