I just got my ef9 front clip and was wondering what the name of the special spotweld drillbit was. I know this isnot the body forum but they never help, all them eg guys, LOL. My buddy told me there's a bit that u use for drilling out the thousand's of spotwelds.

Not going to post pic's untill she's all done in 3 years, lol. I'm going to save hondatech a slot instead of another "hears my build thread" LOL jk

Help would be greatful

 

hey man

im just finishing off my rebuilt after a did the firewall conversion. I used the spot weld drill bits, i found them to be more of a headache than a regular drill bit.

the teeth on the bits would break, they would wear easily, and many times I wouldn't be able to even tell if they has cut out the spot weld correctly.

What I ended up doing is taking a small drive bit, maybe 1/4 in and pre-drilling ALL spot welds. Once I made sure ALL spot welds had a pre hole, i went back and drilled them again with a larger bit, enough to eliminate the spot weld.

All you do is fill in the hole when you weld it back up. I believe it will save you time and headaches.

if you need any other advice I can help

 

That is what I did as well. Maybe get a drill bit sharpener. Your going to need it.

 

Would I ever do it again people may ask???

NO

Am I glad I did it???

YES

Is it worth it???

HELL YES

It may seems hard, and you may wanna quit, but the end results are sweet man. If you ever get discouraged, ill send you pictures of mine. It looks STOCK.

good luck

 

i use spot weld remover bits all the time with np i get them from snap on we use the to drill out welds when doing rear quater panel swaps u just have to buy the really nice ones that have a warra but i have had them brake too

 

thanks to ya all. I'm taking my time doing this. About 1/4 way done and am using all of your ideas such as the bits and resharping them as well but it is kinda a pain in the ***. Gona take a break for now, I never really set deadlines on things on my freetime hobbies so I will deff. Keep in touch wit u wallabee32.

Thanks guys for all youre help, serously.

 

Don't bother with the spot weld drill bit, they are a waste of time, use regular bits, trust me!

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/2226588 Here is the other thread you started dunno why.

 

my bad crxtoad..... I try to help keep the peace and here I am messing it up..... Wow

Soooory