Does anyone have any experience with this product? It claims that it takes the place of welding when replacing certain body panels and such.

Fusor is designed to replace factory panel bonding when repairing/replacing body panels on newer unibody vehicles. Many OEM's (such as Toyota) do not approve of panel bonding when repair their vehicles.

I would not recommend it's use on any First Gen Firebird panel. I have a local collision center that I talked to about removing/replacing full quarters on my '69 hardtop and they were going to panel bond the lower front edges at the rocker panel. I do not agree with this repair and will not have them do it. I will probably do the repair myself (someday).

Anyway - be careful how you use this product. It is designed for a specific type of repair and I have done consulting at collision centers that had technicians that thought this product would replace welding in most cases.

Hope this helps.

Tom

There seems to be a general consensus NOT to use panel bonding adhesives for structual members (rockers, torque boxes, etc). However, I have seen many professionals being happy in using it for such things as new door skins.

I have used a two part metal bonding agent with great success. It CAN'T be used on structural metal though. It works great on a small patch that will not be put under much stress. It is superior to welding for this application because there is no warping or other heat damage. If it is used correctly you can get by with less filler on the seam. I have seen a patch hold up to a direct hit in a collision. It is a perfect fix for a small rust hole in a quarter, fender, door ect.
Jim

Salmon! LOL!
I'm slow, must be election hangover. Good to agree.

I need to patch the lower part of right quarter behind the wheel. I might go ahead and try it and see what happens.

The Eastwood Company beefs up the bonding process for patch panels with flush rivets. They sell a kit. They also have a hot button to a "tech" section that describes the process.

You could go to their website and check it out. Put "panel adhesive" in the search box.

Thanks for the heads-up...I'll check them out.

NO RIVETS!! A paint job will not last on top of a rivet. Try to avoid any holes too. Paint tends to bubble over a filled hole. Rivets have there place and it ain't on a 1st gen.
Jim

it's better than bondo

When I replaced the full quarter on my 69 convertible I used Duramix. I did a lot of research and felt it was a great product. I still did some spot welding and skip welding but the better part of the panel was glued. I did this work about three years ago and still no problem.

Check their web sit they might have what you are looking for.

3m.com/us/auto_marine_aero/aad/prod_lines/duramix/duramix.jhtml