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Has any one filled a series 3 Li side panel to lose the 2 swage lines that run across the panels? Im in the process of having them vented front and rear and wanted the lines on the panel to be a clean as possible. Im thinking of applying a good filler and building up the 2 swage lines as i cant think of a better way. There also a bit dented so it seems the way to go...?

Anyone had any advice/tips?

Ta

sef

No it isn't. It would be simpler to buy a set of Indian GP panels and cut and weld the louvre. You could always vent the leading edge. It would certainly be a more elegant solution than filling panels so that they weigh more than a hundred weight of spuds.

Doom Patrol wrote:No it isn't. It would be simpler to buy a set of Indian GP panels and cut and weld the louvre. You could always vent the leading edge. It would certainly be a more elegant solution than filling panels so that they weigh more than a hundred weight of spuds.

I agree, as filler at that thickness tends to sink and crack in time.

sydduckett wrote:Has any one filled a series 3 Li side panel to lose the 2 swage lines that run across the panels? Im in the process of having them vented front and rear and wanted the lines on the panel to be a clean as possible. Im thinking of applying a good filler and building up the 2 swage lines as i cant think of a better way. There also a bit dented so it seems the way to go...?

Anyone had any advice/tips?

Ta

sef

Thats going to be a fair ammount of work Syd but if you're going ahead weith it I;d use something like Isopon P40 which is resin with glass strands in it to fill the thickest part of the gap near the swage lines anf then finish off with a finer easy sand filler but keeping as thin a possible. Use 40 grit production paper to sand it to shape mayber moving to 80 grit to finish. 2 or 3 coats of 2k primer at 4:1 will fill all the sanding marks left by 40 or 80 grit.

You'lle have no finger prints by the time you've finished so a life of crime could be on the cards