I remember you saying in a video "With a little practice, you too can learn how to repair this!" I wish. You make it look very straightforward, but I appreciate the skills and lifetime experience put into the work. It's like watching an artist performing. Amazing !
As a diy guy who is trying to restore my Ford Ranger. I have finally got all the rust cut out, the sheet metal formed to fit all the panels and now just starting on the welding.... You made this look easy. You made it look as easy as it was in my head before i started my project. Lol I've been slaving away at forming curves and shapes and lips for weeks. Now for the dreaded welding without blowing holes all through the panels... I'm pretty sure i can get it looking good but not sure with how long it has taken if i would have done it again. If I appreciated your work before... I appreciate it to the maximum now.
thank you for the kind words and support and hope our videos help, its fantastic your doing it yourself and im sure you will make a cracking job of it :)
I love the way you get so much done in one video to save the old mx5 , looking great. If that car was left much longer it would have become dirt and you could have started a small farm! 😆
I just love this clip as I will be doing the same work soon on my Mk2 MX5. You have already done the inside bulkhead or box section in another clip. Out of interest this clip is 18 minutes, I guess the work in the clip has taken say 4 hours and the repair is not complete as the sill end plate area has still to be repaired next. Just wonderful stuff as always!
I love your content, but I have trouble following what may be a standalone video or what's part of a series, so I watch them all. Either way, crack on!
Hi As newbie can you advise best way to go about . Also I can't fabricate the panels can you advise where to get parts from. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Great job! I'm a qualified welder doing mostly TIG welding but some mig welding as well. I have opportunity to start helping in a car restoration garage and I watch a lot of your videos to see how to tackle the tricky shapes and areas. Can I ask what is that spray that you use just before welding?
Hi we are trying to get the best balance of music to tool noise atm, if you look at previous videos we didn't have any sound just music but from feedback like yours we can make for a better experience for our viewers
Amazing! Such a good job, I'm in Leeds and need this done on my MX5, how much we talking? Would love to use you guys after seeing this. Exactly whats in this vid is what's needed! Cheers
@@codegreen5213, to be fair it was probably in worse condition than this, but also a lot of the metal forming techniques are rarely practiced here, so body shops rely on buying preformed panels more often, which increases parts cost.
Looking in the machine room where the metal processing kit is I can identify most of it . Some of the kit is new to me as I am an amateur mechanic rather than a panel beater / coach builder. Therefore starting at the hydraulic press and going anti clockwise. Some sort of blue roller with pairs of rollers for different curves. There is a green piece of metal you use as a drilling support, a coil spring compressor in the corner, a frame with a Frost shrinker / stretcher. An unidentified large blue machine at the window, a metal folder, a metal shearer and finally a planishing hammer when would you use that tool.
Hi Eddie you are correct in identifying most of the equipment. The blue one near the door is a bead roller the biggest blue one in the window is the English wheel and the plenishing hammer is used to stretch and manipulate metal but they are specialist tools and not available to the a mature without investing so we tend not to use them in our restorations :)
Hi Guys, I'm sure this must have been asked before but had not found it yet. Most of the welds younm do are tiny spotwelds. I think i understand now why just not to transfer too much heat in the material. But when you then grind and sand thise spotwelds flat doesnt that seriously decrease the overall strength of the welds? And how do you (if possible at all) prevent water to get in those welded areas after the repair? But besides that yet again great stuff and amazing video work. Keep it up and i loved the live Xmas Q&A session you guys did the other day. Make sure to enjoy some time off during the holls and best wishes for 2024! Greetz, Frank
How do you protect against internal corrosion after the welding has destroyed the anti-corrosion film on the unaccessible side of the welds? How long will this repair last until internal corrosion does it in?
On the inner fender on the upper right hand side, there was still some surface rust. Would it have made sense to at least sand that off and then reprime?
It had been ground down but this we pitted rust that was impossible to grind off without making the metal thin so this is where you see is neutralise it’s with the clear spray then protect it with weld through primer. Before the car goes back it will also be cavity waxoiled :)
Nice job! Though shouldn't you leave drain holes between two inner sill plates, inside the pinch weld? Because The reason these rust are that those drain holes clog in the pinch weld
Hi Paulius , yes you are correct :) we are limited on time in our videos so cant show everything. We do make our own drain holes after the process but this would take a lot of explaining about the pros and cons of doing this , so we try to limit ourselves to replacing the metal and just repairing the rust on these videos :) we will eventually have other videos explaining other modifications and improvements people can do on an MX5 as the channel grows , but for now we are going to stick to rust repairs :)
Great video mate, i have a question. I see you put some seam seal on the welds, from the outside (the side you welded from) but doesnt the weld need to be sealed from the other side too and what can you do if you have access there? Im new to body repair :) for example at 15:13, when welding the outside part, how can you protect the welds from inside? Wont they rust over time?
I am very impressed by your work. Do you tend to use the same amperage and wire speed settings on most of the cars that you weld or is there any variance?
Love the video, will be tackling this on MX5 soon. Just have to finish up my Morris first! What anvil are you using in this video? Looks a perfect size to have on my work bench
Loved the vid. Having to do this on my NB myself as have no money to get someone to do it for me. Just one question... How did you replace the pinch seem?
Great videos as always,I see you’ve spot welded the outer sill to the inner……I did this not long back for someone I know and it went in for it’s mot…..the tester said the sill needed to be seam welded(we’re the lower inner and outer sill meet)not spot welded…..the van still got a pass I just wounded it you’d come across this?Thanks👍😉
Oh right,he passed it anyway how’s best to go about it do you think?would you just cut the outer sill abit shorter,and then stitch weld along the edge?…..that’s the only way I can think of doing it lolol👍😉
I put tiger seal over the lip and the spot welds and I had a spot weld every inch or so…..when the van came to me the inner and outer sills(both sides)were rotten almost the full length of the vehicle,I’ve used 1.5mm on the inner sill and a replacement sill for the outer 1mm or 1.2 what ever they are…..you could hit the inner sill with a 4 pound lump hammer and it wouldn’t touch it 😂
How long does this take you approximately? Trying to figure out if I’m able to do this in a day or not while also learning how to weld and such 😅 any tips would be greatly appreciated!
A little scary, as I will buy an MX5 this week. I suppose this rust is most of the time due to the salt in the streets, right? But... absolutely fascinating work!
The sill repairs like this average about £350 at todays prices :) if you require any more information you can direct message us on Instagram @ Yorkshire Car Restorations :)
Great angle of the video! My miata has some pretty bad rocker panels as well. How much do you think it’ll cost to repair it here in America? Is this something that I should attempt myself as a learning experience or something that should be left to the professionals?
Hi Andrew i have no idea as to the costs it would be in America :) but thank you for the comment :) If you have had a little practice with a welder then yes i think it is something that can be done :)
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Absolute art. I'm still amazed how you were able to make that repair look completely factory. The curve line and all!
Thank you 🙂👍
He’s so satisfying to watch. And he’s not even buying panels, he’s literally making them up as he goes along. Absolute skill.
I remember you saying in a video "With a little practice, you too can learn how to repair this!"
I wish. You make it look very straightforward, but I appreciate the skills and lifetime experience put into the work. It's like watching an artist performing. Amazing !
thank you :) its support from our viewers like yourself that keeps us doing this :)
This man is a true craftsman, I just wish I had his talents.
Thank you David :)
As a diy guy who is trying to restore my Ford Ranger. I have finally got all the rust cut out, the sheet metal formed to fit all the panels and now just starting on the welding....
You made this look easy. You made it look as easy as it was in my head before i started my project. Lol
I've been slaving away at forming curves and shapes and lips for weeks.
Now for the dreaded welding without blowing holes all through the panels...
I'm pretty sure i can get it looking good but not sure with how long it has taken if i would have done it again.
If I appreciated your work before... I appreciate it to the maximum now.
thank you for the kind words and support and hope our videos help, its fantastic your doing it yourself and im sure you will make a cracking job of it :)
TY for all, you give me the faith for restore my rustyMx5!!
That’s no problem, we are glad our videos helped :)
Very good job as always. It's nice to watch your adventures while working with sheet metal. Congratulations on your 3D vision skills.
Hi Emil, thank you very much :) and yes its always an adventure :)
As a fabricator, this is top work 👌
Thank you Louis :)
I love the way you get so much done in one video to save the old mx5 , looking great. If that car was left much longer it would have become dirt and you could have started a small farm! 😆
Haha it was destined for the scrap yard if we didn't rescue it :)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration 👍
The best metal work I have ever seen amazing your place must be so busy 👍👏
Thank you Stephen :)
I just love this clip as I will be doing the same work soon on my Mk2 MX5. You have already done the inside bulkhead or box section in another clip. Out of interest this clip is 18 minutes, I guess the work in the clip has taken say 4 hours and the repair is not complete as the sill end plate area has still to be repaired next. Just wonderful stuff as always!
wow !!! whatching you fill that large gap with the welder , i did not think that was possable amazing work
Hi Karen :) yes its not ideal but when there is a need gaps can be bridged , in this instant we just used it as an example :)
Who does quality work like this on Long Island, NY? Any MX-5 experts that can do rear sill repair like this 'round here?
Great video. Nice work!
Hopfully someone will know :)
I love your content, but I have trouble following what may be a standalone video or what's part of a series, so I watch them all. Either way, crack on!
It is part of a series but we try to make them so they can be viewed as stand alone :)
Quality work as always guys keep up the great work and content 👍🏻.
Thank you for your continued support :)
Great job - if I was nearer I’d be sending my MR2 to ya
Thank you Logan :) 👍
Top notch skills! in fact, looks better than new. Really enjoy the video, Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much :)
Hi
Excellent video.
I have a mk1 I am in process of restoring.
Learning along the way.
Thanks
Hi Rizwan, glad our videos are helping :)
Hi
As newbie can you advise best way to go about .
Also I can't fabricate the panels can you advise where to get parts from.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Amazing display of skill
Thank you Kyle
Just beautiful, I love these type of videos. Great job!
Hi glad your enjoying the videos and thank you for your support :)
You are a real inspiration for me and for ather
Brings back memories of rebuilding old Alfasuds,now they were rust magnets😩
yes done a few of them in my time :)
Amazing work And well captured video too, im going to tackle the same job myself diy , this is a great reference guide
Thank you Andy, glad the video is of some help :)
Great job! I'm a qualified welder doing mostly TIG welding but some mig welding as well. I have opportunity to start helping in a car restoration garage and I watch a lot of your videos to see how to tackle the tricky shapes and areas. Can I ask what is that spray that you use just before welding?
The clear spray is a rust neutraliser and the silver spray is weld through primer.
@@yorkshirecarrestoration thanks!
Before you fit the outer panel, is that underseal and paint you coat over the sill?
Its upol gravitex. A paintable stone guard.
Always very exciting your artistic work !
Thanks for your videos.
Thank you Michel :)
Fantastic work as usual guys 👍👍
Thank you for the support Lee :)
Absolutely top class, an inspiration
Ya se me hizo un vicio seguir sus videos!!!
Another good job is the spray you use a sealer or rust neutraliser?
It's neautaliser :)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration thank you going to follow your steps from now on
I like it better when the background music is at minimum level so we could enjoy the actual sound of grinding and tapping
Hi we are trying to get the best balance of music to tool noise atm, if you look at previous videos we didn't have any sound just music but from feedback like yours we can make for a better experience for our viewers
Fabulous skill, so satisfying just to watch and admire.
Thank you , glad your enjoying them , we appreciate the feedback :)
Another cracking job. What product do you use to replicate the factory stone chip along the bottom of the doors/arch/wing?
Hi Alan, thank you , we use Upol Gravitex as it can be painted over.
Amazing! Such a good job, I'm in Leeds and need this done on my MX5, how much we talking? Would love to use you guys after seeing this. Exactly whats in this vid is what's needed! Cheers
You only 45 mins away from us :) at today's prices this is £350 per side :)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration that's not bad at all, I'll be in touch! Thanks!
Wow, that's an amazing price. I'm in Canada and was estimated around $3000 per side for an older Accord. £350 is only $574 CAD.
@@questioner1596 3k CAD per side?! 😳 Jeez, i wouldn't ever drive in the winter 🤣
@@codegreen5213, to be fair it was probably in worse condition than this, but also a lot of the metal forming techniques are rarely practiced here, so body shops rely on buying preformed panels more often, which increases parts cost.
Brilliant video yet again, what brand is the rust treatment spray you use? Looking forward to the next one already, cheers Alan
It's just a generic one but a good one is rustolium :)
Looking in the machine room where the metal processing kit is I can identify most of it . Some of the kit is new to me as I am an amateur mechanic rather than a panel beater / coach builder. Therefore starting at the hydraulic press and going anti clockwise. Some sort of blue roller with pairs of rollers for different curves. There is a green piece of metal you use as a drilling support, a coil spring compressor in the corner, a frame with a Frost shrinker / stretcher. An unidentified large blue machine at the window, a metal folder, a metal shearer and finally a planishing hammer when would you use that tool.
Hi Eddie you are correct in identifying most of the equipment. The blue one near the door is a bead roller the biggest blue one in the window is the English wheel and the plenishing hammer is used to stretch and manipulate metal but they are specialist tools and not available to the a mature without investing so we tend not to use them in our restorations :)
Great work....do you use .8 or .6 welding wire?
Thank you 0.8 wire :)
Did you use a anti rust spray and on top of that a zinc spray?
how thick is the inner arch metyal and the exterior body panell metal ?
Hi Guys, I'm sure this must have been asked before but had not found it yet. Most of the welds younm do are tiny spotwelds. I think i understand now why just not to transfer too much heat in the material. But when you then grind and sand thise spotwelds flat doesnt that seriously decrease the overall strength of the welds? And how do you (if possible at all) prevent water to get in those welded areas after the repair? But besides that yet again great stuff and amazing video work. Keep it up and i loved the live Xmas Q&A session you guys did the other day. Make sure to enjoy some time off during the holls and best wishes for 2024! Greetz, Frank
Hi! What did you spray on it? What is this silver thing? Great job btw!
Hello, what is the primer you use before welding? what sheet thickness are you using?
We usually use weld trough primer and for none structural we use 18 gauge
How do you protect against internal corrosion after the welding has destroyed the anti-corrosion film on the unaccessible side of the welds? How long will this repair last until internal corrosion does it in?
On the inner fender on the upper right hand side, there was still some surface rust. Would it have made sense to at least sand that off and then reprime?
It had been ground down but this we pitted rust that was impossible to grind off without making the metal thin so this is where you see is neutralise it’s with the clear spray then protect it with weld through primer.
Before the car goes back it will also be cavity waxoiled :)
We also couldn’t cut it away without making the job a whole lot bigger and this car is being done with a very small customer budget :)
Nice job! Though shouldn't you leave drain holes between two inner sill plates, inside the pinch weld? Because The reason these rust are that those drain holes clog in the pinch weld
Hi Paulius , yes you are correct :) we are limited on time in our videos so cant show everything.
We do make our own drain holes after the process but this would take a lot of explaining about the pros and cons of doing this , so we try to limit ourselves to replacing the metal and just repairing the rust on these videos :)
we will eventually have other videos explaining other modifications and improvements people can do on an MX5 as the channel grows , but for now we are going to stick to rust repairs :)
What is the clear spray you are applying before installing the new part?
Great video mate, i have a question. I see you put some seam seal on the welds, from the outside (the side you welded from) but doesnt the weld need to be sealed from the other side too and what can you do if you have access there? Im new to body repair :) for example at 15:13, when welding the outside part, how can you protect the welds from inside? Wont they rust over time?
Absolutely love the fabrication skills!! Quick question, what thickness of sheet metal are you working with?
We tend to use mostly 18 guage but for more structural areas like the chassis rails we use 16 guage :)
What is the clear spray you put on before the weld-thru primer?
Hi Kyle, its a rust inhibitor.
Gauge steel?
I am very impressed by your work. Do you tend to use the same amperage and wire speed settings on most of the cars that you weld or is there any variance?
Yes we vary a little as we turn it up a notch for the thicker structural sections :)
What is the gray coating that you put on? Is it weld thru primer?
Yep weld through primer :)
What's the stuff you are spraying on the metal prior to welding the plates in please 🥺🥺
Weld through primer :)
Love the video, will be tackling this on MX5 soon. Just have to finish up my Morris first! What anvil are you using in this video? Looks a perfect size to have on my work bench
Thank you glad your enjoying them :) best of luck with the Morris :)
The anvil is a 20kg one and was purchased off of eBay for around £50
Can I ask what welder you using? Please and thank you
at the time of making this video we were using Sealy 180 with .8 wire and co2
Loved the vid. Having to do this on my NB myself as have no money to get someone to do it for me. Just one question... How did you replace the pinch seem?
Thank you :)
@@yorkshirecarrestorationyou didnt answer his question 😅
Great videos as always,I see you’ve spot welded the outer sill to the inner……I did this not long back for someone I know and it went in for it’s mot…..the tester said the sill needed to be seam welded(we’re the lower inner and outer sill meet)not spot welded…..the van still got a pass I just wounded it you’d come across this?Thanks👍😉
Yep iv already come across this. I just showed the mot tester the pictures of an original where it’s spot welded :)
They don’t know the outer sill panel is just an overlay body panels and not structural. The inner sill is the where the strength is :)
Oh right,he passed it anyway how’s best to go about it do you think?would you just cut the outer sill abit shorter,and then stitch weld along the edge?…..that’s the only way I can think of doing it lolol👍😉
I put tiger seal over the lip and the spot welds and I had a spot weld every inch or so…..when the van came to me the inner and outer sills(both sides)were rotten almost the full length of the vehicle,I’ve used 1.5mm on the inner sill and a replacement sill for the outer 1mm or 1.2 what ever they are…..you could hit the inner sill with a 4 pound lump hammer and it wouldn’t touch it 😂
Amazing craftmanship
What color do you use before welding?
Whats that black paint used at the end?
how much would something like that cost to have done?
At today's prices about £375.
Great video guys an very useful as i am just about to start my Sill repair. Are you using a weldable galv primer in the sections?
Hi Nigel , yes its weld through primer :)
Awesome job 👌
Thank you Ash :)
Why are so many sills rusted from the bottom on the inside? Does water pool up in there or whats the reason for it?
yes when the drain holes block up water then collects there .
Beautiful work. What is the tool you're using at 13:31? Thanks.
Hi thank you for your support , the tool your referring to is a shrinker :)
What is the clear stuff you spray on the car at the 5:26 mark of the video?
It's a rust neutralizer :)
What steel quality in the sheet metal? Any specific?
We use 1mm high grade sheet steel.
Its unreal work mind makes me wanna do mine again lol
Thank you :)
Subscribed! Great content!
Thank you Quinn :)
Where abouts in Yorkshire are you? I'm in Doncaster
You can contact us on instagramm :)
Is that just silver paint your spraying on everything?
No it’s weld through primer :)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration 90% zink stuff?
How long does this take you approximately? Trying to figure out if I’m able to do this in a day or not while also learning how to weld and such 😅 any tips would be greatly appreciated!
A full sill section takes me a working day so between 6 to 8 hrs.
What rulers are these at 6:55 ?
A little scary, as I will buy an MX5 this week.
I suppose this rust is most of the time due to the salt in the streets, right?
But... absolutely fascinating work!
Thank you and not all mx5’s are rusty. We just get the rusty ones cause that’s what we do :)
Hey mate I don’t know if you do it but how much would it cost to get this repair done? Cheers
The sill repairs like this average about £350 at todays prices :) if you require any more information you can direct message us on Instagram @ Yorkshire Car Restorations :)
@@yorkshirecarrestoration nice one thank you mate! I’ll get in touch
Nice 👍🏾
Thank you :)
Great angle of the video! My miata has some pretty bad rocker panels as well. How much do you think it’ll cost to repair it here in America? Is this something that I should attempt myself as a learning experience or something that should be left to the professionals?
Hi Andrew i have no idea as to the costs it would be in America :) but thank you for the comment :)
If you have had a little practice with a welder then yes i think it is something that can be done :)
If they ever raise the Titanic, Steve could have it back up and running within the week.
haha thank you , i know i love a challenge but.... :D
Am I missing the drainholes?
how would one go about getting a quote from you guys? i can't seem to find a website or an address 😅
Just email steve@yorkshire-car-restoration.co.uk and pop a brief description and a contact number so we can ring you back :)
How much would something like this cost?
Where is the water going to get out? (Otherwise ir gonna rost pretty fast)
What’s the average cost for one side?
At todays prices about £375 is average price for one rear sill section :)
U know the job pal….
nice 8 sec. repair vid xD
7:50 Oh my God, so many MX-5s... Take a look at them, they are all waiting for their anti-rust treatment.
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Fudge packer music 😂
Thank you for watching our video.
It seems like a lot of the metalwork takes a steady hand. Would you agree?
and a vision for where is going to go when you bash it with a hammer :)
I need to do this on my Altima, the rockers,sills and Jack points are severely rusted out
Hopefully our videos will help in some way, shape or form :)