Good job on the save on the firewall. I cut a small section of mine off yesterday, and then thought better of it, and welded it back.
I had 1 dent. Which I filled. And will finish spraying the car Friday afternoon. And I agree with you 100%. I barely did anything and damn it I hated every second of it. Body work is an art and I'm a 3rd grader with a broken crayon.I have about another night or two MAX worth of sanding left in me before I say F*** this S*** and spray color in the engine bay and however it looks is what we get. It just isn't getting done and I'm in it about 40 hours from start of welding to now.
The silver lining here is the body is straight as an arrow, with 2 known dents. Body work blows.
This is the reason why I don't mind paying somebody else to do it for me. I don't have the patience to do body work. I'm an instant gratification kinda guy....and there is NOTHING instant about body work.I have about another night or two MAX worth of sanding left in me before I say F*** this S*** and spray color in the engine bay and however it looks is what we get. It just isn't getting done and I'm in it about 40 hours from start of welding to now.
The silver lining here is the body is straight as an arrow, with 2 known dents. Body work blows.
I had 1 dent. Which I filled. And will finish spraying the car Friday afternoon. And I agree with you 100%. I barely did anything and damn it I hated every second of it. Body work is an art and I'm a 3rd grader with a broken crayon.
Confucious say:I think all of you guys are wusses.
You listen to me, You will become Karate Master.
Sanda the panel
Prima the panel
Painta the panel
Wax on, Wax off.
Now go kick that Cobra Kai kids ass.
It is. Just been busy lately.Is this item still available?
Well, I've opened up a small can of worms.
Ya know that lip metal that sticks out from and transverses the entire firewall? The one you always catch your hand on and cuss? That's a body seam, and I decided after a couple of barley pops last night it needed to go. So without completely thinking it through, I cut it off flush with the fire wall. Oops. Turns out that's an intersection of 3 separate pieces of metal, all spot welded together.
So I sat there pondering what to do. I tried welding it back together, but I can't reach everywhere I need to, plus the metal was ground too thin *cough cough oops again*. My next hair brained idea is to go to Home Depot and buy some 1" thin wall tubing, cut it in half long ways and weld it over the seam, heating and bending it as I go to match the contour.
If I can do it correctly, I think it'll look sharp and you'd never notice I did anything. Or it'll be another "I think I'm going to hack the front end of my car off" idea. We shall see...
On a lighter note, the guy that sold me the intercooler is selling me a BOV for $40, and he's going to TIG weld the flange to an aluminum 90° elbow and ship it all to me. Is that a cool guy or what?!?
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