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Paint Prep
Posted by
Tom Hampton
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09-25-2011
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A friend is going to paint the car for me, but I’m doing as much of the prep work as I can. That way he can just “spray&goâ€.
But, before I got to sanding and such, I needed to reinforce the new mounting location of the driver’s rear view mirror. I moved it to the A-pillar, but now it “flops around†while driving. So, I took some 3/16″ steel plate (probably overkill), cut it to shape and hammered it until it fit the inside contour of the door skin. Then I buttered the front side with bondo, and slid it into place.
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But, before I got to sanding and such, I needed to reinforce the new mounting location of the driver’s rear view mirror. I moved it to the A-pillar, but now it “flops around†while driving. So, I took some 3/16″ steel plate (probably overkill), cut it to shape and hammered it until it fit the inside contour of the door skin. Then I buttered the front side with bondo, and slid it into place.
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