M1009 rust repair

[CycleJay]

Hi guys,

Can anyone recommend a good yet reasonable body shop,
to do some rust hole repair on my M1009?

I would do it myself, but welding is not my area of expertise.

Also, at some point I would like to get it painted in the same OD green that
it is painted on the inside..

I would like to find a shop in the Atlanta area to get it done...
But can go a reasonable distance outside of Atlanta if need be.

I currently live in the Marietta area...

Any ideas?

Thank you...

 

[patracy]

You can replace panels without welding. There's several epoxies out there now for it. Expect at least a grand for a shop to do it.

 

[timarr]

DITTO,On what Patracy said, so easy and the two part glues are in caulking gun form. then you can stand back and say I did that!

 

[hndrsonj]

Two Wrights Autobody in Rockmart.

 

[CycleJay]

Thanks guys for the information. Duly noted and considered..
Now just got to get the replacement metal, when I can afford it,
and clean out the rust, so I can get a fresh seal when I put a patch in.

 

[gungearz]

Go to rock auto for the replacement panels... Got my jeep floor pans for $50 each but I welded mine in. You can go either way but chose to weld because it adds more structural stability to the overall area for when you flex the body. I didn't know how to weld either. I just watched some youtube videos, bought a cheap 110v welder, practiced for a couple hours and I feel confident enough to continue taking on all my projects with it now. Including quarter panels.... Good luck in your project but the best part for me is, I can look at my work and say that I did it with no help to take the fool credit...

 

[tequilaiam]

Harbor freight has a cheap flux-core welder on sale for $90 every once in a while. If you're doing a lot of panels or pieces, that may be cheaper than structural epoxy. LMC truck has cheap rockers and body support pieces. The rest of the rust in mine was the cab floor and I just used steel sheetmetal cut with snips to patch those. The flux in the flux-core cheapy welders is actually pretty good at welding the slightly rusty, kinda greasy, maybe a little paint still in there type seams for bodywork.

It won't be as smooth as an epoxied piece of replacement panel, but then again to use the epoxy you need a little bit of overlap to bind the parts together when you're patching holes. The epoxy would be more ideal if you were replacing entire panels with factory parts and were gluiing the factory sheetmetel seams instead of spot-welding them like the factory did.