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Rockers and Floors |
Christams has come early this year and I splurged on a set of "new" desert doors. One from Arizona (impala door), one from New Mexico (SS door). I had them chemically dipped and they came out absolutely fantastic. |
Drivers side door, which was the AZ door |
Unfortunately, the other door "developed" some rust holes that were not apparent before dipping. 95% of the holes I was able to weld shut (smaller that 1/32") which I actually drilled out larger to make sure I was working with solid metal. This part I'll have to make a patch for |
There were also a couple of creases in the door as well. I massaged the really bad one with a little hammer/dolly work, and will user filler on the other. I'd love to metal finish these doors like the pros, but I don't have enough experience with it yet and I don't want to screw up my doors. |
The drivers side door in SPI epoxy primer. I DA'd the entire door (front and back) with 80 grit, wiped in down with SPI waterborn GAWR (grease and wax remover). This stuff lays down slicker than snot on a door knob. I let it induce for about 30 minutes before spraying the back and front was spray about 45 minutes later. |
With Christmas holidays going on, I'm hoping to hang the drivers side door yet before I have to go back to work and start fitting rocker... YAH! |
01/21/07 - It may appear that I'm not working on the car, but actually I have been hitting it pretty hard, just been lazy in doing the updates to the webpage |
I did additional work on the passenger side door to fix up the pinholes. I also welded up the SS trim holes as well, but don't have pics of that. The SS trim holes were about 1/2" diameter, much to large to weld shut, so I trimmed up a 1/2" diamter slug, fit it to the hole and welded around the seam. It worked pretty slick |
I've gotten all the door prep work complete and the doors installed so I can start checking the door/rocker gaps. Its a moot point on the passenger side right now as the original outer rocker is still installed, but the drivers side is another story |