How hard would it be to straighten this tank and get it ready for paint?

any ideas?



Thanks, Naz

 

My brother had a dent in a tank once and he used compressed air to pressurize the tank and pop the dent out. Then he did the Bondo & sanding thing.

 

Naz ..What kind of tank are you looking for ?

 

I want a wide glide tank so I can get that damn speedo off my risers and in the tank where it belongs..... The one pictured isfor2005 -2006 wg which i think will work on my 05sg!

I don't really care what the tank is off as long as it will fit and work on my bike and it's cut out for a speedo and dash!

Naz

 

Pm sent

 

A body man would have it pulled and ready for paint in 1 hour.....no problems at all

 

Give me a ring when ya get a chance

 

check the front fender - not gonna fit your 05.

 

I don't know what "bodyman": you're talking about. I work at a bodyshop and if you want that to look good it's gonna be more than an hour to get it ready for paint. That's some thick shlt all wadded up like that. Once you pull it you'll have to shrink it and peck all the high spots all around that dent out and it'd be damn impossible to get a dolly in there to bang it out right. You'll have a nasty amount of mud on that one side and always a chance of pinholes and solvent soak in and all sorts of nasty cr ap. If your "bodyman" fixed that in an hour and brought it me in paint shop I'd tell him to kiss my as s. Any "bodyman" at all even if it's your best buddy won't fix that for an hour. Come on man ... shoot him straight. I'd be cheaper to buy a new tank than to bring that wadded up cr ap to where I work and have it fixed right. If someone out there has a nice set of vivid black or olive pearltins for a street bob I'd be willing to trade for some cash and my orange ones.

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Awfully small pic Donnie.

But it looks like a new tank would be cheaper.

That one, we just go ahead and hammer em in.
dished, both sides.

mud