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how hard is it to bondo?

Old May 11, 2006 | 04:21 PM
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Default how hard is it to bondo?

i have a Type R wing. and it's not OEM... and it has the third brake light. i really dont want the light there...

i took off the brake light cleanly... here are 2 pics... how hard would it be to get this bondo'd to look clean and smooth???



Old May 11, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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Default Re: how hard is it to bondo?

It's really not that hard to bondo. It just takes some time And patience. All you really do is prep it for bondo, apply the bondo, smoothen it out, once its dry, sand and paint it.
Old May 11, 2006 | 04:36 PM
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Default Re: how hard is it to bondo?

Like he said it's really not that hard. Might take a few coats to get it right, just take your time. Since your doing the wing though, you should probably use fiberglass. It's a little more involved process but worth the results.
Old May 11, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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Default Re: how hard is it to bondo?

If you're going to put a massive chunk of heavy plastic in your wing, make sure it's fiber reinforced bondo. Regular bondo is very weak and prone to cracking, no body fillers are really meant to be applied that thick.
What is the wing made of by the way, urethane or fiberglass? If it's fiberglass, you're fine, but if it's urethane you'll have all kinds of problems because the urethane is a lot more flexible than the bondo. The paint will crack along the edges, etc.
Old May 11, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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Default Re: how hard is it to bondo?

fiberglass.... and thanks all... imma see what i can do
Old May 11, 2006 | 07:25 PM
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technique. it takes practice to do good bodywork
Old May 11, 2006 | 08:14 PM
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Default Re: how hard is it to bondo?

Sand the paint off where you're going to apply the body filler, you'll get better adhesion to the fiberglass. Also rough up the fiberglass fairly well.
Degrease well also.
Old May 11, 2006 | 10:17 PM
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thanks for all the help all you guys. REALLY helped alot....
Old May 11, 2006 | 10:34 PM
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when you figure that shit out come over and help me do my shit!
Old May 11, 2006 | 11:06 PM
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haha when i figure it out... then you have to figure out how to make my ls fast for $0. hahaha
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