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[tomBERTfrancis]

Hi all was planning on converting my bonnet to mk1 but having problems on how to get the lip off the front I've read some other posts and they say to drill out the spot welds would this mean drilling from the front of the bonnet or from the inside? 

[Ben_O]

You would need to drill from the outside edge of the bonnet. Clean the paint/rust back from the edge to identify where the spot welds are and then VERY carefully, drill the spot welds with a proper spot weld drill bit making sure you only drill as deep as the thickness of the lip to avoid damaging the edge of the bonnet.

 

A better way might be to use a thin grinding stone to grind back the spot welds. You just carefully grind over the spot weld dimple until the metal starts to turn blue indicating it is thinned right down, then simply gently wiggle the lip off.

 

If you need anything else, Holler!

[tomBERTfrancis]

thanks for the reply I will attempt it this afternoon.

[igander]

Hi there,

 

I did this recently and agree with the comments above - clean the paint off so you can identify the welds and use a 'proper' spot weld drill

 

Ian