Louver sanding and primering?

jeffros 58 · Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:20 pm Post subject: Louver sanding and primering?

finishing the primering and wet sanding on my 58 but do not like the way the inside of the louvers over the rear deck lid is any good way to clean up a bit or sand with out removing the lover section ? the car had been soda blasted and they were real nice before metal etch primer and filler primer . any help would be great !! Shocked

spook · Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:34 am Post subject:

there is no easy way,
if you don't sand then it will be textured
for show cars we remove vents

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for drivers we will tape off the paint
and black out that area with a rubberized
truck bed liner .
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jeffros 58 · Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:38 am Post subject:

do you remove the bottom section at the sopt welds and all the way to the vertical of the package tray? so it would be the complete pannel.any photos of a completed one to show me the seams .

spook · Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:57 am Post subject:

this is it in paint,
use a spotweld cutter with care, do the panel like any other
(weld, fix, seal,prime,block,paint) panel,then when eveything is ready to
go back together, use a panel adhesive to bond it back in place.
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jeffros 58 · Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:05 pm Post subject:

thanks spook Cool

will look at the removal of vents and see what is needed .

crowe66 · Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 7:19 am Post subject:

anyone have any pics of the locations of the welds to remove the louvered panel?

slowtwitch · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 3:01 am Post subject:

here are some pics of my louver removal...

the spot welds at the firewall, I'm not going to grind these done as they help in reinstalling the louver.

the spot welds under the vents, watch that spot weld cutter..

the piece removed..

After welding up the holes and some filler...

When all is done, I will be using panel adhesive to reinstall the louver
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crowe66 · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 7:41 am Post subject:

thanks man that is just what i needed. good job too!

slowtwitch · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:42 am Post subject:

I forgot to mention that I used a right angle drill to get to the spot welds. I bought a right angle drill from harbor frieght that did the job.
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_Pascal_ · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:47 am Post subject:

sorry for bringing up this old topic but i have a (stupid) question.

If you attach the louver using an adhesive and you ever need to access the area again, how will you remove it?

panicman · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:52 am Post subject:

Chainsaw.
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planenut · Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2016 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: Louver sanding and primering?

Remove with heat gun.

cjnfiremn

Sorry to bring up old topic, but what would it hurt if you left out the piece once you remove it? Seems like you would get more air flow. It may weeken things from hood attachment.
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