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Muck Up!
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 |
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Bonded cover plate would be my choice.
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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!
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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.
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Luckily the cowl / mount for the lamp is large enough to cover my muck up..... Phew So I have bonded a section of aluminium over the gap, to mount the revised lamp position to.
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Well I would never have known from looking at the second pic! Are those angled pods you are using?
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Yeah, The pods are angled. Got them (and the rest of the rear lights) from a guy on Ebay. Ebay KitCar parts
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