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I guess this goes for shaving pretty much anything, I did my mirrors and antenna at the same time. Relax, I have another mirror for the drivers side, it just weighs 3lbs less and has glass that isn't coming loose.

Getting the markers off is pretty easy. The only hard part is getting at the little round plastic knobs on the front reflectors. PITA.

I chose to weld mine up since I had the option. If you go this route, I strongly suggest the following course of action.

Sand paint off so you have at least 3" of bare metal around anything that will be welded. Make sure you also clean the back side of the panel so it is down to bare metal. The heat from the welding will set the paint on fire and the paint will contaminate the weld and make it much harder to weld. The body metal is very thin so the best way to weld it is to use a thicker gauge of steel(I used 14 gauge which is around 1/16th of an inch or 1.5mm) which is larger than the hole you need to fill. Place it on the back side so you have at least 1/8th" or 3mm overlap all around. This makes it MUCH easier to weld.

In retrospect, I realize that I could have cut one piece of steel that would have covered all three holes and it would have worked much better. I strongly advise this option.

When welding, try to keep the arc on the thicker sheet of steel and let the puddle absorb the thinner metal at it's edge. You have to weld in fits and starts or it will blow through. Easiest way to do this is to start a puddle, weld about half an inch and stop. Do this in a cross pattern a little bit at a time.

Advantages of doing it this way are that you have a continuous piece of metal so you don't have the issues of flexing and cracking the body filler. There is no chance for rust to start and eat your fender/quarter panel. It's an excuse to weld and welding is fun.





Results before sanding.
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'81 931 in various states of assembly

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I have a pair of front fenders that are already done and painted. If anyone wants them I am selling.

-Ryan