Structual Foam
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First of all, forgive me I’m just a painter if this is a dumb question for the experienced bodymen. In the shops I’ve worked in I’ve never seen any body techs reapply foam when doing quarters,skins..etc. I’ve seen it replaced with seam sealer. I was having a conversation with a former tech at my current shop and he told me he just returned from an Icar course and he never realized the importance of reapplying the proper foam. So my questions would be, who’s putting it back & what is the exact importance of it?
i assume your not talking about the stuff used ta fill the rust holes that ya run into on some of the high end resto work :laugh: :laugh:
I reapply when possible
gravity makes it imposible sometimes but …it’s for panel flutter/lift , sound deadening , and dust and vapor barrier.
The over all structural integrity of the vehicle depends on every element of it’s construction.
a chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link B)
that is however just off the top of my head ( an educated guess
), so enlighten me if there is more. B)Structural foam(sometimes refered to as pillar foam) is hard and not flexible. Do not confuse this with the anti-flutter foam or sealant. You will find it in B-pillar, rockers and rear body panels. It is a hard foam.
The most common use I see of pillar foam is in the Chrysler minivans.
put them both back in correct places it is definetly important in crush zones. one of the guys was using fusor that was lets say past it’s prime it came out like water and by the time he came back with a new tube it looked like one of those snakes kids have on 4th of july stuff was coming out everywhere:laugh:
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