Hi All,

Have considered this on many cars but it always comes down to the con's out-weighting the pro's....

pro's:
- nice 'smooth' look with shaved gutters

con's:
- rain will get in through the doors, have a look at a modern car without rain gutters and look how different the rubber door seal is to compensate for the lack of gutters.

- structural integrity, mono-constructed vehicles, ie those without a seperate chassis rely on all of the welded together panels of the car providing the strength to absorb the torque of the motor the stresses from the road transmitted through the suspension etc etc and most importantly to provide protection in crashes.

Sure if you were going to shave the gutters off a car a volvo would be a good chice as it is pretty damn solid to begin with, but I think it would still detract from the structural integrity of the car, even if you weld the seam after the gutters have been cut it would definately not be anywhere near as strong as the original, that being said the volvo's have built in roll-over bars anyway so you would still have protection above you.

Daz
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'69 model (delivered in '68) B20/auto 142, keep the mods coming!