shortymust23

soon ill have some pics i can now drive with a smile that i have 16 yo car that almost perfect shape.

chrome91

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lol, props. any before pics?

mine was horrible, took 100 hours to fix nearly but its a good job and its all gone. i head eaten through rust on one rear fender so i had to do metal work too

ColombianMax

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100 hours? maybe its just the ancient mechanic that has been working on cars for 75-80 years...lol

chrome91

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lol, if anything he was faster than me. i had bad rust, when i bought my max it was rusty then i just got sick of seeing it spread bad so i decided to fix it before it just gets eaten through allover

i had dents and scratches allover too. put in about ten 8-12 hour days fixing it up but its all good now.

shortymust23

thanks guys im waiting for the paint to dry so i can wash her then il do pics

1993-VG30E-GXE

Did you guys use shielding gas or just flux core? Someones telling me I don't need the gas, but I thought it's common knowledge that for 20 gauge, you need gas or it'll burn right through?

I bought the flowmeter but the argon tank is a bit of a rip, and held off so far.

300zmax

you need the gas, argon is the best but you can use CO2. the later is cheaper. flux core will burn nasty holes and look like sh*t

Phatmatt

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If you use TIG, Take Argon
If you use cold MIG, use a mix of C02/Argon

You need a shielding gas or you will get porosity which will result in a weak and ugly weld.

DO NOT use fluxcore for bodywork. It is made for thick metal and runs very hot. Will rip right through as soon as you strike your arc.

Garf

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