1966 Dodge Dart
Started working on the passenger side bezel yesterday. I found once I started sanding the bezel, that this one had a crease at the top.
It is the one on the left in the pic above. I tried to tap it out and clean it up but I ended up sanding thru the bezel.
So I had those aluminum rods from Harbor Freight and I had been told they work great so after thinking about it all night last night I headed for the shed this morning to see what might happen. I first took one of my extra trims and welded some on it to see if I could get it hot enough with a small propane torch. Then I attacked the good bezel. Filled both the front and back side with the repair rod.
Then I took it to the belt sander and cleaned it up trying not to have the belt hit the bezel anywhere else.
From here I hit it with the small air grinder and then went to work trying to blend it in as I sanded the bezel to prepare it for the buffing procedure. Im very happy with the outcome except for the brightness of the new material. Not sure how to work with that and if it will blend in better once the rest of the bezel is buffed out.
Here are pics of the bezel both sanded with grinder then completed with wet sanding without buffing.
I was really surprised at how hard the fill material is. Much harder then the factory aluminum!
Now onto the hood trim then the grill and trunk plate. Then buffing!
Thanks for following.
Rod
Started working on the passenger side bezel yesterday. I found once I started sanding the bezel, that this one had a crease at the top.
It is the one on the left in the pic above. I tried to tap it out and clean it up but I ended up sanding thru the bezel.
So I had those aluminum rods from Harbor Freight and I had been told they work great so after thinking about it all night last night I headed for the shed this morning to see what might happen. I first took one of my extra trims and welded some on it to see if I could get it hot enough with a small propane torch. Then I attacked the good bezel. Filled both the front and back side with the repair rod.
Then I took it to the belt sander and cleaned it up trying not to have the belt hit the bezel anywhere else.
From here I hit it with the small air grinder and then went to work trying to blend it in as I sanded the bezel to prepare it for the buffing procedure. Im very happy with the outcome except for the brightness of the new material. Not sure how to work with that and if it will blend in better once the rest of the bezel is buffed out.
Here are pics of the bezel both sanded with grinder then completed with wet sanding without buffing.
I was really surprised at how hard the fill material is. Much harder then the factory aluminum!
Now onto the hood trim then the grill and trunk plate. Then buffing!
Thanks for following.
Rod