what i was told about shavin doors

Edited: 8/24/2005 10:19:16 PM by twisteddragger

Originally posted by draggin720



Originally posted by 1 LoWfUKn RaM



4 yrs later the sheetmetal in my bed hasnt cracked & i drove it everyday ...... we also used it on the bed of a friend of mines dodge to hold the sheetmetal in & it hasnt cracked yet after 2 yrs of daily drivin ......... we must be lucky

My friend owns a body shop. He was shown the product demo for the adhesive. They drilled and tapped it and everything. He then shaved handles with it. A month later he called me to come weld the door handles cause he had to repaint the doors. Dont use anything but a welder to shave your truck.

^^^^^^^^^^^^ agree

the door will warp only if u dont take time for it to cool down, to one side, than stop spray water or use a blow gun to cool it down for like 15 minutes, than do the other side.

warping can minimized by taking your time tack on oposite corners and use a wet towel on the spot after you tack. or you can do like i have seen on some of the import junk around here and just fill the door with BONDO LOL!!!

Also, weld with the lowest heat possible needed to. Use small wire, like .023 instead of .030 or .035 and low voltage (110 welders are great for this). I use a heat absorbing compound (available at any welding store) it helps contain the warping down to a smaller area. Warping is pretty much inevitable. Cutting the panel out like ghetocrewzer said is the best way to do it. It will minimize warping even further.

you can keep the warping to a minimum but the REAL trick is AIR use compressed air to cool the welds, if you leave it to cool by itself the heat will affect a larger area than you want/need...it takes a long time to do it properly but its worth it, just think the less time you spend welding and cooling the more you will spend on body work, and thus the more time you spend welding , cooling the LESS time you will spend on body work!!just remeber dont use water to cool always use air it cools faster and wont promote rust!!!and thats my 2 cents

using air is the best way if you are welding them. water will make the metal brittle and wavy as gravy.
secongly the panel adhesive thats used by most big body shops to install roofs on cars like Saturns works well too. the tick is to make a very large inner patch panel to give the metal some strength. at least 2 to 3 inches larger than the hole. its also best to cut the handle metal out so you have smooth steel to work with. then use dynaglass over the outer seam and seal the inner seam, because if even a small amount of water gets in there it will rust and ruin the entire job.

do u have to do alot of tacks or can u just tack like 5 or 6 times and fiber glass the rest of it?

can you just put a couple tacks on the plate and use fiber glass to fill in the rest?

a guy here has his tailgate handle done with that epoxy. you can see a perfect outline of the handle filler whenever the tailgate catches a glare. Pretty shodddy if u ask me.

And i'm not knocking the adhesives. They have there place, and work wonders for some things. But they aren't for shaving.