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Removing Inside Metal Panels

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Old 01-18-2003, 10:06 AM
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I've got my interior and exterior practically to bare metal and I want to remove some of the metal panels to get and rust underneath. All the layers of metal seem to be spot-welded or heat-pressed or something, and I was wondering the best way to undo these to pull the panel off?

Should I just grind them away and weld them back when I replace the panel later?

Or drill them out?

Does anyone have experience with removing the layers of metal panelling?

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Old 01-18-2003, 10:12 AM
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its all sopt welded together so you need to drill out the spot welds, its not a very fun way to spend a day



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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Jan 18 2003, 08:12 AM
its all sopt welded together so you need to drill out the spot welds, its not a very fun way to spend a day



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Really?Sounds like fun to me.
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i use to be an auto body repairman. good luck.
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