| Author | Message | ||
     Thomas Dahbura (U352) Member Username: U352 Post Number: 142 Registered: 10-2002 |
Wanted to share this with you guys. A friend and I just bought a used RRC and this guy patched the rusted floor boards up and used this Lord Fusor Product to bond the patch pieces to the existing floor boards. It looked great!!! Better than great especially after they were painted(will post or email pics if interested). But here is the link http://www.fusor.com/products/mb_products.asp#108B109B This was the solution I was looking for for fixing the hole in my drivers side Floor board on my series truck. I bought a patch piece from AB and plan on grinding and cutting this weekend and if I succeed. I'll send pics. Hope it helps. Cheers | ||
| Ike Goss (Leafsprung) Member Username: Leafsprung Post Number: 65 Registered: 03-2003 |
Hey while youre at it you can patch your frame with soda cans and undercoating. Get a welder. -Regards -Ike | ||
| Thomas Dahbura (U352) Member Username: U352 Post Number: 143 Registered: 10-2002 |
They say it holds tighter than weld joints. They being a local body shop that uses the stuff. Think of it as a space age rover. Screw the welding | ||
| Ike Goss (Leafsprung) Member Username: Leafsprung Post Number: 66 Registered: 03-2003 |
If its stronger than welding why does it say on the product that its for non structural application? Seems to me that cars are still welded together not glued. I get the feeling you are being lead astray by a body shop that cuts corners. Its one thing to be cheap and lazy but dont be stupid, glue is NOT stronger than good welding. Worst of all, dont sugest other folks to glue their footwells in. Last thing I want to see is a fad of rovers with footwells held in with paste. -Regards -Ike | ||
| Thomas Dahbura (U352) Member Username: U352 Post Number: 144 Registered: 10-2002 |
YEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAA It is great to be cheap, lazy and stupid. | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2448 Registered: 02-2002 |
cars are still welded together not glued ...unless you're talking about an aluminum and carbon-fibre tub on an Aston-Martin Vanquish...  lol..... The floors in a Series are just sheets screwed in, why not just have a new sheet cut and screw it in, it's really cheap and easy to do and is actually done right that way. IMHO, FWIW..... -L | ||
| Ike Goss (Leafsprung) Member Username: Leafsprung Post Number: 67 Registered: 03-2003 |
The footwells are steel and are spotwelded in the bulkhead. The flat section of the floors are aluminum and are screwed in. The only part that really corodes is the steel and replacement panels should be welded in. -Ike | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 2449 Registered: 02-2002 |
Okay, true enough, the footwells are.... Actually, my floorpanels are corroded in addition to the footwells. That's why my bulkhead is now at a sandblasters, and once back and welded, it's going to the galvanizers..... Also, had new seatbox ends folded up at a local fabricators, too.... $16/pr, much cheaper than ECR's 45/ea.... -L | ||
| Thomas Dahbura (U352) Member Username: U352 Post Number: 146 Registered: 10-2002 |
Boys-Give it a chance-You'll have a chance to take a look at it at MAR or I can send pics of the RRC that was done this way. | ||
| Thomas Dahbura (U352) Member Username: U352 Post Number: 148 Registered: 10-2002 |
Allright-Looks Like I was wrong. Welding for replacement of the footwells is the correct application not an epoxy. My tail is between my legs- Regards-U352/stupid-lazy and Cheap. | ||
| Jim Young (Mercedesrover) New Member Username: Mercedesrover Post Number: 5 Registered: 01-2003 |
This is why I hate this board. One guy makes a comment and gets his balls busted. Tom, you're right. Lord Fusor, as well as simillar products like 3M 8115 are perfect for patching rust holes...Even in the footwells. I probably wouldn't glue a whole footwell in...But a patch? Why not? I wouldn't exactly call that a structural part. These things have bolted on windshield frames and aluminum roofs (as well as everything else). Who's kidding who? It works great for body sides and end panels on your tub too. And yes, I do run a bodyshop and we use the crap out of this stuff. Quarter panels, rear body panels, roofs. It's an acceptable repair by most manufacturers standards, as strong as spot-welding and doubles as a seam sealer when you're done. And yes, most manufacturers use it somewhere in their production. Almost all door skins are glued on for example as well as a good number of roof panels on GM cars. Aren't those structural? ...And floor boards in a RRC? Perfect. jim | ||
| Thomas Dahbura (U352) Member Username: U352 Post Number: 150 Registered: 10-2002 |
Here is the work done on our RRC. Take a look at the fix.  |
