Matt's Pinch Weld "How To"

[Matt]

9) Once the paint is dry, re-install TPMS Receiver





10) Install liner.



11) Last step for me is to strategically place a zip tie to pull the liner back and hold it "firmly" in place. On the passenger side, I put a second zip tie in the liner right where the coolant lines are and tied the liner to the metal bend in the coolant line.



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SPECIALTY PARTS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE:

For the fender well install you'll need a plastic rivet gun and rivets.

You can get the rivet gun from harbor freight item # 97757: See if this link works
You can also get the heat gun from there for cheap, item * 96289 : Hope this one works too
^^FYI my heat gun is only 400F... the low setting on that one is 500F and a high setting of 1100F!! I'd use the low setting if i were you.... 400 was enough for me to accidentally melt my liner in a few places

That set comes with a few of the properly sized rivets. For the rest, you can get them from Mcmaster, Napa, etc. I order a lot of stuff through McMaster so I use part number 90219A340. It's $6.24 for a pack of 20... you'll need 1 pack for the front pinch weld mod.




COST:
Rivet Gun $15
Heat Gun $15
Rivets $10
Paint $4

So if you dont have anything, this mod will cost you ~$45-$50... AND you'll now have a rivet gun that you need for other mods/maintenance on your XK/WK. Heat guns come in handy for other things as well... I don't remember what else i used it for, but i know ive used it at least a few times in my house... (winter window film is one off the top of my head)

[Matt]

These two pics work well as a before/after:

[sean112280]

great write up Matt. It came out really good too.

[Matt]

Thanks!

I just added a bit more info and pics that should help.

[DetroitMarauder]

Great thread. Much more clear than a couple others I have seen.

After you hammered down the pinch weld you said to clean it up before painting. What did you use to do that? What kind of paint did you use?

[Matt]

To clean it up I just used a 3M surface prep disc for my air tool.... any sand paper will do. Basically you want to clean off any cracked paint since those are areas that will still peel away after you repaint. You don't have to bring it down to the bare metal everywhere, you just need smooth transitions so the paint holds.

For paint i just used rustoleum rust preventing primer primer.

[Sal-XK]

I copied the technical parts to the How to thread and left this one so people can still have a place to ask you questions.