[CLOSED] Alu-Innovations Troopy Pop Top Group Buy Interest

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Can these be bought at Home Depot or ACE. Or are these Amazon purchases? I’ve got the rest. I want to follow the recipe. Your instructions look great.

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JK FW said:
Can these be bought at Home Depot or ACE. Or are these Amazon purchases? I’ve got the rest. I want to follow the recipe. Your instructions look great.

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Sikaflex is available via Amazon. I bought mine through Ellsworth Adhesives because it was much cheaper just slower shipping.
Por15 can be bought at your local auto parts store - I think I got mine from Autozone?
Fluid film is available via Amazon.
 
prwillard2 said:
Sikaflex is available via Amazon. I bought mine through Ellsworth Adhesives because it was much cheaper just slower shipping.
Por15 can be bought at your local auto parts store - I think I got mine from Autozone?
Fluid film is available via Amazon.
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Thank you.
 
JK FW said:
Can these be bought at Home Depot or ACE. Or are these Amazon purchases? I’ve got the rest. I want to follow the recipe. Your instructions look great.

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for fluid film @bob1008 use to offer a ih8mud discount on the woolwax site.

Welcome to kellsportproducts.com - Woolwax lanolin vehicle undercoating. Woolwax stops rust !

www.kellsportproducts.com

With out getting into the details, woolwax is essentially the same as fluid film. I've used both, and mostly get everything through the woolwax site now. Discount code is "ih8mud". Also, my local NAPA carries it, but probably not the case everywhere. Personally, I'd order straight from woolwax, especially if you want to use it as an undercoating. The stuff is amazing.
 
JK FW said:
Can these be bought at Home Depot or ACE. Or are these Amazon purchases? I’ve got the rest. I want to follow the recipe. Your instructions look great.

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If you want high quality, you’re not going to find at big box. I’d recommend Eastwood for the cavity spray and the rust encap
prwillard2 said:
Sikaflex is available via Amazon. I bought mine through Ellsworth Adhesives because it was much cheaper just slower shipping.
Por15 can be bought at your local auto parts store - I think I got mine from Autozone?
Fluid film is available via Amazon.
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@JK FW : if you want to go premium, I would recommend Eastwood products for both the cavity wax and the rust inhibiting primer/paint.
Rust preventing primer & cavity wax: Prevention - https://www.eastwood.com/rust-solutions/prevention.html

@prwillard2 : what size sikaflex tubes did you use? It looks like you can get bigger tubes and I was wondering if that might make install easier. What color Sikaflex did you go with - white or black? Wondering if white might help make the top look more integrated but have only seen them installed with black. Last one, which electric caulk gun did you use and were you happy with it?
 
likethewheel said:
If you want high quality, you’re not going to find at big box. I’d recommend Eastwood for the cavity spray and the rust encap

@JK FW : if you want to go premium, I would recommend Eastwood products for both the cavity wax and the rust inhibiting primer/paint.
Rust preventing primer & cavity wax: Prevention - https://www.eastwood.com/rust-solutions/prevention.html

@prwillard2 : what size sikaflex tubes did you use? It looks like you can get bigger tubes and I was wondering if that might make install easier. What color Sikaflex did you go with - white or black? Wondering if white might help make the top look more integrated but have only seen them installed with black. Last one, which electric caulk gun did you use and were you happy with it?
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I used the 300ml tubes (10oz) - I cut off the tops of the tubes before starting to lay down the bead and just quickly changed them out. I used the white sikaflex - blends in well, but I'm also not trying to make this thing look perfect, so the mistakes I made kinda make it look not super great.


This is the gun I used, but mine came with only one battery, this is on sale.
 
svsisu said:
for fluid film @bob1008 use to offer a ih8mud discount on the woolwax site.
Welcome to kellsportproducts.com - Woolwax lanolin vehicle undercoating. Woolwax stops rust !
With out getting into the details, woolwax is essentially the same as fluid film. I've used both, and mostly get everything through the woolwax site now. Discount code is "ih8mud". Also, my local NAPA carries it, but probably not the case everywhere. Personally, I'd order straight from woolwax, especially if you want to use it as an undercoating. The stuff is amazing.
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I second this. I bought 5 gallons of Woolwax a couple of years ago when it was on sale and use it on my entire undercarriage every year before winter. Great stuff!
 
On the por15 note, if your Autozone carries them in the tiny cans, get those. They're slightly more $/ounce, but once you open a can of POR15 and it gets exposed to any moisture, including humidity, it's done. Next time you try to open the can it'll be hard as a rock or the lid will be fused on and you'll destroy it trying to open it.
 
Update, 0830PDT, 8 Aug 2024:

Final 3 tops have been picked up from the warehouse in Long Beach and are en route to Charleston Charlotte, NC.

@theglobb @Universe953 @seanroe1

This *should* conclude this group buy, but would absolutely like to eventually set up a meet up with all of us sometime maybe next year.
 
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Owyhee Jackass said:
On the por15 note, if your Autozone carries them in the tiny cans, get those. They're slightly more $/ounce, but once you open a can of POR15 and it gets exposed to any moisture, including humidity, it's done. Next time you try to open the can it'll be hard as a rock or the lid will be fused on and you'll destroy it trying to open it.
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You know you have a great product when it causes this much grief, yet it is still in demand... lol.

The last time I bought this stuff, I purchased the smaller cans in a 6-pack. Definitely the way to go. If folks run afoul of the larger can dilemma, can-opener it open and use an inexpensive, well-sealing plastic disposable container to store the rest instead.
 
prwillard2 said:
Update, 0830PDT, 8 Aug 2024:

Final 3 tops have been picked up from the warehouse in Long Beach and are en route to Charleston.

@theglobb @Universe953 @seanroe1

This *should* conclude this group buy, but would absolutely like to eventually set up a meet up with all of us sometime maybe next year.
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Charlotte, NC, not Charleston. Probably just a typo. Thanks!
 
First outing with the pop top. Just doing some campground hoping around the Olympic Peninsula with the in-laws and extended family, but it is an absolute game changer to be able to stand up inside the Troopy. Absolutely love how easy it is to set up, take down. Definitely loving the top and the rig with the top on it!

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pdxtroopy said:
First outing with the pop top. Just doing some campground hoping around the Olympic Peninsula with the in-laws and extended family, but it is an absolute game changer to be able to stand up inside the Troopy. Absolutely love how easy it is to set up, take down. Definitely loving the top and the rig with the top on it!

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Looking great!!

What's your fitout look like inside?
 
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