Recently di d the cowl on my HQ van, yep, bugga of a job! Epoxied the inside of the cowl & replacement panel, then KBS gloss black on the inside of both. I don't use weld through primer anymore. Instead I have a drill ground flat the same size as the holes for the plug welds & remove the paint for nice clean bare metal before welding. :)
Excellent workmanship Kyle.. Was awesome to get my Hz in paint this week mate finally after 4yrs.. You can appreciate what goes into them when you're actually helping or doing it at this stage Kyle.. Great content mate 👌
Excellent work as usual... You mentioned alignment holes on the cowl panel & top of radiator support, any chance on your next vid showing us these locations and the measurements along with that?? Keep up the great content!!
Thanks for watching. The holes in the cowl panel is where the bonnet lacing sits, under the cowl panel extension pieces. The holes in the rad support correspond with those holes. These holes are just to measure/square from although am sure there is factory measurements out there as a rough guide.
Hi, Not having done a cowl panel yet ,I'm guessing rare spares sell some sort of replacement pin or rivets to facilitate the refitting of stainless trim clips? And do you ever bother to follow up with a punch mark next to your plug welds to simulate the factory spot weld look. Love your channel with its solid detailed content ,particularly relevent to us fellow Holden diehards Cheers Trev
Thanks for watching Trev. These replacement panels come with all the studs pre welded on. Although you can get riveted studs or screw in options. I can also fit the welded options as I have the tooling/weldable studs. As far as imitation spot welds go to retain a factory look, there is a few options if I feel the need, however this one being modified it’s not something I intend on replicating.
Recently di d the cowl on my HQ van, yep, bugga of a job!
Epoxied the inside of the cowl & replacement panel, then KBS gloss black on the inside of both.
I don't use weld through primer anymore. Instead I have a drill ground flat the same size as the holes for the plug welds & remove the paint for nice clean bare metal before welding. :)
Excellent workmanship Kyle..
Was awesome to get my Hz in paint this week mate finally after 4yrs..
You can appreciate what goes into them when you're actually helping or doing it at this stage Kyle..
Great content mate 👌
Thanks Scotty, I saw that your HZ got some colour, can’t go wrong with Atlantis blue on the HZs. Hope you and your family are well mate
Excellent work as usual... You mentioned alignment holes on the cowl panel & top of radiator support, any chance on your next vid showing us these locations and the measurements along with that?? Keep up the great content!!
Thanks for watching.
The holes in the cowl panel is where the bonnet lacing sits, under the cowl panel extension pieces. The holes in the rad support correspond with those holes.
These holes are just to measure/square from although am sure there is factory measurements out there as a rough guide.
Great job mate 👌👌👌
Thanks for watching.
Great video.
Thanks for watching.
Hi,
Not having done a cowl panel yet ,I'm guessing rare spares sell some sort of replacement pin or rivets to facilitate the refitting of stainless trim clips?
And do you ever bother to follow up with a punch mark next to your plug welds to simulate the factory spot weld look.
Love your channel with its solid detailed content ,particularly relevent to us fellow Holden diehards
Cheers
Trev
Thanks for watching Trev.
These replacement panels come with all the studs pre welded on. Although you can get riveted studs or screw in options.
I can also fit the welded options as I have the tooling/weldable studs.
As far as imitation spot welds go to retain a factory look, there is a few options if I feel the need, however this one being modified it’s not something I intend on replicating.
Were is the golden girl?
Sitting in storage, waiting patiently.
Pig of a job. Done it on a WB one tonner a few years ago.
Some are definitely worse than others!