Pro Spot Welding

Founder of West Coast Customs,  Ryan Friedlinghaus Talks Welding,  Pro Spot and His New Book With the new book, The Art of Welding on the shelves, welding is again in the spotlight. In the new book, the "celebrated guru of automotive customization and host of West Coast Customs on Fox Sports, adds practical knowledge to William Galvery's acclaimed welding insight and everyday tips and tricks developed over his long professional career as an educator". For more information on the book, click here .   In Corona, CA, West Coast Customs uses welding in so many applications, and uses Pro Spot welders to complete their builds whether its spot welding or MIG welding. 

Everyone is talking about it...  ALUMINUM REPAIR  There are so many questions out there and we're get you some answers.  Here are some questions we've been seeing here at Pro Spot on Aluminum Repair and the news of the Ford 2015 F-150 (* Questions and answers provided by Ford.com) Q: Is the 2015 Ford F-150 all aluminum? A*: "The body panels and cab walls, one unstressed cross-member in the frame and various internal parts are [high-strength, military-grade aluminum alloy]. The rest of the frame is steel, mostly high-strength steel." Q: Why Aluminum, why now? A*: "Because now and in the coming years, your truck will have to be stronger, more productive and more efficient, because the jobs keep getting harder and gas prices are rising. So we turned to high-strength, military-grade,* aluminum alloy for our body and bed. We developed new technologies. We rethought conventional assumptions and charted the future of tough. As always, we did what was right...