Muck Up!

[deezee]

ARGGHHHHGHHHHHHHH

I've just done a right stupid thing. I'm fitting the rear Fog lamp in the aluminium tub that took 2 evenings to make and another to fit. So its 2 small holes for bolts and a large hole for the body of the lamp. I carefully marked it all out, double checked, braced the thin metal with timber to stop deforming.......

Then I only drilled the 44mm hole drill on one of the 4mm bolt holes. Fu@k. How on earth do I fix that cock up?

So either I have wonky lights or as the car is getting sprayed when its done, I'm thinking of bonding an aluminium piece over the mess and filling / sanding it smooth. Do you think that would be ok?

I'll take a photo tomoz so you can all laugh at me :(

[twinturbo]

Bonded cover plate would be my choice.

TT

[mark]

If it doesnt look odd or put your lights out of position for iva do the same thing with the reverse on the otherside so it looks even!

[AshG]

dont bond it and paint over. i guarantee that it will crack and show through the paint. if you havent got access to a tig welder get a few sticks of limiweld. you heat the ali up with a normal blow torch then apply the lumield to the area to be joint. the chemical raction eats in to the ali and fuses the two pieces together.

[tkpm]

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=8823&frostProductName=Lumiweld%20Kit%20(5%20rods)&gclid=CIe2vbWZwaICFSaElAod3ij85g

[deezee]

Luckily the cowl / mount for the lamp is large enough to cover my muck up..... Phew :rolleyes: So I have bonded a section of aluminium over the gap, to mount the revised lamp position to.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4746448387_2c39b4aed7.jpg


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4746447541_d11f944cc5.jpg

[davidimurray]

Well I would never have known from looking at the second pic! Are those angled pods you are using?

[deezee]

Yeah, The pods are angled. Got them (and the rest of the rear lights) from a guy on Ebay. Ebay KitCar parts (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Reverse-Rear-Light-lamp-Black-Pod-Kit-Car-Robin-Locost-/230477135604)