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Originally Posted by DOOM
So adding rod to the edge is butchering... But if you have to, go head and do it  Stefan... Not tring to bust chops here just tring to learn,I know you know what your talking about. But if I tried all that you said and still can't get a proper gap go head and weld the rod to the edge. So go head and butcher it Is'int this a contradiction. Help me understand. I have the same concerns and see alot of the top builders using this method. I also see them splitting the edge and filling the gap to tighten up the gap.Is this better? Have you done this? Butchering my car is the last thing I want to do.. |
Butchering may be a bit too strong,but it's definitely not proper way.
as I said in the post above, there is no way cars were made that bad,to where there is no adjustment and welding a rod or cutting panel open to add more sheetmetal are the only solutions, it's the cheater's way out ,instead of finding the cause of poor fitment,they resort to quick fix,I'm sure alot of shops/guys won't and don't like what I'm saying,but it's true and it doesn't sit quite well with some of them
obviously that there are many cheap aftermarket sheetmetal parts being used on these cars and that's probably the reason why the parts just don't fit right in the first place, many cars have been in few or more fender-benders in it's 40+ years of existence,many were severly avbused,raced ,e.t.c.,putting alot of stress and causing the body/chassis to twist and buckle, those areas must be found and straightened first before trying to do the rod-welding custom gaps.
I will say, if one is looking for 1/8th inch perfect gaps,then yes, adding material to edges of panels in only few places would be the only way,it it may sound contradicting,but it would be few areas alot less prone to corrosion.Unless you're building one off custom car from scratch,those coachwork metal guys don't use rods to finalize their gaps,it takes true craftsman with alot patience.