Kennomini wrote:
Be careful this is what a "panel beater" did to my car and I only found out 2 years after it was done
whats going on there mate? is that how much he welded ? and filled the holes in with bog?
Leighton wrote:
hey, just thimking about de-seaming my clubby..........
what is involved, is it expensive, is it just a matter of grinding?
and also do the seams hold anything or do anything structurally that would limit rego......??
do it if your seams are really crap and rusty, if they were good id leave them unless you really wanted to do it because you think it looks cool.
its a crap job but the time spent thinking how crap it is you can spend getting stuck into it
i recomend doing the rear first as its easier, leave the seam on, grind the surface clean on the inside and weld the two joining panels right up the guts then cut the seam off the outside, then clean it up with your grinding disk then the usual fill, file, sand, prime. you have the rear looking something like by lunch time.
pretty much the same up front but a the A-pillar you have to do a few inchs at a time like old mate said in the first few posts and id stick another couple of hours on top untill its looking something like.
its not that bad of a job i supose but id rather be out thrashing my mini around then pissing around welding and messing about with it just for the sake of some bloody seams.
come rego time the blueslip guy wouldnt know if its meant to have seams or not and would be to busy checking the stuff on his list to notice.
id say welded up there just as strong, im not a beater but it worked for me.
I never saw it until I took the car off the road and sandblasted it 
