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Old 02-27-2017, 03:33 PM
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Great work! The metal work is extremely impressive.
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wanted to know how the fiberglass to metal holds up over time.iv been doing bodywork for 30+yrs and when i was starting out ,i was always told to never do it use glass resin.i have bonded glass parts to metal using 3m bonding adhesive with great success in the past and not a combination of both.can you explain the process so i can understand?great work on the car!
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wanted to know how the fiberglass to metal holds up over time.iv been doing bodywork for 30+yrs and when i was starting out ,i was always told to never do it use glass resin.i have bonded glass parts to metal using 3m bonding adhesive with great success in the past and not a combination of both.can you explain the process so i can understand?great work on the car!
This was the first time I have done this. I have worked on cars that had rust repair done in the past using fiberglass mat. One was over ten years old and was in a wreck and you could not tell that it had rust cut out and replaced with fiberglass mat until we started grinding on it. I have always done it like you have but after being in the sun all day I have seen a line where the end caps we bonded on my Mustang.
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Quarter scoops were bolted and bonded with 3m8115 panel adhesive.



Major bodywork finished on the rear of the body yesterday





Today I sprayed two coats of SPI epoxy primer







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We had to add fiberglass to the side exhaust skirts to give us something to bond to the pinch weld.





Bonded to the rockers



Started the bodywork



Headlight bucket was bolted, bonded and fiberglassed to the fender



Front fender flares installed



Bodywork getting everything to line up





Ready for a couple coats of SPI epoxy primer







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lots of work but its looking real good
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Looks great!!
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That looks incredible...really great work.This thing is going to be killer
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Starting to fit the front apron





The shape was wrong under the headlight buckets so we cut it apart and glassed it back together





The spoiler was cut down and the front lip bonded back on.



After sanding





Bodywork to match the fender to the front apron



After a lot of sanding and priming



SPI black epoxy to seal the bodywork



Two coats of SPI Turbo primer





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Test fitting all the body panels





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