Restoration Tips

[ozbox]

Is it possible to unpick the complete quarter panel off a ute to put on another one? Are the taiwanese copies that come up on ebay from time time any good?

the quarter panels for utes or vans that come up on ebay are genuine items as there was never a knock off copy done for them...

[Blocker]

Hey guys is there a need/desire to have a Restoration tips section? I have had one pm requesting one a few weeks back.

Would it be useful and used?


I bought some airtools today I feel like Tim the Toolman ugh ugh ugh,

New air line, Sander, Ratchet & cutting tool.

[Absinth]

Hey guys is there a need/desire to have a Restoration tips section? I have had one pm requesting one a few weeks back.

Would it be useful and used?


I bought some airtools today I feel like Tim the Toolman ugh ugh ugh,

New air line, Sander, Ratchet & cutting tool.

I hope you have a big arsed compressor to run the air sander..... otherwise you'll be stopping a lot to let the compressor catch up .... they use a lot of air.

[Blocker]

Sander worked fine, I know what you mean about using a lot of air but the compressor keeps up ok.

I'm really interested in how the gutters are welded in and the best way to 'cut them out'.
Also where are the quarter panel joins?

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Has anyone used paint stripper on their cars? What's your experience with it?

[Absinth]

Paint stripper is bloody messy.

The gutter is part of the roof section. The side panel includes the inner folded section that the hoodlining strips are welded to. The roof laps over the side panel and they are spot welded together. I have a rough sketch somewhere that I post on another site years ago, will try and find it and post it here.

[stickthis]

Mate I paint stripped my whole HZ ute. It had the lots of paint on it too. Orginal primer, original colour, then a respray over the top in the same colour.

I stripped everything. The tray the lot. Would I do it again? hmm dont think so!

I used over 4L of stripper. Melted half my fingers and arms off. Because I was young and silly I also tried doing it on 40+ degree days! So I would have to spread a bit of stripper then get a wet rag and sit it on top for a while so it didint dry up.

All up it took me about 4 days to get the whole thing stripped!

Spend the cash and get it grit blasted, and soda blasted on the larger areas. This is how im doing my HZ GTS.

Cheers
Jason

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Paint stripper is bloody messy.

The gutter is part of the roof section. The side panel includes the inner folded section that the hoodlining strips are welded to. The roof laps over the side panel and they are spot welded together. I have a rough sketch somewhere that I post on another site years ago, will try and find it and post it here.

Thanks mate that would be great if you can find it.

Jason,
I am only looking at stripping and cutting out the side panels at the moment, so wont be getting the HX blasted for such a small section.

[stickthis]

ah ok fair enough. But I have warned you about stripper! haha. Might be better this time of year.