De-seamed and smoothed
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone had any pictures of a de-seamed or smoothed or even both minis

Alex

http://photobucket.com/jamiesminibuild

Thats exactly what i was looking for and its a clubman BONUS!
What did you use to de seam it?

still has the roof gutter.,.

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That looks great how did you do it?

Alex

that clubby looks very nice james!!
Alex, its had 78mm cut out of the body, then deseamed,

Below are some diagrams of each stage of de-seaming



All this is done in 6 inch sections - do not cut of the whole seam in one go

Also, do 6 inches, them miss 6 inches, then do the next 6 inches - then return to the start and do the missed sections

If doing the roof, do 6 inches in one place then move to a different part of the roof and do another 6 inches, working your way around until all is done, this is to stop too much heat from distorting the roof panel

1. Seam after seam strip removed

2. Cut off the seam leaving about 2 millimeters proud of the surface - this is so that you have something more substantial to weld to - if you cut it flush, you will not get the penetration, and you'll burn holes through

3. weld the 2 millimeters of metal with the highest setting before you blow holes through the metal - if you have access to any sections of the back of the seam, you can weld from the inside as well for greater strength

4. Using a hammer, tap the weld so that the metal starts to folder in on itself - keep tapping until the weld is below the surface of the original position

5. Fill over the top

Edited by ntm1275 on 8th Feb, 2012.

for the rear vertical seams, weld them up the inside first. looked dead easy when nic did it

if i build another shell it shall be deseamed

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

dont remove the roof gutter, my first clubby was deseemed (piccy maybe on here somewhere) and it was a cunt in the rain leaking through

Edited by t@z on 8th Feb, 2012.

Has anyone else had this problem?

i think its a common problem as water runs down between the door and if your door seals are rubbish its coming in sadly.

also the door frames crack at the point where the window meets the door skin and there is naff all clamping pressure against the door seals

Yes i moved to the darkside

Instagram @jdm_brett

When ever I've read up about deseaming it's always been advised to leave the roof gutter on.

one day boost will be mine!

Ah right "/ thats that plan out the window if its a bad idea to de seam the roof

Maybe do the deseaming only on the front and rear of the roof ?

Renault 4L springs to mind, there was a gutter only along the sides, the front and rear were flush.

This setup shall help with aerodynamics too ...

Rusty by nature

They just look shit if you touch the roof gutter

I seriously doubt it!

Hi, i deseamed the sides and the roof , I removed the seam from an early metro and adapted that so it went partly down the front edge of the door and above the top of the door to stop the leaks. using the metro seam loked alot smoother than just leaving part of the mini seam

oops double post

Edited by 5portsrock on 8th Feb, 2012.

any pictures?

I've had a jet wash round mine and it doesn't leak. Doors are in good nick and the seals are new. Had to bend the tops of the door to make sure they were straight. Not that it will get much use in the winter.

What technique did you use?
I know that some people have done lead loading....

You only use lead loading if you have a beard and take you car to shows on a trailer to keep the tyres clean, or are american. It's plated and welded on the inside where accessible and smoothed off on the outside. Bit of filler to finish. It's easy really, just very time consuming. After you've done a couple of feet you wish you'd never started!

Any pictures of the process?