http://blog.briangallimore.com Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:36:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.briangallimore.com/2009/11/door-repair/ http://blog.briangallimore.com/2009/11/door-repair/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:05:18 +0000 Brian http://blog.briangallimore.com/?p=2614 Continue reading →]]> I’ve been driving around with a little door damage caused by some worthless waste of flesh a while back.  I wanted to try to repair the damage myself, so I finally upgraded my wire welder to a MIG.  The cylinder cost me twice what I paid for the used welder in the first place, but now I have have it for future projects.  I figure the money I’m saving more than paid for it anyway.
I had to take the inside door panel off to start with. This is easy if you know where all the attachment points are and where to pry, but it is a bit of a pain if you are not a pro. Here is the torn up sheet metal.
Of course, when I bent it back, the shape was all off. I tried using a hammer and dolly to beat it back in shape, but I couldn’t get it to come back out to the right shape. I gave up and decided I’d use filler to get the shape right later. I welded a piece of sheet metal behind the door to strengthen the area a bit. It was pretty floppy before I did this.
All I had on hand was white primer, so that is what I sprayed on the bare metal as the sun was going down. I installed the Jimmi’ Jammer before I reconnected the control rods. This little fitted plate adds a bit of armor to protect from this kind of break in.

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