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| Work space and Metal Shrinking disc. |
Today, although the lid is feeling a lot smoother than it originally was in the beginning, after talking to a few professional body people, I realize I made a huge mistake. When I applied the stud puller, it required that I bend the metal even more because the stud metal that was embedded into the panel doesn't shrink with a metal shrinker (neither does welds). So, I needed to hammer the stud higher than the surface, grind them off and then hammer then back down. Well, this caused more distortion, which is making a tougher shrinking job. Here are some of the picture form my work today.
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| Side view of the (right-side area (right from rear view)) |
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| Dykem to find highs & lows |
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| Top view of highs and lows. |
After a few more hours of shrinking the high spot and raising the low spots with a hammer, it will be soon there.
This is a photo of the side view. It shows how smooth the metal really is despite the blue dye that makes it seem really lumpy. To the hand, it is very hard to feel most of the valleys, this is why I had to dye to see it with my own eyes.
Photo Update: 7/10/2014
Photo Update (3): 7/12/2014
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