I this video I’m trying to cover more detail and all the steps in the fiberglass patch repair that I had shown in an older video (how to repair a large rust hole on your vehicle). This is a Diy repair not restoration. I am showing this way to help people with less knowledge of metal forming and welding this is much better than tape and can keep you going for years and it will pass a road side inspection. If you don’t mind how straight or smooth the finish is, you can finish the job a lot faster than in my video. This is just one way out of many most body man would recommend a replacement panel or patch that is welded but for an older car or beater this works fine, this is not restoration. I don’t always do this I use metal for door skins, rockers, cab sides, floor pan, quarters etc but for hard to form areas fiberglass is the stuff, Do not do a repair like this if the structure of the car has been compromised.
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Sorry dude nice video but that work is caca it will come back in a few months unless it's to just get rid of the car and a surprise for some other person to fix
what a mess dude sorry but
that's a big mess
I was going to cut out my cab corners and redo my rockers myself but I watched this vid and it seems to be a better solution for a vehicle that probably wont last for more than 3 years
So rather than providing a good weld, you are showing people how to scam others with cars so they buy a piece of junk that won't get through most countries annual check up. How nice of you. Cars, the only area where the scammers get rewarded and the artisan metal workers go bankrupt.
if you would've converted the rust underneath and than did this repair it would've lasted forever
Just a quick tip to anyone looking to do this. First, paint the rusted area with a rust converter of some kind. It will save you from coming back after the next winter and having rust breaking out around your repair. Also, something that will save you a whole lot of time and filler is to use wire (I used painted chicken wire) behind the Fiberglass cloth to give it a rough shape. Make sure that it's still slightly lower than where the original body was so that you can still build it up with the filler but that will save you a ton of time and filler and, lets face it, if you are doing this kind of repair, you want it as cheap as possible.
Great video, thanks for sharing. You made my next weekend project alot easier. My beater/commuter car has a few rust spots that will become holes in the near future. We go to the car wash about 3 times a week in the winter, there is no escaping that salt here in Oswego NY.
This section is kinda important in a crash. Cut some patch panels to fit pefectly and pay a guy at a shop, or mobile mechanic, to at least weld them in for you. Then you can fiddle with bondo and paint, have a solid repair, and not lose a knee-cap in a T-bone accident next week.
what is the stuff he painted on with a brush before he laid the fabric over the hole?
I have a fiberglass camper shell that I am going to use these techniques on; thanks!!!!!!