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I posted about the damage someone did to my van.


Having trouble finding a specialist bodyshop in South London that will give me a quote for my insurance company. The ones I have asked want to use their own accident management company, which I want to avoid.

A guy at my local garage has said he can do it. He said the way he would do it is to weld pins to the outside so he can pull it out, then skim the outside. Does this sound like the correct way to do it?

Thanks.

management company/accountants **********
your right with your appraisal hehe
yes something like a magic puller or equivalent will pull that out no issues,
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I agree with MM a puller is way to go looks a good solid panel.

3/4 way down this page
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... 2&start=75" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and here
http://equipmentgateway.com/index.php/p ... -stud.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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metalmick8y wrote:3/4 way down this page
https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... 2&start=75" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and here
http://equipmentgateway.com/index.php/p ... -stud.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thanks Micky. So just to be clear, that Miracle Stud does involve welding something to the panel?

Simon.

Millimeter square contact. Using consumable tips ,twist half turn and they come off leaving zero residue ,da over and your offf ,don't confuse it with some others that do a spot weld ,have a read up on it they work really well

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metalmick8y wrote:Millimeter square contact. Using consumable tips ,twist half turn and they come off leaving zero residue ,da over and your offf ,don't confuse it with some others that do a spot weld ,have a read up on it they work really well

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Thanks. Found a place not too far away that sounds like they might know what they're doing.

Thought I might try to get the rest of the bodywork fixed when the van goes in for the damage repair so will keep it in this thread.

Saw some orange coloured runs on the near side and it looks like the sliding door rail is VERY rusty. How big a job is this? Will it require a whole new planel? Can't really get to it to take a photo but I know it's through to the other side.

Its easy to do if you gave the panel.........
And I just happen to have some that u had made/lol
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Thanks. PM sent.

Just an update, the 3rd party's insurers paid out the money and directly to me so I can take the van to the garage of my choice to have the work done.

Thanks Mickey.

Well ran out of them so folded another batch up, here's yours

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As one panel needs repainting anyway I've decided to tackle the rusty seams

Started sanding the area behind the rear offside wheel. Any tips how to tackle the seam? So far have used dremel with sanding wheel (because that's what Ive got) and poundshop sanding block with 80 grit paper.

It currently looks like this:


Metal starting to show through so it's not all rust! But don't want to make it worse by doing something really wrong. Any tips?

get a heavy duty craft knife and you will cut loads of the crap out the seam, dremel with a wafer disc in and go easy , biggest common prob i come across is where folks grind away the edges of the panels
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thanks mickey. do the edges look ok at the moment?