In the old days removing a dent in a metal bumper was labor intensive and you need a bit of skill to get the dent out 100%. Most cars today use plastic or composite bumper covers that can get easily dented and traditional methods won’t repair them. If you want to save a dented plastic bumper you may be able to do it yourself at home with limited tools. We show the steps below.
Author: Joe Dick
How to Compress a Macpherson Strut and Coil Spring
Working on the suspension of your vehicle can be a daunting task and is quite dangerous if you don’t have the right tools. We decided to show the process for changing the springs on a Macpherson Strut assembly. This process is common if you need to replace a worn out strut, broken spring, or you’re upgrading to stiffer lowering springs for better looks and handling. Follow the simple steps below once you’ve removed the strut and spring assembly from your vehicle.
How to Repair Rust Pin Holes Without Welding
Rust pin holes can happen on vehicles as new as a few years old in some cases. You might not have the money to pay an auto body shop to perform the repair or the tools to cut and weld a new patch panel in. But there are solutions that will give you a simple repair that can be done in your driveway. Below we show you the process for repairing rust pinholes and sealing the area up for a permanent repair.
How to Motorize Your Bead Roller
One of the best ways you can add good looks and strength to sheet metal is using a bead roller to add beads or joggles to metal. Most standard and entry level bead rollers are operated by using a hand crank. While this works fine on small pieces or when you have a helper, it doesn’t produce the best results. Adding a motor to your bead roller will help free up a hand and also allow you to work larger pieces alone. Below we show how to adapt a motor to a standard bead roller using the Eastwood Bead Roller Drive System in a few easy steps.
How to make Flexible Brake Line Mounts using the Eastwood Vise Press Brake
When building a custom classic car you may want to upgrade or customize your brake system and this may require starting from scratch with how you mount and run your brake lines. There are a lot of options for off the shelf kits and parts but I’ve found that they still need modification or you need to make all new parts anyways. One such simple part are tabs for where your hard brake line meets your soft or flexible brake line. I build a lot of older Fords that never came with hydraulic brakes from the factory. This means I need to design and figure out the entire braking system when upgrading to hydraulic brakes. Something as simple as brake line tabs need to be considered. I decided to show my simple solution for brake line tabs front flexible lines on a hot rod or street rod.
4 Great Metal Fab Tools Under 55 bucks!!!
Every great automotive restoration or even patch panel work will inevitably require some basic metal fab tools. Today I have complied a list of 5 basic tools to help get the process started which all cost under 55 bucks. I’ll start off with the Electric Sheet Metal Shears as no […]
Versa Cut 60, the powerhouse plasma cutter!!
If you’re like me and generally want to purchase the biggest and best of everything look no further than the Eastwood Versa Cut 60 when in the market for a plasma cutter. You’ll be able to power through metals as thick as 7/8 of an inch with this unit. […]
Concours SCT verses Abrasive blasting!!!
When it comes to stripping a vehicle of all its paint there are only a couple options. Today I want to cover the two most popular ways to knock this job out of the park […]
How to choose an Eastwood welding helmet!!!
We have four welding helmets to choose from here at Eastwood so I figured I would take a second to walk you though the differences and features. Working from left to right through the images we’ll start off with our Auto darkening helmet. This unit will only darken […]