That's the common sheet metal normally used by many metal shapers/panel beaters in Malaysia. They comes in various thickness like 0.6mm, 0.8mm, 1.0mm etc etc. This plates are normally treated with factory coating ('ubat' common language). Factory plates come in rolled drums but i'm not so sure readily treated or not. May be Proton guys can share somethin' here.
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Required dimensions are measured and transferred to the sheet. Then it is cut, bent, beaten or heated to achieve desired shape. This piece of panel will take about a day to complete. All detailing will follow as original as it could. Various type of hammers, beaters, chisels are used to produce detailing.
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251792_1465558014774_1708249441_694800_814099_n.jpg
When complete, only then the defect panels will be cut and welded to its new organs. At the end of the day new organs should function well the way they were made functional before. You see, no point to have beautiful panel without functionality. So another point here is to get every parts work good. Beside the craftsmanship, the other element people don't see is the fitting and alignment. What's people normally see is the physical products while functions can only be felt when you 'play' with the car. For instant, door replacement may look good in the photos or when you see it. However can you feel weird thingy when it is opened or closed? Can you hear funny sound when use it. At this point here you can understand the important good fitting/alignment.
To fix new panels high skill panel beater is required. This stage takes long time and rarely people understand. Just think about this!
---------- Post added at 11:25 PM ---------- 6 hour anti-bump limit - Previous post was at 10:50 PM ----------
Required dimensions are measured and transferred to the sheet. Then it is cut, bent, beaten or heated to achieve desired shape. This piece of panel will take about a day to complete. All detailing will follow as original as it could. Various type of hammers, beaters, chisels are used to produce detailing.
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/251792_1465558014774_1708249441_694800_814099_n.jpg
When complete, only then the defect panels will be cut and welded to its new organs. At the end of the day new organs should function well the way they were made functional before. You see, no point to have beautiful panel without functionality. So another point here is to get every parts work good. Beside the craftsmanship, the other element people don't see is the fitting and alignment. What's people normally see is the physical products while functions can only be felt when you 'play' with the car. For instant, door replacement may look good in the photos or when you see it. However can you feel weird thingy when it is opened or closed? Can you hear funny sound when use it. At this point here you can understand the important good fitting/alignment.
To fix new panels high skill panel beater is required. This stage takes long time and rarely people understand. Just think about this!
