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Originally Posted by burnsauto
please do not use panel bond as a filler. it is not a filler. Panel bond will make the paint swell, and over time will look just as bad as it does right now.
So I looked through the photos in that album, and without being there to really give a good look at it, it looks like the metal has oil-caned, not just because it was a flat piece of metal, but it sunk down as you were welding it, a result of welding it in too fast. You'll know if its oil caned if you hit the panel up with a body hammer, it'll pop up with a "thunk" sound, and then you'll have an odd high spot. Basically the metal is stretched, and theres too much metal for the space it's in.
There's a few
option 1, shrink the metal. You can look this up on youtube and such, you don't NEED a torch to do it on such thin metal, MAP gas will work just fine. This takes some skill and practice to learn where to heat it up and shrink it.
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So I went outside to check out what you?re talking about and sure enough! It has what you?re describing! The strange thing is it has ?oil canning? in 3 different spots.
?1 large one is in the middle where I have to push up from Inside to make that ?thunk? sound.
?The other 2 are towards the right and left ends of each side. I have to push Down to get them to make that ?thunk? sound.
So the sunroof looks like this(hope you get the idea)- |2 1 2|
I will try this heat shrinking. For the one in the middle (that?s sticking down), do I heat and hit with a hammer from the inside of the car...... and for the ones on the outside(that are sticking up), do I heat it and hit it from the top side? I assume I?ll need a hammer and dolly for this.
Which part of the sunroof Should I attack first?
You know your stuff man.... Thank you