[QUOTE=Dark_Sub_Rosa,May 31 2007, 05:47 PM] Mark is right.... good luck actually driving a car with filler

 

on with primered pics

 

posting as rhayward here

bondo is body work nothing less or anything more
its part of getting the job done......

if you wanna pull a string and draw a aline between owners the only thing is joked amongst friends as we are in the bay area community and i hopa all over s2ki is some of cars are garage quenns, never reach vtec , never driven hard,,,,,and there is the touge canyon whores and track whores and street madness blarring with 9 points on your record like me hahhah

but its all jokes and giggles..we all enjoy this car in different ways

peace


dude keep it primer black with some nice polished rims it would look great

 

I forgot the kit is fiberglass... either way the first time you hit a big dip that shit is going to crack if you molded it to the metal.

 

exactly why i used resin. resin bonds super strong to metal. this is how they build and repair boats. i agree it will crack at some part on the kit, however that seam is so strong that the kit would be smashed into a million pieces before it came apart.

 

>> FF through the primer. it's all done! however, before I can reveal it to everyone... Mark, yes i would like to make a bet. How much do you willing to wager? I'll post up the pics afterwards and let the audience be the judge.

 

what color is this bad boy going to get painted?

 

 

No wager needed here Steve, I hope it looks good, but I still know bodywork, and that shit will crack, you cannot bond fiberglass to steel, again, they expand and contract at different rates. That is why it will crack.. . Even well trained bodymen have trouble making that look good and stay in one piece. You are ballsy, but I doubt it will look up to most peoples standards when you are finished. Hope I am wrong, but I have seen people like you try this before with disasterous results. Like cutting the fenders out 3" when only 1" was required, losing all the strength in the underlying fender will cause vibrations resonating into the glass/metal bonded area.

My bet is someone else is cleaning up your mess. Bodyshop is working their asses off to get the seams straight, etc. Maybe why it is taking so long to see those photos of the primer coats, hell it should have been painted already if it only needed primer when you posted this up.

In my humble opinion anyway.

 

teaser time! sorry the weather's not been good. the red flakes in the clear really do stand out and look exceptional, especially at close distances. i'm surprised it turned out this good, as this is the first full car i've ever painted! I've done panels before but never tried anything on this scale. some wetsanding and polishing and it should be mirror smooth!