Rust

[bigdawg]

i want to know the best way to get this ready to paint, if you think i could do it by myself, and how much a shop would normally charge i went to one and he said 300 for that and some other little spots but i think he ment bondo i dont think thats good? and i know you can cut it out another car but i dont have a welder/never welded but i could get one and how do you cut it right advice is apreciated

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btw i put the red power wire in a more discreet place now lmao

also needs the steel part under the door not the door itself there rust free but the rocker is it called? is rusty are those hard to change theres a nice cutlass at my local junkyard are they the same

also that is the rear wheel well

 

[bigdawg]

 

[RITTER]

The only problem with cutting a piece from another car and welding it into your car is making sure the cuts are identical :!: If you have never welded before, I would probably not take this project on. Sheet metal is pretty thin and is easy to weld through :!: Even if you weld a new piece in, you still have to use bondo to smooth the mating surfaces. Bondo is not a bad thing :idea: It just looks bad when somebody uses it that doesn't know what they're doing :wink: $300 really isn't too bad. Does that include replacing the rocker panel :?: The rocker can be cut out and a good donor one welded welded back in. Chances are, he would weld in some new sheet metel to that wheel well area as well 8)

 

[bigdawg]

well thats good to know people say he does a good job i just herd bondo doesnt last to long like it shrinks or something, and do the rockers have to be from a regal?

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Heavy vibrations can pop Bondo out which is why you don't put it on thick or on tractors. There are also different grades of Bondo from plain Jane, to fiberglass reinforced to metal powder reinforced. The best filler is body lead which is what they used to use in the old days. The best way to apply Bondo is first paint the area with epoxy primer, then before it completely cures apply Bondo over it so they fuse together. After the Bondo is sanded down nice and smooth, spary more epoxy based primer over it.