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[SAL 821X]

Think I'll adopt the shifty method when I come to do mine.

 

Seams much neater and easier than having to grind down loads of plugs.

[R1mini]

I just seam weld as well

[corrado vr6]

Must be a nightmare to get the door seal on though

[ANON]

 

 

Looking at getting some extra arms in the near future to get in the less accessible areas. I'll see how i get on with it. 

 

 

i got some made by local engineers, was a fraction of the price to buy them. it's not normal copper bar though, can't remember the exact grade/spec but i know if you use copper it ends up bending!!

[R1mini]

Must be a nightmare to get the door seal on though

 

 

No dead easy, depends on the quality of the welding I suppose, my seam welding is no wider than the two bits of metal welded together.

 

I use spray transfer to melt the edges rather than have a large build up of weld, your right though some peoples welding would require a session with the grinder before the seams would be good enough for the door seals

[sonikk4]

 

 

 

Looking at getting some extra arms in the near future to get in the less accessible areas. I'll see how i get on with it. 

 

 

i got some made by local engineers, was a fraction of the price to buy them. it's not normal copper bar though, can't remember the exact grade/spec but i know if you use copper it ends up bending!!

 

 

 

Mmm looks like i will have to have a word with my local metal fab shop. Alan is a dab hand at manufacturing things like that.

[59 Speed]

I tend to seam weld, for me its a quicker way of doing it.  I seam the sill to door step and the inner sill.  For neatness I plug weld the lower edge of the sill.

  

Glad someone else has done it like this!

Didn't fancy grinding off all those plug welds afterwards, and by the look of the sill I ground off I think the originals had a constant weld of some kind along this edge.