Thread: Welding VW fenders to body questions

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Someone like Jay (Hotrodpaint) and others will have a more accurate answer, but to get you started, the old fashioned way was to weld the fenders in place and then lead the seam in to fill that gap. Lead is sort of old school now, and modern fillers like Rage and others are far superior for most repairs. However, none of them like to be very thick, or they will crack out. If it were me, I would weld them on and then use as thin of a coat of quality plastic filler as possible to smooth it out.

We'll see what the experts say though.

Don

Hi and welcome to CHR. I have done a wee bit of panelwork on the beloved VW's in my life before so here is how I would tackle this. First as Don said, dress up the edge/flange where the bolts go through so that the guard fits up against the body nicely. I would then using some made fender type of washers bolt the guards to the car. Once aligned and tight carefully tack weld every few inches along the seam with a tig or mig, oh I almost forgot to mention,grind back the too areas to be filled and prime before bolting the guards on. Once finished welding,sand back the tacks,prime and then fill the seam using a little filler.