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| jim912928 |
 Jan 31 2005, 04:45 PM
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Hi all...I was chatting with my body shop guy and mentioned to him I may be interested in adding factory style steel flares in the future. We got talking about the advantages/disadvantages of butt welding versus cutting with the crimp and welding it in that way. His suggestion was not to weld at all...epoxy them in. His contention is there is no metal warping and today's epoxies are so strong that in a collision the welds will break before the epoxy seam would.
His thoughts were something in the order of: 1. scribe the outline of the new flare on the existing fender 2. cut along the scribe with one of those cutting/crimp a channel tools 3. epoxy the flares into the crimped channel (lays in flat) 4. finish the seam and paint He said he's actually seen wrecks where epoxied panels held and welded ones didn't. Thoughts from the group? Jim |
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jim912928 Thoughts on Installing Steel Flares Jan 31 2005, 04:45 PM
redshift I can go with that.
I use 4 different epoxies in ... Jan 31 2005, 04:48 PM vortrex my uncle is a bodyman/fabricator and he was tellin... Jan 31 2005, 04:58 PM bondo Hmm think I can dip my 914 in epoxy? ... Jan 31 2005, 07:46 PM redshift zactly!
I like the idea, and I trust the seam... Jan 31 2005, 07:55 PM jim912928 This is a great discussion! My body guy welde... Jan 31 2005, 08:00 PM scotty b ... Jan 31 2005, 08:00 PM BigD9146gt My question is why you spent the money on steel to... Jan 31 2005, 08:09 PM 9146986 http://www.914world.com/bbs2/h... Jan 31 2005, 08:30 PM SpecialK Yep, epoxy is some tough stuff!
I was going t... Jan 31 2005, 08:32 PM 9146986 Oh geez, I see Ed V. (a great body man with lots ... Jan 31 2005, 08:34 PM DuckRyder ... Feb 1 2005, 02:35 AM SpecialK <... Feb 1 2005, 02:48 AM DuckRyder ... Feb 1 2005, 08:06 AM BigD9146gt Robert,
Take it easy man! I'm not trying ... Feb 1 2005, 12:20 PM DuckRyder I'm cool,
Sweeping generalites in either dir... Feb 1 2005, 12:42 PM rhaas any adhesive supplier that supplies to industry wi... Feb 1 2005, 01:03 PM SpecialK ... Feb 1 2005, 01:41 PM bperry So a question from the audience.....
With all the... Feb 1 2005, 02:26 PM DuckRyder bperry
I just haven't gotten around to it yet... Feb 1 2005, 02:29 PM BigD9146gt bperry, there is nothing stopping anyone from doin... Feb 1 2005, 02:37 PM DuckRyder My 323i was an 80, although most states consider i... Feb 1 2005, 03:01 PM John Kelly My concern would be the same as Ed's... the pa... Feb 1 2005, 03:55 PM Series9 I thinks you guys have all been Feb 1 2005, 05:03 PM jwalters http://www.914world.com/bbs... Feb 1 2005, 05:46 PM redshift Feb 1 2005, 05:51 PM redshift If you are in a wreck that you would hope crumple ... Feb 1 2005, 05:53 PM jwalters A small ass 914 with or with out crumple zones is ... Feb 1 2005, 06:15 PM
Sparky Go with what the shop your using feels comfortable... Feb 1 2005, 07:25 PM  |
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