This has been my struggle for the last few weeks! I had to cut the back side of the well so the bottom of the quarter will sit right. Now mind you the left side fit with no modifications just shows how crappy this aftermarket junk is ! This is the third set so I had to give up and just make this set work. Now this may look okay but I have to tell you it shows how much pictures lie. If you put the well up to the light it looks like swiss cheese. I have to make sure both sides look good you can see the back side from the trunk and you can see from inside the well so I want to make sure both sides are finish nicely. Easy right, F-ME what a battle. But I have one more set that I'm fitting much tighter so will see what happens.
Greg actually if yo look at the picture I have to bring that piece inword that I have my hand on. If you look at the scuff you'll see how far it has to go in,,,
Holy shiat that looks like an inch or two towards the bottom. A bit of reshaping. Its just the begining the repro stuff is brutal, everything has to be masaged. The one that got me was the repro tail pan, had to re-cut the radiuses on the marquez aluminum housings to fit the openings. Your doing a great job, keep at it.
Holy shiat that looks like an inch or two towards the bottom. A bit of reshaping. Its just the begining the repro stuff is brutal, everything has to be masaged. The one that got me was the repro tail pan, had to re-cut the radiuses on the marquez aluminum housings to fit the openings. Your doing a great job, keep at it.
Rich
Brutal is a understatement Rich !!! NOTHING fits this is why I have to get a handle on this welding thing..
Well guys it don't look like much but after three sets of outter wheel houses I finally got this welding thing down. No more swiss cheese weak welds. I can actually hammer and dowl without cracking the metal. I feel comfortable moving forward now. I was'nt going any further untill I got this process down. Now time to break out my new Tig..
Well guys it don't look like much but after three sets of outter wheel houses I finally got this welding thing down. No more swiss cheese weak welds. I can actually hammer and dowl without cracking the metal. I feel comfortable moving forward now. I was'nt going any further untill I got this process down. Now time to break out my new Tig..
This has been my struggle for the last few weeks! I had to cut the back side of the well so the bottom of the quarter will sit right. Now mind you the left side fit with no modifications just shows how crappy this aftermarket junk is ! This is the third set so I had to give up and just make this set work. Now this may look okay but I have to tell you it shows how much pictures lie. If you put the well up to the light it looks like swiss cheese. I have to make sure both sides look good you can see the back side from the trunk and you can see from inside the well so I want to make sure both sides are finish nicely. Easy right, F-ME what a battle. But I have one more set that I'm fitting much tighter so will see what happens.
Mario,
I can be one anal F**k but I think you maybe beating yourself up to much. If the welding has strength and there are pinholes dont worry. Spray it with good epoxy primer and use high build primer and or skim coats of filler for esthetics, after all these are areas that will be hard to see. Remember you want to drive this and enjoy it. I'm just saying..........
Don't forget to clean BOTH SIDES of your area to be welded. People don't realize that the "other side" is gassing and doing all manor of weirdness once that hot weld hits whatever is there -- and that will really mess with your quality!
CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN to welding (along with fit up) ---- is like LOCATION is to real estate.
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