Excerpted with permission from collector car restoration bible sheet metal work falls into two realms.
Car body sheet metal.
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Locks cylinders.
It s susceptible to rust.
Bending and beading apply more to fabrication than to repair.
Lighting electrical.
The sheet metal body works to give your car its structural integrity and its unique eye fetching looks.
We have a huge selection of high quality rust repair and auto body panels including rockers cab corners wheel arches fenders and more.
Molding trim.
Manual arts and technical skills.
Sheet metal does have one major weakness though.
Many of your sheet metal parts can be replaced with new pieces whether they re fender panels trunk floor panels battery trays or even metal trim pieces.
Whether you re fixing a dent rust hail etc.
Auto metal direct.
When doing old car restorations sometimes its simpler to replace an entire panel instead of trying to straighten it or repair rust spots.
Here s a few tips on repairing rust holes in car body panels.
Heating cooling.
Dents from sheet metal body parts are so variable as to make choosing between them an art in itself.
Whether you re working on a classic american car from 1957 or a truck made as recently as 2007 eastwood has sheet metal to help you fix it.
The strategies for and operations of removing complex deformations a k a.
Here is a tutorial how to video that show.
The mainstays of equipment for bending body metal are brakes and slip rolls.
Universal sheetmetal repair panels available at low prices.
Suspension brakes.
Sheet metal is a huge part of any hotrod build or autobody repair.
Chassis frame.
In this video im showing you the process i use to do small rust repairs where a complete panel.
Brakes are used to make straight line bends in sheet stock to very precise angles.
Engine under hood.