Are those welds like a zillion seperate spot welds lined up next to each other? I've been getting pretty good doing things that way. Still can't run a solid bead for too far
I butt welded the new panel to the old one, and the old metal is considerably thinner, so it was a lot of short beads. Along the top and bottom there were some longer beads. It's time consuming, but worth it in the end.
Well, it certainly looks good, Dave I've worked on getting a nice hot tack going, then hitting another quick tack overlapping the first one before the pool cools down. If you look at the finished product it actually looks like I can really weld
Very nice work Dave...I need to get my arse in gear on my blue one soon. Do some more work on yourse and post pics...I need the motivation...LOL...
I stripped the glue off the roof tonight, got a good buzz from the thinner....soon it should be in primer...I hope.
I haven't been it the mood to do much, so I figured I'd give myself a little motivation, and just double check that my rear wheels will fit the car...I had some slight concern, since this is a 17X8 rim....with a 4 & 3/4" backspace. They have real close to 1/2" of clearance to the axle tube snubbers...so maybe when I finalize the width of the Explorer rear end, I can push them out a little...or trim them. Should be nice and wide......and sit up inside the wheel lip.
You may do better to relocate the snubber Dave...Sidewall bulge is gonna eat up any space you think you have...Especially at the springs and at the quarter lip...Time to roll the lip...
You probably know this already, but, another area to look at is the inner wheel tub near the front. That is where my inner sidewalls barely scrub if going up an inclined driveway, etc. Those wheels look like a pretty good fit from the pics.
Dave I was sooooo close to doing that to my car. But the floors and everything were so nice and clean I just couldn't cut them. If they had been in need of any work I would have though.
