extra holes

[Margret's custodian]

some time in the near future i want to get rid of the hiddious extra indercators on the front and replace with a sidelight and indercators combined but i am going to be left with inch holes having no welding gear its to big for filler having not done any bodywork in years and theres got to be tons off new products out there ? or should i go get some metal put in
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[Margret's custodian]

having just Ai my problem
fiberglass welding and the surprise answer to me leading seen it done on car programs got a big lump off lead in the shed sounds like fun any tips on leading

[King Kenny]

If it were me I'd just put in a rubber grommet.


Sorry, I just had a thought. If the hole is in the inner wing then a grommet would be fine. But if you are talking about the wings then I would weld in a patch as this would be permanent.

[svenedin]

It's not a trivial job unfortunately. Needs metal welded in, cleaned up and then painted to match the rest of the wing. Anything else is a bodge. If the wings are good and solid this is worth doing but if they are in poor condition it might be easier just to buy new wings. Expensive though and they always need fettling to get them to fit.


Stephen

[Steve Phillips]

Fiberglass in my opinion is only going to be a relatively short term fix. If there's any corrosion or underseal on the back of the wing it will allow corrosion to creep in over time and crack around the joint area. If you do go that route you will need to use something like a wax protection over the back of the fiberglass to help hold out corrosion.

Lead, you can't fill a hole that size just using lead, you can use it to stick a steel patch into place though, lead and the appropriate flux is easily available, but it's not the easiest thing to do, it's another one that all the YouTubers make look easy, but like everything it requires practice, quite a lot of,

Welding is by far the obvious option, in my opinion, most restoration companies are used to people carrying a panel or panel's through the door and asking for a small repair to be done, we often get this, you would be amazed at what we get asked to weld up, straighten out, etc etc. so if you have a local restorer have a chat, you might be surprised how little they charge to help you out. But remember to protect the back of the panels as soon as possible to stop the rust, and the front obviously,

Oh and one last thing, don't present the wings covered in mud, grease and underseal, people are much happier to deal with small jobs like this if everything is as clean and prepared as possible, and their time costs you more money.

Steve

[Margret's custodian]

the hole going to be below headlight and outside of the running lights as leading and welding are both a bear metal processes think when times right have a go at leading it first and if i do fluff it up be a easy clean up and off to someone with a welder Margret's bodywork re paint shabby dull come to mind done a couple tests areas and with a bit work will come up fine not perfect in anyway and thats her beauty she is not perfect
its defiantly got a old non original paint job so rattle can over this should be fine for me a lady should show her age a little bit
would love to show some pictures #Grrrr i dont get it

[Margret's custodian]

funny how things work out got approached by a member of the public yesterday chatting told him about my hole problem he recommended his son went to see him he builds gates big stuff and told me no problem he would love to do it when ever i am ready he also got a shed full of big equipment milling/ drill press ect ect so good news if anything major happens

[Sleeper]

I would clean the inner up, find a tin can lid ( or whatever else is handy ) and JBWeld it inside ,it'll go off overnight then some filler from the front...rub down...paint .Easy-Peasey ??

John

[Bill_qaz]

the hole going to be below headlight and outside of the running lights as leading and welding are both a bear metal processes think when times right have a go at leading it first and if i do fluff it up be a easy clean up and off to someone with a welder Margret's bodywork re paint shabby dull come to mind done a couple tests areas and with a bit work will come up fine not perfect in anyway and thats her beauty she is not perfect
its defiantly got a old non original paint job so rattle can over this should be fine for me a lady should show her age a little bit
would love to show some pictures #Grrrr i dont get it

Have a look at this post to see if it helps you posting pictures

https://board.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... ng#p699185

[myoldjalopy]

I would clean the inner up, find a tin can lid ( or whatever else is handy ) and JBWeld it inside ,it'll go off overnight then some filler from the front...rub down...paint .Easy-Peasey ??

John

If you go down this route then file off the edges of the hole first so the filler edge tapers out. Otherwise, the join between the metal and filler will be more visible, even after painting. I'd maybe go for something a bit thicker than a tin can lid......

[svenedin]

Wouldn’t it be better to leave the extra indicators if the alternative is a tin can lid and filler? It sounds awful. These cars have been through their old banger phase. They deserve a bit more respect than this!

Stephen

[kevin s]

I made a temporary repair to a hole on the inner wing of my range rover several years ago by ceaning the area back to shiny metal, epoxy primering it and a piece of steel which overlapped the hole then gluing the patch in and painting it. 5 years later still looks perfect. Many modern cars are glued together, if you start with sound metal no reason it shouldn't last.

[myoldjalopy]

Wouldn’t it be better to leave the extra indicators if the alternative is a tin can lid and filler? It sounds awful. These cars have been through their old banger phase. They deserve a bit more respect than this!

Stephen

Its only an option - and maybe not the best. But OP says the indicators are 'hideous' to him, so no wonder he wants rid of them......

[svenedin]

Wouldn’t it be better to leave the extra indicators if the alternative is a tin can lid and filler? It sounds awful. These cars have been through their old banger phase. They deserve a bit more respect than this!

Stephen

Its only an option - and maybe not the best. But OP says the indicators are 'hideous' to him, so no wonder he wants rid of them......

Yes I understand the "hideous" but a bodge might be more hideous! It would be good to see what the indicators actually look like....

Stephen