rob@robmorgan.plus.com Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 put an extra shim under rear body to chassis mounting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Hi Rob, have you seen the date of the thread. The last post was two years ago. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roy53 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 may be we get an update then ?? you know rebuilds Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
david c Posted October 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Hello Roy An update.............. Well in the end I gave up with the lead (sorry Stuart wimped out).and went back to the angle grinder and mig, chopped off where there was too much recreated the curve with layer upon layer of weld, ground it all down smooth filled the little holes with filler and accepted that there was no way I was going to get perfection without resorting to four new wings, but in my mind it still looks good. Now MOT'd and back on the road ....for now. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlejim Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Your are allowed to nut out your own way of fixing the problem. Good one! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MichaelH Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 It's a bit like doing your own decorating: you can see your own mistakes and you wonder how everybody else doesn't see them. they are all too worried about the mistakes on their cars to worry about minor things on yours Isn't their a parable about "He who has a plank in his eye can throw the first stone?" Not quite religiously Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meesonia Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Hi all Here we go 18 months on this thread. I've realised today I need a LH side Door skin for my 4A, the current one is solid, except it is badly bellied inward, difficult to see, but once you have your eye in, oh dear. So question is out of the usual suspects who has the best skins, or are they all much the same? Thanks. Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR 2100 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 If the only problem is that it is "bellied inward", and it can't be ALL that serious if you have only just seen it, I would have thought the cost of a new skin and fitting would be more than specialist panel beating (using modern methods). They have some great tricks these days - I remember seeing Edd Chyna pull out dents like this on his TV series, and you may even be able to leave the window winding gear in place. AlanR Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meesonia Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Those were my initial thoughts as well Alan, it will pop out, pushing from the inside, but it just pops straight back in again. It's not so much a local dent but almost the whole panel below the waist line. Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR 2100 Posted May 24, 2018 Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 Heat in the right place and skilled use of a panel beating hammer makes all the difference. AlanR Those were my initial thoughts as well Alan, it will pop out, pushing from the inside, but it just pops straight back in again. It's not so much a local dent but almost the whole panel below the waist line. Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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