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Old 06-16-2011, 12:15 PM   #21
S14Driftr91
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After all rust was fixed I was left with some welds that I could not grind down any further. I went and got some Duraglass body filler and spread it over the welds and any where else that I needed to.





I messed around with the filler a few times, sanding out high spots and filling low spots until I got it perfect.

After everything was how I wanted it I was focusing on the radiator support. At one time this car had been hit and it was pretty obvious. The top portion of the rad support looked like crap, it had body filler in it and wasn't strait at all so I ordered a new one from Nissan. As for the other parts of the rad support they weren't in bad condition. I just heated them up and worked with them until everything was back to where it should be.

You can see the body filler in the picture and notice how uneven it is.



I went to the local harbor freight store and picked up a few spot weld bits. They worked great and I literally took the top portion off in less than 10 minutes. Alot better and faster than using a standard drill bit !







Here is the new radiator support compared to the old one.



Test fitted on..



All welded on. Soon to be prepped for paint.









Finally ready for primer. Masked everything off and covered the car using drip sheets I picked up at Home Depot. I also hung a sheet from the ceiling to prevent any over spray from going on the tool boxes or quads



I took my time and shot it using SEM high build primer. It came out great.

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