Patching Stainless Steel Trim

[JerseyHarold]

I've got some rocker and fender trim that would be fixable and usable except that a prior owner drilled holes into them to hold them on the car when the trim clips failed.

Is there a way to fill the holes with stainless steel (welding rod of some kind), then grind and buff? Not looking for perfection, just 'decent'.

Any ideas welcome.

Harold

[62rebelP23]

one thing that might work for you is stud-welding; stainless steel threaded studs are inserted pem-nut fashion and then spotwelded. the head can be buffed out to look almost completely smooth, and you get the benefit of the threaded stud to hold the trim better than original clips.

[Jims50chrysler]

If you have a guy around with a tig machine and some stainless rod he could weld those holes up for you....it would take some work but you could grind them smooth and polish them out....or send them out to a polisher.

Jim