Anyone bond their own ERA panels?

[DanEC]

Originally Posted by *13*

NO, why would you want to, other than price? Have you ever done a frame off resto? If you have & you are familiar with getting everything lined up, I would say go for it, if that's your desire. But...This was my thinking. The car is going to travel to you 3000 miles on a truck, load & unload. One less thing to go wrong. The other issue is that they have done this (how many hundred cars?) so many times that it's probably less of a skill & more of a practice at this point. I just didn't think it was worth the risk(& I was on a budget!!!). Had them powdercoat the frame & bond it. When it arrived on dollies, it was trouble enough to get it up in my garage. I can't imagine it all in pieces

Without the factory bonding or riveting, the car still is shipped all assembled. The body is secured to the frame with steel alignment plates and pilot screws and all the panels, dash, foot boxes, rear suspension, windshield, major accessories, radiator, etc are installed and secured or in the case of aluminum panels installed with a few alignment screws. The other screw holes are all punched on the overlying panels. My car came on dollies and it was just rolled off the truck and into the garage. I do recommend the powdercoating - that precludes having to pull the body off the frame entirely.

[*13*]

Well that doesn't sound so bad... I had visions of things coming apart, not lining up & so on & so forth Maybe I'd give it a shot if I do another...Bodywork? I'll let someone else next time. Dusty mess of fiberglass is for the birds