G'day Folks,

Like the title says - has anyone ever done it?

Has anyone ever done it in a better way than that described in chapter 66-330 in the FSM?

Has anyone ever done it and the car has lived to tell the tail????

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone

Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Bump!

Not even a comment about the bad joke then?

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone

Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Love to help but I sure havent done it.

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1985 300D 198K
1982 300D 202K

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson

I haven't done it on a Mercedes, but I have done other cars.

Are you repairing collision damage? Rust damage?

I usually place the new wing(fender or 1/4 panel for those of the North American persuasion) over the old one, then decide how much of the new panel I'm going to use. If the damaged area is small, then I'll cut out that bit, plus another 2 inches(50cm) and then draw around that while it's over the old panel. Then I go an inch inside the marked line and cut it out. Depending on the welding skills available, one can either do butt welds(edge to edge) of use a joggler to create and offset in the old panel for the new piece to overlap on. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SHEET-METAL-JOGGLER-EDGE-SETTER-WITHOUT-HOLE-PUNCH-/280617475928http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SHEET-METAL-JOGGLER-EDGE-SETTER-WITHOUT-HOLE-PUNCH-/280617475928 I prefer the model with the hole punch, but you get the idea.

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1983 240d 173,000 miles, My summer love
1986 300td -rusted beyond repair,
scrapped, kept drivetrain
1983 300d -rusted away, scrapped, kept drivetrain
1963 Grumman Oslon Step van, getting Chev 6.2 transplant

Lumpy duct tape is a sign of poor workmanship

I have one of those tools but I'm trying to avoid patching stuff. In a perfect world I'd like to repair the rust I have in the rear wheel arches by replacing panels and spot welding factory style everything back together.

I've started this thread here showing how far I haven't got!

My W123 saloon / sedan old accident repair (and a bit of rust repair) thread

I'm slightly concerned that if I just cut the %%^&&er off then I'll never get the panel fit back again...

At the moment I'm aiming for a super duper perfect 100% fantastic job. (And that's one of the reasons I've taken so long getting nowhere to date)

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone

Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!