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| sixaddict |
 Dec 24 2011, 10:39 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 805 Joined: 22-January 09 From: Panama City Beach, FL Member No.: 9,961 Region Association: South East States 
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Had crazy incident occur while buying rust free car. Replacing front wall and one headlight bucket as result(its a story for "another " time) with NOS parts.....yes Porsche porn.
So I will be removing front wall and drivers side headlight bucket by drilling out spot welds to prepare the scene Got really special drill bit that will endure all the drilling....but surely there are some tricks to finding all the factory spot welds and dealing with removing seam sealer. Anyone with experience in this area could be of great help as I am sure patience with knowledge will really make this a much easier project......HAve body guy to do reinstall so it is not "hacked" . Any words of wisdom from the World? Thanks and Merry Christmas (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) Terry P.S. Had to switch to laptop from Ipad to get this posted...per other post |
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| rick 918-S |
Dec 24 2011, 05:11 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,486 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=104128&hl=
http://www.914world.com/specs/bodydims.php Here's a couple links for ya. I changed the front panel on Sandy's Ravenna car but I used a salvage nose section. I don't drill spotwelds if I'm not saving the part I'm removing. I use a cutoff tool with a 3" disc and grind them thin. Then I use a sharpened screwdriver and split them. Once the damaged part is removed I use a grinder and clean up the leftover bump of spot weld.This leaves the original metal 99.9% intact for joining the new pieces. Lots of ways to do it. But that's my way. |
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| scotty b |
Dec 25 2011, 10:24 AM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(rick 918-S @ Dec 24 2011, 03:11 PM)  http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=104128&hl= http://www.914world.com/specs/bodydims.php Here's a couple links for ya. I changed the front panel on Sandy's Ravenna car but I used a salvage nose section. I don't drill spotwelds if I'm not saving the part I'm removing. I use a cutoff tool with a 3" disc and grind them thin. Then I use a sharpened screwdriver and split them. Once the damaged part is removed I use a grinder and clean up the leftover bump of spot weld.This leaves the original metal 99.9% intact for joining the new pieces. Lots of ways to do it. But that's my way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) No matter how carefull you are with a spot weld bit, you will cut through on most of them. Ricks method leaves the underlying panel intact without any cut marks that weaken the panel |
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