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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Nice work. Wanna do some dent pulling on my truck, next? My van needs some work, too.
Yes, bring it over, I need more practice.
Are you aware that all you will get to do is pull dents? I will not let you near my vehicles with a welder of any kind.
I need to weld on some pull studs in order to pull out sheet metal. Come on man, the van is a perfect practice vehicle. When we are done, we can shoot at it, as long as we miss the glass and engine and fuel tank, right?
I was thinking we could shoot Betty. You blew our chances with Wilma a while back.