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To weld or to screw

In my youth, I riveted aluminum to the wheel wells of a 144 to repair some rust. Then Bondoed over them.

It lasted a few years, but it seemed like that set up some kind of electrolysis because the aluminum then started to corrode faster than the surrounding original panels. Especially where the aluminum was in contact with the existing body panel. Weird.
I guess my takeaway was to only used steel on steel or aluminum on aluminum. But it also depends on what you expect to get out of the repair.

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posted by  Lord Volvo subscriber  on Thu Apr 17 21:08 CST 2014 >


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