How To - Patch Panel & Installation Kit for your Car from Eastwood

Get It Here: http://www.eastwood.com/patch-panel-install-kit.html

Get the supplies you need to fix rusty panels, fabricate replacement metal for rocker panels, quarter panels, floors, and more. You get the same type of aluminized steel used by exhaust manufacturers for corrosion protection; also allows easy forming and welding. The included backing strips allow for accurate alignment, sturdiness, and a clean weld bead.
Kit includes:

7 sheets of 20-gauge aluminized sheet metal (one 12 Inch x 24 Inch, two 12 Inch x 12 Inch, and four 1Inch x 24 Inch)
Two 3/16 Inch double-ended drill bits for plug welding
100 self-tapping screws to secure panels for alignment prior to welding
6 Inch seaming pliers that give you superior leverage for up-to-120-degree bends on panel edges.

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[vcval]

@6806goats1 , if you use the eastwood flange tool for this job it would have gone faster and been neater although it has the potential to be a moisture trap this can be solve by leadfilling the gap. As long as the metal can support a butt joint i think that is the way to go , unless it is a structural joint and the flange forms part of the structure like sale panels to quarter panel joins , so i guess it does depend on the job

[6806goats1]

@vcval had to mod my post vice typing a second one. I would think flanging would be the ticket on this. Eastwood had me thinking that flanging is the way to go but that's been many moons ago. But even back then I was wondering if flanging a panel is a moisture trap even if the panels are coated with weldable primer. Just trying to figure out if butt welding is now the bestter way or if it just depends on the job. Been a little over 12 years since I took body and fender classes time to revisit.

[deo1929]

Instead of the backup strip, use Eastwood's Intergrip Panel Clamps (Item #19016) for the butt welds. They work great.

[vcval]

wouldn't a Flanger/Punch Tool Pneumatic 7/32" aka Eastwood Item #31015 for $89.99 be a better tool ????

[tattoome5150]

great video.! thanks eastwood.

[Pookatube]

Does this work on rust spots on a 1983-1991 Toyota Camry fender wheel well or Subaru Outback?