Yeah, I ended up using some silicone after I made this video, and then hit it with some touchup paint. It's not great, but absolutely better than the plugs I put in there. :)
Hey Andy, great to see videos of struggles small and large! As a suggestion here until you are able to take it for paint repair. Trim a hardwood dowel to the hole diameter and tap into place. You can then use some very fine sandpaper to smooth the flush top and touch up with common touch up paint. It won’t be perfect of course but is super low cost and will be a more precise band aid until paint time comes
I thought about doing something like that, but I don't know the specific color of white on the car. It's a bright white, so it's definitely not the Wimbledon White. I've tried a few different colors of touch up paint on rick chips and stuff, none of it matches. Since I made this video, I pulled those ugly plastic plugs, filled in the holes with some exterior silicon, and used that touchup paint. It looks bad up close, but 100x better than those plugs. I'm stalling until I actually get the paint done on this car. :)
I had the same issue. I took it to a body shop and had them fill the hole with weld. They were very careful grinding it down so there wasn’t much damage to the paint. Then I took touch up paint and covered the weld. It didn’t look too bad when it was finished.
Don’t want to sound to “hillbilly” but maybe try white silicone to fill the holes. After it hardens use an exacto knife to trim and level. Just a thought 🤔
Not hillbilly at all, after I made this video I did basically the same thing. The funny this is it didn't cross my mind to use white silicone, I used clear and then used a little touch up paint (that didn't match my paint) to finish it up. It looks bad up close, but miles better than those stupid plugs. :)
My Falcon has the mirrors way out on the fenders. can't stand them there. but when I removed them, same thing you had, multiple holes under the gasket and the mirror bit into the paint, so has an outline of the gasket in the paint. So I reinstalled them for now. Too much work to repair the old location.
I did exactly that after I made this video. I pulled those plugs, applied some silicone, and painted it white. I should have just used white silicone, but I am not a smart man. :)
I'm not sure. The guy I bought it from also had a '67 Fastback, so you'd think he'd know where the mirrors go. But maybe they were already in place when he got the car. Either way, they're fixed now and I can see! :)
Much better, they're in the location you'd expect them to be, making it easy to see behind you when needed. I don't need to look through the vent window anymore! :)
@lee read Just don't do the plug thing that I did in this video. After I uploaded this, I went back and pulled all the plugs and filled the holes with silicone. I didn't think to use white (which would have been smarter), but I used some touch up paint after the silicone dried. It's not great up close, but it's absolutely better looking than those stupid plugs. This will get me by until I paint the car. 😁
A city in MN with a very large number of Kruse family members. One of the main family branches of the Kruse family from the Illinois area they all migrated to from Oldersum Germany area.
Don't you love finding surprises like that under the mirror! The car obviously has some history to it.
Haha, not the history I want it to have. :)
White tape might be a bit less distracting. It should also cover those holes that are close together. Great video to show people wanting to do this.
Yeah, I ended up using some silicone after I made this video, and then hit it with some touchup paint. It's not great, but absolutely better than the plugs I put in there. :)
Hey Andy, great to see videos of struggles small and large!
As a suggestion here until you are able to take it for paint repair. Trim a hardwood dowel to the hole diameter and tap into place. You can then use some very fine sandpaper to smooth the flush top and touch up with common touch up paint. It won’t be perfect of course but is super low cost and will be a more precise band aid until paint time comes
I thought about doing something like that, but I don't know the specific color of white on the car. It's a bright white, so it's definitely not the Wimbledon White. I've tried a few different colors of touch up paint on rick chips and stuff, none of it matches. Since I made this video, I pulled those ugly plastic plugs, filled in the holes with some exterior silicon, and used that touchup paint. It looks bad up close, but 100x better than those plugs. I'm stalling until I actually get the paint done on this car. :)
I had the same issue. I took it to a body shop and had them fill the hole with weld. They were very careful grinding it down so there wasn’t much damage to the paint. Then I took touch up paint and covered the weld. It didn’t look too bad when it was finished.
That's the right thing to do, I'm just stalling until I get to the painting part of this project. :)
Don’t want to sound to “hillbilly” but maybe try white silicone to fill the holes. After it hardens use an exacto knife to trim and level. Just a thought 🤔
Not hillbilly at all, after I made this video I did basically the same thing. The funny this is it didn't cross my mind to use white silicone, I used clear and then used a little touch up paint (that didn't match my paint) to finish it up. It looks bad up close, but miles better than those stupid plugs. :)
My Falcon has the mirrors way out on the fenders. can't stand them there. but when I removed them, same thing you had, multiple holes under the gasket and the mirror bit into the paint, so has an outline of the gasket in the paint. So I reinstalled them for now. Too much work to repair the old location.
I'm glad I don't have the mirrors on the fenders, I wouldn't like that either. :)
Could you use a little white bathroom silicone for now just to take the eye off the holes ? just a thought. 😁
I did exactly that after I made this video. I pulled those plugs, applied some silicone, and painted it white. I should have just used white silicone, but I am not a smart man. :)
Very cool video. Keep up the great work
Thanks, will do!
Ugh, same problem on my ‘66. So sad, you’d think people would be more careful before drilling permanent holes!
It could have been worse, it could have been unpainted under the mirrors and I could be dealing with rusted metal and trying to match the paint. :)
Any idea why the mirrors would be so far forward?
I'm not sure. The guy I bought it from also had a '67 Fastback, so you'd think he'd know where the mirrors go. But maybe they were already in place when he got the car. Either way, they're fixed now and I can see! :)
How's the view through the mirrors now that you moved them? Thanks for the video.
Much better, they're in the location you'd expect them to be, making it easy to see behind you when needed. I don't need to look through the vent window anymore! :)
@@AndyKruseChannel Great, going to try it on my 1965 Falcon, hate trying to look through the vent window. Thank you for the video.
@lee read Just don't do the plug thing that I did in this video. After I uploaded this, I went back and pulled all the plugs and filled the holes with silicone. I didn't think to use white (which would have been smarter), but I used some touch up paint after the silicone dried. It's not great up close, but it's absolutely better looking than those stupid plugs. This will get me by until I paint the car. 😁
I feel the pain
Pain on both doors, ugh. :)
Are you a pine city kruse?
Sorry, I don't know what that is.
A city in MN with a very large number of Kruse family members. One of the main family branches of the Kruse family from the Illinois area they all migrated to from Oldersum Germany area.
@@brbec9020 Nope, my family is not from MN or anywhere near that area. :)