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Posted by: flyloki Oct 23 2007, 12:46 PM

About to send the car for paint and I want to weld the cowl seam and side marker light holes up. What's the best way to go about doing this?

Thanks

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Oct 23 2007, 01:30 PM

Welding shut the cowl seam is a bad idea, at least that is what the brain trust seems to think. I left mine.

Welding up marker lights. I cheated when I did mine. I cut a patch slightly larger then the hole, cleaned off all the paint and tar behind the fender, and lap-welded the hole shut. A little bit of body filler, and you'd never know they were there.

I used this technique to close all the holes in the fender when I pulled out the AC.

You can carefully cut a patch and butt weld them in, and then grind the weld flat - but I don't weld that well, and wanted them done.

Zach

Posted by: rmital Oct 23 2007, 01:47 PM

QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Oct 23 2007, 03:30 PM)

Posted by: watsonrx13 Oct 23 2007, 03:39 PM

My preference was to cut out a circle and butt-weld into place.... This is before welding....



-- Rob

Posted by: tdgray Oct 23 2007, 04:01 PM

Tooo much work....

Do as I and the first chimmers stated, unless you care what the inside of the fender looks like.

Posted by: ppickerell Oct 23 2007, 08:39 PM

QUOTE(tdgray @ Oct 23 2007, 03:01 PM)

Posted by: TINCAN914 Oct 23 2007, 09:37 PM

Leave the cowl alone, to much stress there in time the weld will break..

Posted by: flyloki Oct 24 2007, 03:33 PM

Thanks for the info everybody.