I took the stock spoiler off my sunfire and was just wondering how I should fill in the holes? Thanks.
Wide Body Progress
if your askin then don`t do it!!!
if you have never welded before don`t do it you will wrap the hell out of the deck lid screw up allot of @!#$, if ya never worked with sheet metal don`t do it
again you can`t learn to be a body man online just not goin to happen
can i haz bondo
but if he never tries, he'll never learn. you learn by mistakes
no, you learn by practicing on spare parts, not the piece you want to keep. like big daddy said, if he's never done it before, he'll probably screw it up on his first try and warp the metal. unless you know welding to the point of being able to do it well, have someone else do it.
im not saying that you shouldn't learn... just don't try learning on something you want to keep.
well thats obvious. i would hope he would have enough common sense that he would practice on another piece of metal
"obvious" isn't always a given around here.
....just bondo over it real thick, sand down the excess to make it flush with the lid, clean it, prime it, paint it, clear coat it. wont take more than 2 hours.
(I used to work in a body shop, lol..)
...don't hate!.. respect people that have talent, even if it is in something you don't like or understand.
And watch it crack when you slam the truck a little too hard. Welding the holes is the only permanent solution to the lid.
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soul horse wrote:....just bondo over it real thick, sand down the excess to make it flush with the lid, clean it, prime it, paint it, clear coat it. wont take more than 2 hours. (I used to work in a body shop, lol..)
i wouldn't take my car anywhere near you then. you're obviously a hack. the only correct way to fill a hole is to weld in metal. bondo (or other brands of body filler) are not meant to patch holes. they are made to go over the top of body work to even it out, filling in low spots, not holes. over time, the bond between the body filler and the metal will crack (either due to temperature expansion/contraction, or slamming the lid) and will completely ruin the work done. then it's back to square one, having to get it done again.
don't tell someone how to half-ass their work.
Why not go find a sunfire trunk lid without a spoiler.
Your going to have to paint it anyways, if you bondo or weld it.
I think using a solid trunk lid that you didnt have to modify would be much easier...than @!#$ around with bondo, and a welder.
I know you can find a trunk, my sister has a 98 4dr sunfire w/o a spoiler...just look around.
Portage, MI
soul horse wrote:....just bondo over it real thick, sand down the excess to make it flush with the lid, clean it, prime it, paint it, clear coat it. wont take more than 2 hours. (I used to work in a body shop, lol..)
ya i wouldn`t let ya fix my walls in my house i see the key word USED TO WORK IN A BODY SHOP
i wonder why
can i haz bondo
soul horse wrote:....just bondo over it real thick, sand down the excess to make it flush with the lid, clean it, prime it, paint it, clear coat it. wont take more than 2 hours. (I used to work in a body shop, lol..)
I'm sure that's why you "used" to work there....
ruen (Ryan Bauman) wrote:I know you can find a trunk, my sister has a 98 4dr sunfire w/o a spoiler...just look around.
4-Door Sunfire lid won't work on a 2-Door Sunfire. It will only work on a 2-Door Cavalier.
