Fiat 500 Collision Awareness Manual page 64

64 COLLISION INFORMATION
Quarter Panel Extension / C­Pillar Reinforcement
1 ­ C­PILLAR REINFORCEMENT
2 ­ QUARTER PANEL EXTENSION
3 ­ B­PILLAR REINFORCEMENT OUTER
D ­ BETAMATE ADHESIVE
1. With the use of a grinder equipped with a 50 grit grinding disc, remove all contaminants and coatings off of the mating
surfaces within 25mm (1in.) of the area where Betamate was originally used. The metal should be completely bare
and shiny in appearance, if the metal appears pewter in color all of the galvanized coating has not been removed.
2. With the use of a drill, equipped with a 8mm (5/16in.) drill bit, drill two staggered rows of four holes each. These
holes will be used for plug welds.
3. Remove any burrs caused by the drilling from the mating surface.
4. Clamp tightly into place using welding clamps or equivalent.
5. Apply MIG welds with a properly adjusted welder.
6. Clean and dress welds as necessary.
7. Apply quality topcoats to the exposed areas.
8. Inject Moper Cavity wax kit (part #68042969AA), Mopar wax refill (part #68042970AA) or equivalent, to the inner
cavity. A double application should be applied. Allow a minimum of 30­minutes flash time between the first and
second coats.
2012 FF