REPLACING A QUARTER PANEL SKIN

[highspeeddirt]

Oh I see, you wanted "ME" to look like the dummy huh??  Just kidding.... 

[Pipefish]

The crimp or flange is just a small indentation all the way accross the metal that lets you overlap your sheet metal . If you noticed in one of the pictures you can see a flange tool being used,If you look close at the metel you can see the crimped area.hope this helps

[highspeeddirt]

Thats what I was thinking it was but with all the talk about laping versus butting I wasn't sure.  I just hope that I can make mine turn out as nice as yours. They look awesome. What kind of special precautions are you taking to prevent rust issues in the future on the lap joint?  Like I said, I'm learning.  Never been a real big body man, just minor stuff.  Been more into the mechanical aspect.    Thanks again for all the info!   

                                                 HSD 

[ROMI]

Like the other guys here, I'm trying to learn something from your willingness to show your work (THANKS)  but why did you weld the strip in the pillar area instead of just crimping it? was it because of the curve?

[RUSTY Cuda]

Backyard method, but it shows the flange pretty good. I did not have a power flanger, used a hand tool, much slower but gets the job done, borrowed it, but eastwood has em, not too dear.
As far as protecting from rust I used a tube of Por15 seam sealer(a thicker version of the paint) crammed into the seam in the back, my lip is upside down, so hopefully no water would lay in there if I missed any spots? Rich.

[71340RT]

I also put the quarter skins on both my Challenger and cuda. I flanged the quarters and it worked great. I had some problems with rear valance fitting properly on both cars and would test fit if possible. What I did on the second car was fit both quarters and hold them in place and put the rear valance on and seen how it fit before I spot welded them. The Challenger had to have a section cut out as it was to long and I didn't want to try to modify the quarters in anyway. Just wanted to let you all know what I ran into so know one else has the same problem.

[Pipefish]

Hey Romi
   I could have flanged the front also.I did them both just to show the different methods.Both methods work really well when done right.just make sure to get rust prevention on the back side of either method

[ROMI]

Thanks Pipe, I just wasn't sure if you had a good reason to NOT crimp that side.
Thanks again for sharing your experience.  Maybe you could share a little bit about welding if you don't mind.  Some of us are just novices (ok then I'M a novice LOL)  specifically what kind of weld was the finish weld and what kind of equipment did you use?

[Pipefish]

I used a mig welder (Miller 135 ) I think, I'm not sure about the number.Its a 110 volt mig.i just bought a tig welder but I havn't had time to learn how to use it yet.I spot welded the entire quarter panel spacing out the welds at about 6 inches apart.then I would go back to where I started and slide over an inch and do the same thing utill the quarter was completely welded solid.The reason I did this was because of how thin the metal is, and i didn't want it to warp.

[ROMI]

Were you actually using gas or were you using flux core?

[Pipefish]

I WAS USING A ARGON MIX. ITS A LOT CLEANER THAN FLUX CORE .