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Old May 26, 2013 | 12:53 PM
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Doin a lil bit of shaving on the bay, not a pro on the filler smoothing but it's coming along.

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Picked this up this evening
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Old May 26, 2013 | 08:54 PM
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bay looks good so far
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Old May 27, 2013 | 08:26 AM
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Thank ya sir, it's a slow process. Being I work alot hard to get time. More pics soon!
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Old May 28, 2013 | 08:42 PM
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what kind of welder and filler u using bro??
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Old May 29, 2013 | 11:47 AM
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Its a lot of work, doing great though!
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Old May 30, 2013 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jrsh0526
what kind of welder and filler u using bro??
I'm using a mig with 75% c02 and 25% argon, just cool enough not to blow holes lol
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Old May 30, 2013 | 03:21 PM
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Its a lot of work, doing great though!
Thanks, hell yes it's alot I work, I went and got a 3" DA sander to help . My fingers were close to bleeding hand sanding haha.
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Old May 30, 2013 | 03:25 PM
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Starting on drivers side!
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Old May 30, 2013 | 03:39 PM
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My fugen valve cover all shaved, timing belt cover cut completely off , and 10an fittings I just welded on. Gonna sand blast it and paint it light gold with metallic flake
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Old May 30, 2013 | 03:46 PM
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For sale BTW paints great on it , paint slightly coming off around where the nuts go but when the hardware is on you can't even tell
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Old May 31, 2013 | 04:12 AM
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in for updates!
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Old May 31, 2013 | 04:33 AM
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Tuck harness !!!
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Old Jun 1, 2013 | 07:34 PM
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that's pretty epic
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Old Jun 5, 2013 | 10:45 AM
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i would strongly urge you to use All Metal filler first then a super fine layer of fine filler.. the all metal is super hard and withstands engine vibration... however you must sand it with 50 grit paper hence doing the final coat of fine filler lol
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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 04:14 AM
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i would strongly urge you to use All Metal filler first then a super fine layer of fine filler.. the all metal is super hard and withstands engine vibration... however you must sand it with 50 grit paper hence doing the final coat of fine filler lol
I'm honestly not laying the filler that thick, I've done a few thin coats . I've welded and ground down most of the holes.
I have never used all metal before. Most of people on this forum I've messaged about filler said I should be fine with bondo/evercoat.
Anyone have there thin layers of evercoat or bondo crack out of the bay?
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Old Jun 8, 2013 | 10:39 AM
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^^I have but if u use a quality filler like evercoat rage or another good one youll be fine bro.
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Old Jun 8, 2013 | 06:55 PM
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^^I have but if u use a quality filler like evercoat rage or another good one youll be fine bro.
Ok I used evercoat light weight filler first , I ran out so I got a small container of bondo, like I said though after sanding its been thin. Slowy coming along lol
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Old Jun 9, 2013 | 06:08 AM
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keep us posted...
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Old Jun 9, 2013 | 05:37 PM
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Here's some more smoothing I did today, really starting to come along we'll being I mostly build motors and don't do much body work.
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Old Jun 13, 2013 | 03:57 PM
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Small update : getting close to finishing the smoothing of the filler . Possibly in primer this weekend !!
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Old Jun 13, 2013 | 03:59 PM
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Old Jun 13, 2013 | 04:00 PM
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Old Jun 14, 2013 | 06:59 PM
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Coming out clean!
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Old Jun 16, 2013 | 04:19 PM
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Coming out clean!
Yea it's comin out decent , but everytime I turn around there's a high or low spot and my patience is wearing thin lol, it's bout 80% filled and smoothed , I would definantly pay someone to finish the smoothing so I could get it in primer and paint it lol.
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Old Jun 19, 2013 | 06:09 PM
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Doin a lil bit more hole shaving on the driver side front , I'll get to a point and be like might aswell that too lol.
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