shaving the trunk-lights and frenched licence plate DIY
 

i want to shave the trunk lights and french my licence plate, does anyone have a how to, me and a buddy were just going to tackle it and see how it went, hes done a few on mini trucks

from what i ready up just welk thin sheet metal over the light spot, weld the playe box in a 45 degree angle and bodyfill over the metal.

i just wanna get it right.

pretty much got it, post pics sounds interesting...

im gonna start on it tomo if someone wants me to write up a how to?

where are you going to french the plate? I'm interested in that. I've done a few tailgates but I dont see much available room on the trunklid...and I like my tails.. but a writeup would be nice

im going to take the stock plate tray off and weld an autoloc box in at a 45 degree angle parallel to the left side trunk light

take it to a professional autobody isnt something u can accomplish with a walkthrough. ive been in skool for AB for a year and i see this all the time. people try to do it themselves and end up paying double to get their mess fixed and get the job done right.

True this man.. When I was at school cars would come in the shop all the time messed up. It was always s10's no joke haha

is it bad that a s10 is the first frenched plate me and a friend did a few years back? we managed to get it done and it didn't look half bad..

Nothing wrong with that

just because your buddy has done a few on some trucks doesnt make him a pro or make what you want to do any easier

i see this ending in................FAIL

me too sadly...hell if he does it good job, but these alero trunks dont leave much room for error...

haha there you are... I was asking to myself how long before bdy post about it !! lol

BTW I did mine in fiberglass... it still hasn't cracked....
I hope that your project turn out good, Good Luck

imma wing it, i have 3 trunk lids so i dont have much to loose, cause ill prolly pay close to 300 at a shop

cant be that hard, only way to learn is do

i see this ending in a car looking shitty.

Practice on the extra lid ;)

any progress?

ignore others your making the right step

Glad u made it to the site remember 3 seperate pieces of metal for the trunk to get shaped right! And the glass yeah may last a little longer if don't have subs when I did it all in foam and glass and cracked after a couple months. Then did it with metal but one solid piece and ended up useing alot of fillar and kitty hair to shape it right. Was fine heavy bit didn't crack till trunk got dented like no other.

any progress

This.

You have the right idea to get it done... just start it out. Only a few tacks at a time, keep it slow and cool for no warping. When you're finishing it use a block so it's straight.

Give it a shot.

block? in what manner?

sanding block...so you don't have dips where your fingers are putting pressure on the sandpaper

when u tack with the welder jump around do a few on the top, then the bottom, then side to side. if u stay too long in the same area youll warp the sheet. so take ur time id recommend practicing ur weling on a test panel first and get ur welder dialed in before you jump onto the deck lid, and when ur finishing use a block as said. if u dont kno what im talkin about this is what it looks like basic 6 inch sanding block

pirate is right welding is not as easy as you people think it is, to much gas bad weld, not enough gas bad weld, not enough heat bad weld, to much burn right through the metal, it took me almost a yr to master the mig welder

that block is the most basic block out there, there are 2 ft long to half round, to hand pads so many blocks, but!!!! no experience at all your work will FAIL!!! lumpy, wavy, do you know what to finish the finishing glaze in?? what kind of bondo do i use or fiberglass, or all metal again experience experience experience

evercoat is the way to go hands down all their products now are water proff corrision resistant, faster and easier to sand, safer for us to deal with , 5 yrs ago not so much

guys please please do not use this guys advice as a "DIY" there is no experiecne in this field at all, just another kid tryin to be a body man

i could type and type and type until my hands fall off once again this is a hands on learning trade, all us real techs can do is give advice on products techniques and thasts it nothing more nothing less

he wants to do it so bad and thinks its sooooooooo easy hey why not go for it!!! but then will realize ............oh shit its not so easy, damn this shit stinks why does the primer smell so bad, oh ya paint products, i could type forever about the do`s and donts of paint, paint guns, compressors


man oh man i could go on forever but this kid will not listen or learn until he does it for himself and finds out the hard way

whos another kid tryin to be a bodyman? me?

great advice I would keep it coming. really do enjoy bdyman and heineck please go on. When I get the chance I was going to make a cowl hood for my other car. I got a spare hood for practice as well. any pointers? PM me about it...

nooooo not you the other guy
silly pirate

O lol haha ok.

any progress?