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[blue redtop]

hi just wondering if there is any cons on welding the bonnet shut on a metal flip front so it all opens up as 1 piece.
cheers
jay

[dezshearer]

I'm welding mine to my wings, i really can't see any cons at all.

Might be tricky to get the grillie outer bit on, but i'm sure theres a way around it!

Quite a hassle trying to get the hinges for both the flip front and bonnet to work concurrently.

[syholl]

Nothing wrong with doing it that way, although i always bolt them on, using spacers to get the gaps right. This way you can make small adjustments to the overall width of the flip front which makes getting a neat fit much easier....

Once you weld it you can't adjust it, so make sure you get it right before you do it...

[blue redtop]

thanks for the replies . i couldnt think of any cons either thats why i asted,and the bit about having the bonnet hinge up to on the standard hinges dosent do it for me really,thats why i thought of welding it on so its all 1 bit.i think if the bonnet lifts one way and the front the other it looks really weired.
i might be going to far with this but the gaps!!!.
i was thinking of welding all the gaps up and smoothing with filler to make it totally smooth.im also fitting a rga body kit and wide wheels with a smooth boot lid.

have i gone to far or will it look ok.

comments good or bad welcome.
jay

[blue redtop]

forgot to add ive got no front lip on my bonnet so thats not a problem.
cheers

[jack_marshall]

The return edges of the bonnet and the gutters of the wings will need some sort of rust preventative before you weld them together though?

[syholl]

Well, if your front end is anything like the ones i have done, you end up with a gap either side of the bonnet of between 8-10mm. This will not be easy to weld up and fill. Don't forget that you can't use too much filler, as a steel flip front will flex quite a lot when you open it up...

When i did my van, i filled the gap along the front, as i used non-genuine panels, and the gap wasn't very even from one end to the other, so we just filled it in.