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[minimissions]

Thanks guys so 3.2 would defo give me enough to play with :) will get on to that get some ordered :) cheers if I can get this door straight it will be on to the next.

[sonikk4]

What i will suggest though to prevent distortion is to use Frosts Cold Front. This does help believe me.
 
http://www.frost.co....14oz-414ml.html
 
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[X246b]

You got skills buddy great post thanks,,

[The Golden Shot]

Nice gaps, I have used the welding rod method before, works well! Can I just suggest that people build their doors up before adjusting the gaps, as the weight of the glass and winder mech' etc can change the doors position slightly, don't want to go through all that and have paint rubbing off when you open and close the door! ( I learnt this through personal experience )

In BIW they would hang a weight on the door to simulate a fully trimmed door, once it was profiled they would remove weight and door would rise indicating the track profile for operators, one thing people may not be aware of is that they would also jack the door aperture diagonal to help also

[The Golden Shot]

In my old age I've forgot to mention that we used welding rods stitched to flanges to get nice gaps and profiles, we would then lead load as this would be a lot stronger than using Tet. Nothing worse than having the edge fall off, plus water can get behind and pop it off

[Bdshim]

Reading this as my doors fit is pretty bad as its come to me.. a question the cutting and add bits to door frames especially the upper window part I take the windows themselves still fit ok ?

[sonikk4]

Reading this as my doors fit is pretty bad as its come to me.. a question the cutting and add bits to door frames especially the upper window part I take the windows themselves still fit ok ?

 

Its only a small amount of added material. The window fit should remain the same or very close.

[Bdshim]

Thanks nice to know ?

[ajprice]

For anyone who doesn't follow Project Binky, their latest video is fixing the panel gaps
https://youtu.be/oKtQEFoexFk

[Wise Old Elf]

Reading this as my doors fit is pretty bad as its come to me.. a question the cutting and add bits to door frames especially the upper window part I take the windows themselves still fit ok ?

 
Its only a small amount of added material. The window fit should remain the same or very close.

Neil could you drill out the spot welds that hold the window frame into the door and move it up then re-weld it into the door rather than cutting the frame? This would raise the window frame and close the gap if the issue is only the top gap but I am not sure if the glass would fall out of the runner?

[sonikk4]

 

 

Reading this as my doors fit is pretty bad as its come to me.. a question the cutting and add bits to door frames especially the upper window part I take the windows themselves still fit ok ?

 
Its only a small amount of added material. The window fit should remain the same or very close.

Neil could you drill out the spot welds that hold the window frame into the door and move it up then re-weld it into the door rather than cutting the frame? This would raise the window frame and close the gap if the issue is only the top gap but I am not sure if the glass would fall out of the runner?

 

 

You could possibly do that but the front is tapered so trying to force that up may create further issues.

[Propshaft]

Just read this very informative article my question is my bonnet requires the width widening slightly would it be ok to just weld on a strip of metal to the outer edge

[Ben_O]

Just read this very informative article my question is my bonnet requires the width widening slightly would it be ok to just weld on a strip of metal to the outer edge

Not really but you can slice down the edge of the bonnet with a slitting disc, open it to where you need it and then weld the slit up carefully

make sure you slit it quite a way though to retain a straight edge along the edge of the bonnet

 

Cheers

Ben 

[sonikk4]

Just read this very informative article my question is my bonnet requires the width widening slightly would it be ok to just weld on a strip of metal to the outer edge

As Ben has said, you need to cut down the length of the bonnet then add a thin strip if the gap is quite large, you can just cut and using a backing piece of Copper weld the gap BUT two things here. Be careful of heat distortion and the other is evening out the gap both sides as it maybe noticeable.

On my lads car, the bonnet was crap being a Magnum bonnet and we should have chinned it off and used a Heritage one but funds were tight for a teenager. I could have been more forceful fitting the wings but here’s the rub, when I did the resto on Wills Mini Special using all Heritage panels, apart from some minor tweaking it went together really well.

My Heritage clubby bonnet needed a tapered wedge to even it up on the one side. I tried everything to get that gap even but it was actually like that before I took everything apart.