If you guys are questioning the panel bond repair, you've probably never had a chance to work with the stuff in person. It's pretty astonishing how strong it really is. I know we all would have liked to see it welded flush with the rocker sill, but let's be honest, being underneath the rocker panel, and this being a drift car, does it really matter that much?
The chassis of the Lotus Elise and Exige are glued together from the factory. Same for many modern aircraft. If it's good enough for aeromotive applications it's also good enough for automotive applications.
It's a drift car for now. What are the odds he keeps it forever? Not very good. So one day this car may be someone's daily. Theres was a shop who panel bonded someones roof on a honda fit. The couple got severely hurt and Since the roof had panel bond and peeled back in the accident the couple was awarded 43 million dollars. If the shop wouldve just did it the right way and welded it on, it would've saved them alot of money and Yeah the panel bond will probably hold in this instance. But there was no reason he couldnt spend the extra 10 minutes and drag his tig welding equipment over to it and tig it. Tig welding is going to be way stronger than panel bond. And you know one day this car could be in another side impact it would suck if someone sued trev for shotty repairs especially since everything he does is on the internet.
@@bradthacker9904 This car is never going to be someone's daily, and if it is, there is literal detailed video of all the work done to it. I think you're out of your element, Donny. The repair is likely quite literally stronger than original since it is now two overlapping panels and no matter what forces will now be spread over a larger area.
It never ceases to amaze me when you dive in on a new type of project or repair that you have no experience with and you nail it every time. It's in your blood. Everybody else is like "Pfff we don't repair those *proceeds to cut off entire frame section for one part built onto it*". Trevor finds the specialist knowledge and tools and proceeds to remove the impossible panel. These modern composites are great at performance but it's a whole different world working on them compared to old cars.
I was gonna say something similar. And also how I dont think people realize how many components and areas of their Newer vehicles are actually held together by some type of "Glue" or Composite Bonding material. And how strong it really is
Not too surprising people aren't familiar, but panel bond and screws/rivets are the norm for aluminum frames (see lotus, mclaren, etc.) cause welding makes aluminum brittle unless you heat treat it again after.
No, welding heat treated or specialty aluminum creates cracks and stresses. Standard aluminums do not get compromised. Not sure what this frame is made out of but your statement is false as fuck. Also this is no where near the same way manufacturing does their engineering. This is a bubba fix, no way around it. His car so nothing wrong with it but don’t try to justify this as the “better way” to fix it 😂
Almost all modern cars use so much structural adhesive where there used to be bolts and welds it's insane. The Subaru BRZ is a great example. Lexus, Jag, many more.
I love that you're repairing the quarter panel instead of replacing it. That shows a lot more skill than throwing money around. Fiberglass work is sooo satisfying. I appreciate time lapses showing the process. Much better than just talking about it then next thing you know it's done. Keep up the good work, I would love to see you do a super aggressive wide body kit on this thing.
Honestly, I think starting the video right off with you guys going to work on a project works well for your style of content. You obviously can’t do that with every video, but this was nice change of pace.
Top work Trevor. For being ‘stuck’, this has to be one of your shortest stuck moments. That’s such a great sign. A team forming around you. Kudos to Dave. Always pops up. Not the same anxieties either. Not second guessing. Or if you change your mind - that’s all good. Owning everything. I’ve mentioned it before. It’s such a pleasure to see it come together for you & your family. Wonderful. Cheers from NZ🤙🤙🤙
I think you made the right call panel bonding and repairing the rear quarter. It's a DRIFT CAR! It could be a total loss at any second. We aren't looking for 1/4 overlap IIHS test ratings, we need functional. I like watching you fix things rather than just replacing them. Especially when the money would have been wasted after the first date with another car's nose.
Everyone's over here worried about panel bond n I'm like hope that ls7 valve issue has been fixed in that thing before you start clutch kicking n bouncing it off the rev limiter or drift week is gonna end sooner then you want it to when a valve meets the piston 👀👀👀👀
Evercoat Fiber Tech will stabilize all of those broken pieces from behind to fix that fender. And Panel bond is awesome stuff! Just put new inner fender on my C5
I had no idea you could do a fiberglass panel like that!! No matter how many body/paint vids I see on UA-cam, I always learn something from you. The aperture panel came out great as well. I could see this coming together pretty fast with as much progress as you made in this vid!
Everyone would be surprised on how much panel bond a new aluminum f150 has. Definitely correct on the strength and drift car aspect. I think people like to see how things can be repaired without knowing there was even a repair.
So Trevor, I have not tried this, but I think it would be really helpful when you are recreating missing panel pieces. Try using Micropore tape to gap the empty space. It's cheap, can mold to most shapes and will hold resen. This would give a good base for glass fiber.
Arch a piece of wire for the door edge to tape foil or glass on, same with the vent ! Cyanoacrylate thin in the cracks to seal the mushyness in the fiber layers then grind and glass over.
I wish you would've just gotten a quarter panel Trevor! Don't want this to come out looking janky. Everything else you've done on this channel is amazing, why start to cut corners here. Even if its a missle. You've gotten things cheap enough so far.
I have my son Anakin he's a year n a half at the table eating breakfast the end of the video came up with the outro of the purple car and he was dance out to it. Thanks
Holy fuck he has a whole shop and the man's panel bonded a frame repair at first I thought he was joking but this mad lad just send it lmao. Sponsored by 3M
Junkyard Dave to the rescue!...Why to lay that aluminum tape!....haha....Yea awesome build series!.... Makes feel like I can work w/ Fiberglass and create something haha
I have no problem with the panel bond repair, But fiberglassing a SMC quarter panel. Just buy a used quarter already wow... Or at least use the correct resin I guess.
@@drron5608 claiming one remark completely invalidates someone's opinion is, is probably the easiest way to prove you don't know anything and that you feel threatened. Sometimes we open our mouths when we should open our ears. Let me teach you a saying my father told me. "Son, you have two ears and one mouth for a reason, you should listen twice as much as you talk.
Static load and dynamic load are two different things. Would those "pucks" stay together if that shipping container we dropped from 20ft? it's one thing to gently lift a 3500 lb. car, it's another to stop it traveling 40 mph
It may be a drift car for you, but unless you plan on keeping it forever it may be someone else's daily. Just something to think about when your putting it together.
Not welding it is "B Is For Botched" level of dodgy. Panel bond may be strong and all but the aluminium chassis is meant to flex and that repair will not. To the people saying a weld is brittle, done correctly with enough heat it is not. A cold weld will always be brittle and fail.
@@MotionAutoTv we had one case where we glued on a bedside and it never dried over a weekend after that we switched bc we can't have that with insurance jobs and we have a grand sport driver rear quarter but it's a customers that's been here a few years I think he kinda went on to other projects
I don't have to agree with your approach, but getting it road-ready/drift ready is all that matters. I would weld and epoxy differently, personal preference, do you man.
Ya know, due to the hole in the frame you probably should have just striped the panels off the whole frame and just kept it as a nakid chassis. If the frame didn't have that hole it would have been a very good repair.
Lmao this is the car that in 10 years someone’s going to say what we all say when we get new project cars... “What fucking idiot used self rappers and epoxy glue to fix this fucking car?!” Literally what I’m saying right now with my project boat and project truck. So many half assed mods and cut wires for literally no reason.
You guys worry too much about Trev's work. Its a drift car. If he does sell it, the next person will know what they are getting into. I have a friend that bought a wrecked vette roughly 15 years ago and did pretty much what Trevor is doing here. The car got wrecked again and the repairs that were made still held together through the impact.
Everyone is saying it’s OK to bond it instead of welding it right?!!!🤔 Well NO 👎!! Cuz me being here from almost the start he did thing the right way or do it better!! That’s why it’s getting a little frustrating to see him go that way🥺!! A good example is the SUPRA!!
Can't believe you didn't weld that in ,especially with the rocker panel being glued on ,you won't ever get back to it ,unless the frame cracks in half .:(
Hey guys quick reminder this is a drift car and that frame is way over built for emologation to race at seabring and lemonds this fix is c kinda bubba as long as his doesn't try and hid the repair for resale it a ok fix if he feels safe driving it it's all good
If you guys are questioning the panel bond repair, you've probably never had a chance to work with the stuff in person. It's pretty astonishing how strong it really is. I know we all would have liked to see it welded flush with the rocker sill, but let's be honest, being underneath the rocker panel, and this being a drift car, does it really matter that much?
They've probably never seen metal tear before the panel bond tears either.
The chassis of the Lotus Elise and Exige are glued together from the factory. Same for many modern aircraft.
If it's good enough for aeromotive applications it's also good enough for automotive applications.
It's a drift car for now. What are the odds he keeps it forever? Not very good. So one day this car may be someone's daily. Theres was a shop who panel bonded someones roof on a honda fit. The couple got severely hurt and Since the roof had panel bond and peeled back in the accident the couple was awarded 43 million dollars. If the shop wouldve just did it the right way and welded it on, it would've saved them alot of money and Yeah the panel bond will probably hold in this instance. But there was no reason he couldnt spend the extra 10 minutes and drag his tig welding equipment over to it and tig it. Tig welding is going to be way stronger than panel bond. And you know one day this car could be in another side impact it would suck if someone sued trev for shotty repairs especially since everything he does is on the internet.
@@bradthacker9904 he mentioned that the car already has a salvage title, there's no subterfuge happening here.
@@bradthacker9904 This car is never going to be someone's daily, and if it is, there is literal detailed video of all the work done to it. I think you're out of your element, Donny. The repair is likely quite literally stronger than original since it is now two overlapping panels and no matter what forces will now be spread over a larger area.
It never ceases to amaze me when you dive in on a new type of project or repair that you have no experience with and you nail it every time. It's in your blood. Everybody else is like "Pfff we don't repair those *proceeds to cut off entire frame section for one part built onto it*". Trevor finds the specialist knowledge and tools and proceeds to remove the impossible panel. These modern composites are great at performance but it's a whole different world working on them compared to old cars.
I was gonna say something similar. And also how I dont think people realize how many components and areas of their Newer vehicles are actually held together by some type of "Glue" or Composite Bonding material. And how strong it really is
I know, he slams out several sick projects, meanwhile I’m still fucking with my 2 project beaters. One that’s been on jacks for 7 months 😭
@@mrmidnight32 It's crazy how life gets in the way for most people. A lot of people only complete 1 or 2 projects their entire life.
Not too surprising people aren't familiar, but panel bond and screws/rivets are the norm for aluminum frames (see lotus, mclaren, etc.) cause welding makes aluminum brittle unless you heat treat it again after.
No, welding heat treated or specialty aluminum creates cracks and stresses. Standard aluminums do not get compromised. Not sure what this frame is made out of but your statement is false as fuck.
Also this is no where near the same way manufacturing does their engineering. This is a bubba fix, no way around it. His car so nothing wrong with it but don’t try to justify this as the “better way” to fix it 😂
Audi jag and ford f150
Almost all modern cars use so much structural adhesive where there used to be bolts and welds it's insane. The Subaru BRZ is a great example. Lexus, Jag, many more.
I love that you're repairing the quarter panel instead of replacing it. That shows a lot more skill than throwing money around. Fiberglass work is sooo satisfying. I appreciate time lapses showing the process. Much better than just talking about it then next thing you know it's done. Keep up the good work, I would love to see you do a super aggressive wide body kit on this thing.
i about to say it for the 5th video in a row, Sidepipes like a viper, and some good old heads/cam combo!
You understand to do that the exhaust would have to be practically on the ground right?
Wasn’t there a old vette that came with them Ike that? That be sick!
@@_Bonez12 it all depends on where trevor will mount it, i don't know the underside of a c6 to well, byt he can always mount it on the side
@@guidoheeling1179 There is genuinely no space under a C6 without cutting a massive whole in the frame.
@@_Bonez12 okay, well then, where there is a problem there is a solution, sometimes you have to be creative...
Honestly, I think starting the video right off with you guys going to work on a project works well for your style of content. You obviously can’t do that with every video, but this was nice change of pace.
Top work Trevor. For being ‘stuck’, this has to be one of your shortest stuck moments. That’s such a great sign. A team forming around you. Kudos to Dave. Always pops up. Not the same anxieties either. Not second guessing. Or if you change your mind - that’s all good. Owning everything. I’ve mentioned it before. It’s such a pleasure to see it come together for you & your family. Wonderful. Cheers from NZ🤙🤙🤙
I think you made the right call panel bonding and repairing the rear quarter. It's a DRIFT CAR! It could be a total loss at any second. We aren't looking for 1/4 overlap IIHS test ratings, we need functional. I like watching you fix things rather than just replacing them. Especially when the money would have been wasted after the first date with another car's nose.
Lots of credit to ya for showing the quarter panel repair in the detail you shared. Awesome to see guys,
Everyone's over here worried about panel bond n I'm like hope that ls7 valve issue has been fixed in that thing before you start clutch kicking n bouncing it off the rev limiter or drift week is gonna end sooner then you want it to when a valve meets the piston 👀👀👀👀
Evercoat Fiber Tech will stabilize all of those broken pieces from behind to fix that fender. And Panel bond is awesome stuff! Just put new inner fender on my C5
"Ty.....get the panel bond"
I yelled this like Daz Games screaming at Linda
I was actually against the panel bond lol
Here I got excited he's fixing the car properly and going to do some nice welds. Ohh. No heres Johnny I mean pannelbond. 😅!!!
You should make a “Trevy’s Customs” shirt with images of zip-ties and self-tappers 😂
I had no idea you could do a fiberglass panel like that!! No matter how many body/paint vids I see on UA-cam, I always learn something from you. The aperture panel came out great as well. I could see this coming together pretty fast with as much progress as you made in this vid!
Everyone would be surprised on how much panel bond a new aluminum f150 has. Definitely correct on the strength and drift car aspect. I think people like to see how things can be repaired without knowing there was even a repair.
My question is why don't you cut out That section and replace it with the plate
Cuz its only 11 days to drift week and its not gonna be a restored car, maybe?
Only reason why I asked is because I've seen You do such amazing body work I'm surprised you did it that way
Yeah its a hack job, hope he never sells that car without proper disclosure of that damage. Cause thats not a fix thats a band-aid.
This way he doesn't have to worry about introducing heat and stress into the frame.
@@Finnspin_unicycles Yeah because you should be more worried about a little heat to frame that has a 3 inch diameter hole in it. 🤨
So hyped on this project. Really dig the c6! And I really want to learn to use fibreglass for different stuff. Great content my man!
You make daunting tasks look so easy. I would have just left it sitting around for years until I junked it.
So Trevor, I have not tried this, but I think it would be really helpful when you are recreating missing panel pieces. Try using Micropore tape to gap the empty space. It's cheap, can mold to most shapes and will hold resen. This would give a good base for glass fiber.
Arch a piece of wire for the door edge to tape foil or glass on, same with the vent !
Cyanoacrylate thin in the cracks to seal the mushyness in the fiber layers then grind and glass over.
Yes get it ready for driftweek
Seen a few teases on Instagram so excited to see these, awesome work repairing the z06 so far keep up the good work guys
Why not cut and weld it? I think it would make for a more flush and stronger connection
Yup. Looks half assed
Anyone else notice the music was on point with the dead blow
Yooooo drift week content right around the corner!!!
ahhh yes... the tape/fiberglass rebuild. Ive done that to motorcycles that have been laid down to recreate bodywork.
MAN CAN LITERALLY FIX ANYTHING
I wish you would've just gotten a quarter panel Trevor! Don't want this to come out looking janky. Everything else you've done on this channel is amazing, why start to cut corners here. Even if its a missle. You've gotten things cheap enough so far.
So awsome to see junk yard Dave there I just came across his chanel I never new you guys were close but I like his content
We shared my shop for years. We have been friends for awhile
I have my son Anakin he's a year n a half at the table eating breakfast the end of the video came up with the outro of the purple car and he was dance out to it. Thanks
Looking better and better!
Good work, trevor. Its coming together!
You guys deserve more attention, This is crazy!
That’s coming along nicely
Looking great man! Can't wait to see what you have planned for it.
Wow. The haters out in full force. Good to know they'll be still sitting in their chairs while Trevor is out slaying tires with his Z06.
Trevor is a talented guy
Holy fuck he has a whole shop and the man's panel bonded a frame repair at first I thought he was joking but this mad lad just send it lmao. Sponsored by 3M
So hyped to see this johnny at angle sending some dead dinosaur vapour into the air!!
🗣Trevor is a damn beast 🔥🔥
Man! I hate it when there's too much old glueb
Total hack job Trev!!
lookin good!!! love the new drift build content
3:03 looks like some certified Grippers your tugging with their.
"40 grit on a flapper" wise words trev 😂
Junkyard Dave to the rescue!...Why to lay that aluminum tape!....haha....Yea awesome build series!....
Makes feel like I can work w/ Fiberglass and create something haha
I have no problem with the panel bond repair, But fiberglassing a SMC quarter panel. Just buy a used quarter already wow... Or at least use the correct resin I guess.
If this is gonna be a drift car with the amount of strain the frame will be taking sliding it i think u should have cut and welded it to be safe
The heat from welding would take all the strength out of the aluminum and make that a weak spot prone to cracking.
@@Sauerbrew777 maybe on thin guage tubing not on a frame with that thick of aluminum
@@drron5608 It has nothing to do with the thickness of the aluminum, but what happens to the aluminum after it's heated to weldable temperatures.
@@Sauerbrew777lol ya it does it plays a huge part in it u saying that proves u dont now anything
@@drron5608 claiming one remark completely invalidates someone's opinion is, is probably the easiest way to prove you don't know anything and that you feel threatened. Sometimes we open our mouths when we should open our ears. Let me teach you a saying my father told me. "Son, you have two ears and one mouth for a reason, you should listen twice as much as you talk.
On the next episode of, building Taylor's Ray's dridt missle... lol
I’m here for this vette drift missle!!!
is the c10 still happening? so keen on that build
You build good drift cars.
Really enjoying c6 content, can’t wait for the next video, great job Brother, vette is coming out 💯💯💯
Good job
Awesome video, I have just started to get into cars my self, got a few videos on my channel. Loved yours 🙏🏼
Thank you for the early content.. Just got to work and I aint doing shit but watching this lol. Love the vette content.
Really wish you guys atleast tacked it with a welder the panel bond just doesn’t seems right 😔
That's Trevys customs
I was thinking the same, it feels shitty and wrong
If you knew how much of your daily driver is held together with panel bond, you wouldn’t be worried.
@@_Bonez12 pretty sure my s13 has very little, i don't think they made pannel bond in the 90's
Static load and dynamic load are two different things. Would those "pucks" stay together if that shipping container we dropped from 20ft? it's one thing to gently lift a 3500 lb. car, it's another to stop it traveling 40 mph
I didn't get to see the can but I hope that's for SMC
dedicated drift box now.
Heat is your friend when working with aluminum
Probably won’t see this but I have to instal a new door jamb just like yours any tips to get it to line up with the door?
Looks good man. That shit that alot time and talent. Great job dude👏
Takes*
looks good
Trevvy customs, I need me a t shirt 💪🏼👌🏼
It may be a drift car for you, but unless you plan on keeping it forever it may be someone else's daily. Just something to think about when your putting it together.
I would have to provide a certificate of salvage anyways since its a salvage title car
Are you getting a wrap done on this?
Just a little reminder for people out there, planes are pretty much glued together.
Love it Trevy!!
@1:41 *hammers on beat*
Finessed
Not welding it is "B Is For Botched" level of dodgy. Panel bond may be strong and all but the aluminium chassis is meant to flex and that repair will not. To the people saying a weld is brittle, done correctly with enough heat it is not. A cold weld will always be brittle and fail.
We've had trouble out of 3m panel bond at the shop I work at so we are using wurth power bond
What issues have you had?
@@MotionAutoTv we had one case where we glued on a bedside and it never dried over a weekend after that we switched bc we can't have that with insurance jobs and we have a grand sport driver rear quarter but it's a customers that's been here a few years I think he kinda went on to other projects
700 is alottttttttt, could be used for more primer for other projects!
Motionauto early gang
I don't have to agree with your approach, but getting it road-ready/drift ready is all that matters. I would weld and epoxy differently, personal preference, do you man.
Ya know, due to the hole in the frame you probably should have just striped the panels off the whole frame and just kept it as a nakid chassis. If the frame didn't have that hole it would have been a very good repair.
It was tested in the cold but how will it handle the heat
7:11 - good luck
Lmao this is the car that in 10 years someone’s going to say what we all say when we get new project cars... “What fucking idiot used self rappers and epoxy glue to fix this fucking car?!”
Literally what I’m saying right now with my project boat and project truck. So many half assed mods and cut wires for literally no reason.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE
custom One off MATV super widebody kit!!!
Are you going to cam the z06 force drift weeks and a Exhaust
Looked fixed to me at 3:24
Carbon fiber quarter panels are cheaper then oem
I understand it's not visible and aluminum but why not spray the bare metal before gluing the price on?
Why would you even patch the hole if you aren't going to weld it cause no one will be able to see it and that glue isn't making it any stronger lol
You guys worry too much about Trev's work. Its a drift car. If he does sell it, the next person will know what they are getting into. I have a friend that bought a wrecked vette roughly 15 years ago and did pretty much what Trevor is doing here. The car got wrecked again and the repairs that were made still held together through the impact.
Who wants to see Trev respray this Corvette? i'm Thinking Green, Black and Purple :)
Everyone is saying it’s OK to bond it instead of welding it right?!!!🤔 Well NO 👎!! Cuz me being here from almost the start he did thing the right way or do it better!! That’s why it’s getting a little frustrating to see him go that way🥺!! A good example is the SUPRA!!
WhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaat ? Sorry I'm a welder screaming weld it ! Glue it good weld is forever!
👍👍from this guy
Thumbs up
omg please weld that lol.. it may hold up to sticking on but does it hold up to supporting the car in case of an accident or something?
You'd be surprised how many structural pieces are panel bonded on, on most newer cars and aircraft.
Looks good from my house
Red raptor liner paint job the vette
Safety glasses bro love your channel
Can't believe you didn't weld that in ,especially with the rocker panel being glued on ,you won't ever get back to it ,unless the frame cracks in half .:(
Don't need to get back to it
GLUEB!!!!!!!
Hey guys quick reminder this is a drift car and that frame is way over built for emologation to race at seabring and lemonds this fix is c kinda bubba as long as his doesn't try and hid the repair for resale it a ok fix if he feels safe driving it it's all good