Machspeed
Member
Before I go screwing anything else up, I'm asking for help. I started another thread elsewhere on the forums here weeks back titled "Wheel Arch Repair". Prior to asking for advice here, I made some bad cuts and flanged my repair which has caused me some issues. I should have stayed closer to the body line and radius'd the corners. And, I should not have flanged it. Anyway, there was some distortion in the areas where the vertical weld meets the horizontal weld just above the patch panel. In those areas it was elevated leaving the long axis of the horizontal weld a bit shallow. I've taken pictures to hopefully best illustrate. Anyway, I cut the previous attempt out and butt welded the new patch in. After I cut that old mess out, I noted the panel appeared to go back to its normal shape. However, after I welded in the new patch panel it went back to the previous mess....... elevated in those corner areas (I did radius the corners this time) and shallow in the long axis of the weld. Hopefully you follow me here? So, I need to bang this out with hammer and dolly, if that is possible. I've played with it, even using a slapper and hitting the elevated areas while trying to push out on the low area but not really getting anywhere. Maybe I'm not getting after it enough. I'd really appreciate your thoughts and comments on how to best get this panel straight without too much filler. Thanks!