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"I'm very confident in my welds". That is the problem. You missed the joint with your welds. You didn't get filler completely across both panels. It's evident on the front as you can see the joint between the tacks and when you flip it over it is even more evident that you missed the joint. This video is a great demonstration of how not to weld a butt joint.

How do you do that on a uni-body vehicle without the seam at the top - would you lap weld the entire distance? Also are replacement rockers amenable to either butt or lap welding at the surgeon's discretion or are they formed to fit using a specific installation method. I know they sell flimsy "slip on" panels that are over sized and cover up the whole mess without fixing anything.

What size wire did you use - does it matter in this application?

Can you do this after two or three days

That's real talent. I was fascinated watching this guy take care of what is the scourge of every vehicle owner in New England. I wish I knew someone like this locally.

Thanks,wind sprung hinge and gap between door and fender too tight.being a extremely windy day wife admitted it door may have been sprung.no big deal but the front hinges are spot welded on from what I see.moving fender forward 2 mil.will solve my issue .glad that the 3 bolt design for fender mounts hasn't changed much .

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This was a good video in giving a lay person an idea of what goes into a repair like this.somebody left a whole mess of furniture in the street surrounded by cardboard i and need running over it, at first i didn’t think there was any damage. But when i got to work part of my front bumper was busted by the fog light all the way around to the splash shield. But when i open the hood it looked like it was pushed in and the drivers side fender has a gap at the top where it meets the door. Do you think that the front nose can be straightened out and what does something like that cost

Hey where i can buy this paint striping please

Very nice Jerry. That will be a big improvement on the AMX.

That came out beautiful, did you use a clear coat or some kind of protectant after?

Nce job. What grit of sandpaper you use? Thanks.

I'm having issues installing the graphene liner. In the manual they don't say to cut off the metal spring bit. Is this still going strong for you? Haven't melted the liner having the graphene liner so close to the tip?

Never seen it before. Wot great idea, cheers Graham

If I was doing hinge pins on a Jeep, it would be easy because the doors (and roof) are designed to be removed and put back on. Did you know that Daisy Duke drove a Jeep?

Hope you like to wet sand

I'm used to welding, but the heat from the welder ultimately leads to rust down the line. This repair is far superior if done correctly! Keep in mind that most new cars are using a lot of adhesives in the manufacturing! Adhesive products have greatly improved in recent years! Thanks for the informative post!

Same combination that I used to spray my tractor except I used blue

Great job

Great job

this video takes alot of the novice anxiety away, the one that makes the paint run like beads of realization sporing along the spine.

Thank you! I've been watching a lot of videos trying to figure out what primer to use on my restoration project. This was simple and to the point!

all compund splatter on the dash and door cards haha

Nice work, those doors will operate like new. Thanks for sharing how it is done

Great tip and reminder …. Fresh paper once u get trough the initial sticky layer … same for when u get to 159-180 …. Fresh piece as u finish out and feather …. Then you rarely have to re coat or have to hi fill prime more than 2 coats

Can you use (steel) mesh with plastic welders?

Very nice. Hard to believe a spray gun could be 10 dollars

The other matting is Chop strand

Where do you get your parts from like the rear panel and the other panel? Like do you get it from the dealer or online? I love your video, I’m always learning a lot 🤍

I’ve been looking for this forever to do roofs on older cars without removing the seals!

Hi Jerry.. perhaps you could do a follow-up video on the end result? Hard to tell how the paint flowed out.. in the end. Oh yes the infamous purple gun..

That paint is pretty good but that gun is junk

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I did the bushings in my S10, and I have the spring compressor tool, but they also made a tool shaped like a question mark for removing the pins. I have that too. I've used it on one vehicle. Not cost effective, but handy if you don't have an air hammer. lol

I have one of these old HF welders. The downfall from what I was told is they are AC. I watched some videos, ordered some parts, and converted it to a DC welder. Runs much better, closer to a much more expensive machine.

I thought it was gonna be on and old ford. Changed many of those

Good video Jerry, short and to the point. I have a car I need to change them on.

Good job !!

Thanks for the video. Very informative. I liked the tape suggestion for the body line.

Great video Jerry ! You made that look really easy. Im sure its not. Im actually in the middle of removing the front door on my VW bus. Might try at the pin instead of the bolts

When using the cheese are you looking for to know whats to be graded and what results do you get when you know you done cheese grading

I love you content man, you make plain for us slow people. I was wondering if it’s okay to prime over 80grit on my body work or if I should always take it down to 180?

I loathe pins and bushings 😉😉

Excellent, right to the point- very helpful to anyone that wants their gun to LAST and give consistent spraying goodness. THANKS mate.

Great video came for the airgun use help and really like your talent. Fender looks perfect🎉 subscribed

Great job Jerry. It's been awhile since I've changed hinge bushings in anything

Did you stamp that patch out wirh a mower deck or what😅😅😅

Fantastic! 2 questions. Would wet sanding the primer before paint benefit anything or just spray color after primer dries? For this type of single stage paint can you cut and buff afterwards if you wanted? Turned out looking great!

applied filler 4 times you must be jnr level but think your pro

I did mine a couple years ago. The pins never seated all the way and it’s starting to feel like it’s time again.