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Post by Derby1728 on Feb 18, 2020 13:57:24 GMT -5
Does using thicker steel when welding the doors shut make it stronger? Any recommendations on thickness?
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Post by cheezwhiz31 on Feb 18, 2020 14:03:57 GMT -5
only as strong as what you are welded to... Also harder to get a good weld when you have a thick piece to thin sheet metal... 1/8 inch is enough in my eyes. Unless you're talking door wrap.
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Post by smashford on Feb 18, 2020 16:33:52 GMT -5
On the same subject, Weld solid or stagger? I usually see the fully welded ones ripping on my cars where the stagger stops and starts
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Post by Landshark007 on Feb 18, 2020 18:37:00 GMT -5
I slide the door back as far as I can get it to take out the gap. Fill the gap weld it up. Go over it with what ever I have laying around 2” or 4” flat weld it over the whole thing. Then put bolts threw door & jam & door & rocker
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Post by Landshark007 on Feb 18, 2020 23:28:56 GMT -5
So does anyone else walk around the car hitting it to listen for rattles if find one weld it or bolt it up
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Post by noser23x on Feb 18, 2020 23:47:32 GMT -5
I stopped welding doors fully. Everytime I did they seemed way more prone to ripping at the weld and tearing the sheetmetal away.
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Post by owen11x on Feb 19, 2020 7:16:07 GMT -5
I stopped welding doors fully. Everytime I did they seemed way more prone to ripping at the weld and tearing the sheetmetal away. Alot of heat on thin gauge. Its not like fully welding a quarter panel on where its thousands of tack welds. So your right thsts happened to any of mine fully welded to
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Post by smashincwa on Feb 20, 2020 18:22:12 GMT -5
Put a flat stock vertically within the gap, weld the gap. Now overlay that with strap and patch weld. Overlap the layers, weld the layers. Dont over heat the sheetmetal. Even after welding, chain the doors, wrap the chain around the door, run the bolt though the jam and to the chain. The chain is a decoy as the bolt holds the door through the jams.
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Post by 99x on Feb 22, 2020 19:55:53 GMT -5
Tack tack tack tack. Nothing over 1/8 on my cars. Want tje plate to bend with the car instead of ripping away. Door skins have really cur down on door welding though in my opinion as its 1/8 to 1/8 so you just hold the trigger and run downhill.
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Post by derrbyman96 on Feb 27, 2020 19:32:55 GMT -5
Thicker door strap means ripped sheet metal. Using thinner strap allows your metal to give and bend.
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Post by ADDICTEDtoIMPACT on Feb 27, 2020 20:13:52 GMT -5
I use what ever scrap pieces are left at work from the shear but yes thinner gauge is best.
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Post by n8 on Feb 29, 2020 0:42:32 GMT -5
I prefer 1/8 or a bit less. Lately it's whatever thin junk I have laying around but buying the door strapping material from vendors does make it go quick when I buy it.
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Post by redneckracing12 on Feb 29, 2020 20:37:19 GMT -5
1/8" Max, iv actually been using 12ga on the last couple cars and really like it.
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Post by CHUNKY MONKEY 13 on Mar 3, 2020 1:17:05 GMT -5
1/8 seems to be pretty good all around
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Post by nick18sf on Mar 23, 2020 12:27:35 GMT -5
1/8” is plenty thick. You want the strap to conform with the doors bending
Half weld doors for me now. I don’t see the benefit in full welding. I use to do it, but didn’t notice it making a difference
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