I just bought a used s2000.. but the previous owner thought it would be a good idea to replace the stock side marker lights with m3 ones.. he/she also decided to drill a hole right behind the sidemarker.. to keep the m3 sidemarker in place!!! DOH! Im going to replace the sidemarker with a stock side marker.. but..

My question is how would i fill the hole/cover it up? I was thinking of sticking the "S2000" emblem over the hole to cover it up.. but the hole is pretty close to the sidemarker position.. its going to look weird with the letters so close to the blinker...

Is my only option ..*gasp bondo/paint? *sigh.

any suggestions/help is appreciated..

Thanks

 

Be quick about it ! I bet rust has allready started to chew on the bare metal created by the drill!

Jonas

 

Hmm... I don't know....

 

I'd leave it alone. Not worth repainting. Unless the M3 sidemarkers look bad.

 

I just took my side strakes off last month. One had already fell off so I just took the other one off. I had the holes repaired and repainted. It actually wasn't that expensive. Now all I have to do is get two small dents on the top of my trunk from a hail storm removed and a small chip in my windshield repaired and my car will be as good as new!

 

Hey nastinupe1 .. how much was it to repair ur holes? they were the size of screws?

ill post a pic soon of what the m3 sidemarkers look like.. and the hole... wat a sad sight.

 

i think they have to repaint the whole fender .. my friend says silver is really hard to match..

 

Probably depends how picky you are. If you're willing to settle for a really good "touch up" job (ie, sand, paint, sand, paint, etc) it would probably be pretty cheap. Maybe even something you could DIY. On the other hand, if you want to get rid of any evidence that the holes were ever there, you might end up paying to patch and repaint both fenders.

 

Unfortunately I had a lot of work done to the car so I will have to look at the estimate to find out how much they charged me for the holes. I believe that it was around $400 for both sides though.

 

And they don't paint the fender, they paint the inner door area and the area just in front of the fender.