| Quote, originally posted by chitowndubsta » |
| gotcha covered i know a couple up north who are both welders mig/tig/arch/gas they can do it all |
| Quote, originally posted by chitowndubsta » |
| so your pulling the motor n all? |
| Quote, originally posted by Commocozy » |
| No god I wish.. I just want the body holes filled. The motor will happen sometime or another... speaking of which you never told me a price on the trubo.. PM me. |
| Quote, originally posted by chitowndubsta » |
ohhhh i see! lol.....sorry i was jumping the gun on what i thought u were doing....my bad indeed....i will pm you |
| Quote, originally posted by AutoX-FIB » |
| Damn, I shoulda asked on here before I had my trunk done. I paid $120 to have the trunk emblem recess cut out, and a new flat piece of steel welded in. Turned out good so I can't complain, but that number seems a bit pricy. It was from a welding fab. company my company works with. |
| Quote, originally posted by Commocozy » |
| If I had a welder I bet I could do it.. I mean it doesn't have to be super clean, since the welds will be ground down. What I have to do is figure out what gauge sheet metal to use to fill the holes I am going to fill the side markers ( bumper and fender ) then all the holes from the rub strips. I figure I can mold the bumpers and stuff myself. I have all winter to get it right. |
| Quote, originally posted by Ted Brogan » |
| welding body panels= burn holes and warpage shaving/molding bumpers= shrunken bondo and crack city |
| Quote, originally posted by -SLugO- » |
| como, check this out shaved, molded, custom pzwo front bumper i did myself, ill i have to do is paint it. used FUSOR, with a tiny bit of body filler(4 the tiny imperfections) 
Also Molded rieger rear, i did myself 
AND Two diferent style MK3 front bumpers i did. 
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| Quote, originally posted by Gary C » |
| fusor is ok for doing plastic work, but imho you are better off welding in your steel filler panels especially when concerning things like deck lids, shaving side trim, etc. I've personally used fusor & it's equivilant there of many times, however I have had some good and some bad experiances, so for now I just use it for gluing door reskin jobs in addition to mimicking the factory plug welds if it'll be a conourse style restoration. Custom jobs get the edges welded & glued in the flats. then again..it's not like i know what the hell i'm doing. 
as far as what gauge steel for welding in patch panels on newer crap I tend to use 18-20 gauge, match whatever gauge your patch is to the gauge of the panel. I personally like cold rolled ak steel, as it's easier to form on the wheel / power hammer / by hand if you're going for a metal finished repair anyway. Otherwise even just basic cold rolled will be fine and get the patch as close as possible so you just have to skim the repair with filler. no biggie. 
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