Glue and screw, or weld?

[fastfredracing]

I just put a rocker panel on my 2500 HD. I sold it , and fixing the rocker was part of the deal. Today, For the first time, I tried Fusor. Man, I'm sold. This probably saved me 8 hours of welding, and grinding, and it worked like a charm.
I think if you had a tricky panel that you had to beat, and weld into shape, this may not be the way to go, but for basic panel replacement, it was almost too easy. I hear they say that it is stronger than spot welding also.
Threw in a few pics just to keep it interesting.




Since we are talking body work already, do you guys normally store your spray guns dry, or with a little solvent in them?

[azasadny]

Looks great!

[porsche4life]

We've used some LORD adhesive for some of our jobs.... Be prepared to destroy anything you try to remove that its stuck with....

Really good stuff!

[enzo1]

that's glued? Fusor?

[JAR0023]

I've seen the demo where they pull apart two pieces of metal that have been bonded and the metal gives before the bond. Awesome stuff.

I've also seen a small chain of bodyshops use it to save money (and not tell customers or Ins companies) only to have a bunch of quarterpanels separate a year later. In their case it was operator error.

Technician > technology.

Plenty of OEMs starting to use this as well.

J

[sc_rufctr]

Thanks... I've been looking at this stuff for some time.

All the super car manufacturers have been using glue for years for bonding alloy and composites.
I think one of the first cars to go this way was the Jaguar XJ220

Jaguar XJ220 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[IROC]

My SC flares were glued on with Fusor back in 1997. No problems 15 years later.

[Joeaksa]

Good scoop, may have to try it in the future!