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Old 05-05-2021, 10:44 PM
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I’m planning to do a full quarter panel and outer wheel house replacement on my ‘75 T/A. I plan to use a MIG welder for the wheel house. I’m wondering if panel bond is an option on the quarter panel instead of welding?

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Old 05-10-2021, 09:17 AM
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Has no one on here tried this?

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Old 05-10-2021, 09:48 AM
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I've never used panel bond but wondering how you would do it on a very large panel like that. Do you have to apply the bond around the entire perimeter of the panel and then place it before it starts setting up? Do you have time to make adjustments...or what?

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Old 05-10-2021, 10:04 AM
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I'm not a body man, but I remember reading that welded metal stays in place where the bonded areas can expand at different rates under the painted surface. Cars that have bonded panel from the factory are designed that way. In a way that its one piece (door panel, hood, roof ..) but on an f-body that quarter panel has that seam going to the roof.

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Old 05-10-2021, 05:02 PM
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It’s ok for the quarter to wheel house but you should weld the sail panel, rocker, and where it meets the tail panel.

If you read the instructions it will tell you nothing structural should be panel bonded.

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That's what I did, I bonded my outer wheel house to the quarter but welded everything else.

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Old 05-11-2021, 03:33 PM
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Ok so no panel bond for structural stuff. But it’s ok on the wheel well lip. Which is good since I’m not good at the inverted welds.

How do I weld the area between the wheel well and door jamb at the bottom of the quarter welded? It where the quarter attaches to the rocker. There doesn’t appear to be any access from the inside.

The car is a ‘75 T/A.

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Ok so no panel bond for structural stuff. But it’s ok on the wheel well lip. Which is good since I’m not good at the inverted welds.

How do I weld the area between the wheel well and door jamb at the bottom of the quarter welded? It where the quarter attaches to the rocker. There doesn’t appear to be any access from the inside.

The car is a ‘75 T/A.
I used panel bond on 2 areas I couldn't get to with the mig gun when I put my quarters on. The rocker to quarter and the short flange between the trunk and rear glass on my 70 GTO. I wish I would have done it at the wheelhouse for the sealing aspect of it tho.

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..............How do I weld the area between the wheel well and door jamb at the bottom of the quarter welded? It where the quarter attaches to the rocker. There doesn’t appear to be any access from the inside.

The car is a ‘75 T/A.



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