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Final Winter Project 2020-2021
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<blockquote data-quote="Jr. Corvette" data-source="post: 229098" data-attributes="member: 1906"><p>Hey guys,</p><p></p><p>Made some good progress this week. </p><p></p><p>I finished razor blading the whole car. I left the are at the front because it is extremely well adhered so I'll have o sand it down. </p><p></p><p>After that was done I hammered, chiseled, and cut my old quarter panel out with a Dremel, mini crowbar and a bigger crowbar. I first laid the new quarter over the old one and traced were to cut it at the back. I made sure to leave extra material to trim later. Once I finished the cut I began to hammer out the old quarter starting at the top, working my way along, then moved onto the sides. Once the quarter was out I had to cleanup and trim the bonding strip so that the new quarter sat nice. Once I got it sitting close I trimmed the new quarter along the score line. Again, I left some extra here so that I could sand it down to achieve a proper gap between it and the door. Next I lined up the new quarter and made a new cut line for the rear of it. Once that cut was done all I needed to do was clean up the bonding strip so that it was down to fiberglass and had little to no panel adhesive on it. I did this to the splash shield and also the bonding area by the door. Then I cleaned up the area with some mineral spirits and once dry, wiped it with a tack rag. I used Eastwood panel adhesive which I found out gets quiet runny and it made a bit of a mess. However, I got lots of adhesive in place and attached the panel. After I applied a few clamps and inspected the area, I found I needed a little more panel adhesive in some area. The runny property of the panel adhesive made it easy to fill in these voids as I could place it above the void and allow it to run down.once it had ran down I clamped it and made sure there was complete coverage.</p><p></p><p>The today I checked it and the panel had bonded well and is extremely strong. I picked up some Pro-form panel sealant and filled in any remaining voids. Tomorrow I'll be spraying some rubberized undercoating on the inside to match the rest of the wheel well then I can move onto the passenger side. I also cleaned up and painted my shims for the crash bumper so I can finish assembling it.</p><p></p><p>I'm still waiting on my new bumper and hood and I just ordered my rear wing! Once I'm done the other quarter panel I'll move on to making some custom side skirts.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all the encouragement on this project. I hope you guys are enjoying the progress as much as I am.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jr. Corvette, post: 229098, member: 1906"] Hey guys, Made some good progress this week. I finished razor blading the whole car. I left the are at the front because it is extremely well adhered so I'll have o sand it down. After that was done I hammered, chiseled, and cut my old quarter panel out with a Dremel, mini crowbar and a bigger crowbar. I first laid the new quarter over the old one and traced were to cut it at the back. I made sure to leave extra material to trim later. Once I finished the cut I began to hammer out the old quarter starting at the top, working my way along, then moved onto the sides. Once the quarter was out I had to cleanup and trim the bonding strip so that the new quarter sat nice. Once I got it sitting close I trimmed the new quarter along the score line. Again, I left some extra here so that I could sand it down to achieve a proper gap between it and the door. Next I lined up the new quarter and made a new cut line for the rear of it. Once that cut was done all I needed to do was clean up the bonding strip so that it was down to fiberglass and had little to no panel adhesive on it. I did this to the splash shield and also the bonding area by the door. Then I cleaned up the area with some mineral spirits and once dry, wiped it with a tack rag. I used Eastwood panel adhesive which I found out gets quiet runny and it made a bit of a mess. However, I got lots of adhesive in place and attached the panel. After I applied a few clamps and inspected the area, I found I needed a little more panel adhesive in some area. The runny property of the panel adhesive made it easy to fill in these voids as I could place it above the void and allow it to run down.once it had ran down I clamped it and made sure there was complete coverage. The today I checked it and the panel had bonded well and is extremely strong. I picked up some Pro-form panel sealant and filled in any remaining voids. Tomorrow I'll be spraying some rubberized undercoating on the inside to match the rest of the wheel well then I can move onto the passenger side. I also cleaned up and painted my shims for the crash bumper so I can finish assembling it. I'm still waiting on my new bumper and hood and I just ordered my rear wing! Once I'm done the other quarter panel I'll move on to making some custom side skirts. Thanks for all the encouragement on this project. I hope you guys are enjoying the progress as much as I am. [/QUOTE]
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