Making Body Panels From Sheet Metal

Mark drew out the area in which the flare metal needed to be stretched in.

Making body panels from sheet metal.

The most common way to add grooved seams to sheet metal is to use a bead roller. It is done with steel panels by heating the metal with an oxy acetylene torch to a temperature between 1 550 and 1 600 degrees f between bright red and salmon red and allowing it to air cool. With a bead roller you put the metal between a male and female die that are tightened down to press the design that is cut into the dies into the metal. In the past we ve presented metal shaping articles that showed the average inexperienced joe how to create just about anything from a flat sheet of steel provided he has access to the right tools.

So we decided to make up a rear quarter panel similar in shape to that of many cars from the 60 s 70 s. Then mark and bend the panel in your sheetmetal brake before you use your bead roller to add structural ridges to the part. For this task schrock cut two separate panels one for the inner fender lip and another for the outer quarter panel from sheet metal stock and welded them together. A panel beater bag is the most diverse piece of metal shaping equipment and can be used to back the panel.

The first step was to shape the fender flare detail around the wheel opening. We ve ordered aftermarket parts from the internet to compare them to the high quality body panels we sell. If you are not completely satisfied with your auto body panel purchase return it undamaged within 10 days and we will refund your money. If you elect to make a single panel measure the total dimension required and cut the panel to size.

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