TrepMan
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Hey gang - This is a question for all of those metal working guys:
With either the standard aluminium (tracker 175/185 type) or the new formed aluminium (Tundra/Avalanche) how is a dent/tear fixed. I don't have any in my 175 but have always wondered how it is done. I know with steel on the cars we drive they either do bondo on small sections or weld in larger sections or replace a fender.
If you got a large dent or worse a tear, how easy (and how is it done) to fix it in aluminium. I know we've talked about fiberglass being more expensive and harder to fix, just trying to understand the process.
There is a lot of talk of the possible advantage of the formed aluminium over glass, can someone help me on the repair process?
You may have to explain it in laymans terms because I don't know diddly about metal or fiberglass repair or design (i'll leave that to my wife the structural engineer).
TrepMan
With either the standard aluminium (tracker 175/185 type) or the new formed aluminium (Tundra/Avalanche) how is a dent/tear fixed. I don't have any in my 175 but have always wondered how it is done. I know with steel on the cars we drive they either do bondo on small sections or weld in larger sections or replace a fender.
If you got a large dent or worse a tear, how easy (and how is it done) to fix it in aluminium. I know we've talked about fiberglass being more expensive and harder to fix, just trying to understand the process.
There is a lot of talk of the possible advantage of the formed aluminium over glass, can someone help me on the repair process?
You may have to explain it in laymans terms because I don't know diddly about metal or fiberglass repair or design (i'll leave that to my wife the structural engineer).
TrepMan