Hey all,

Ok so I decided its time for body work.
Today I started to sand down the GFX, It seems like the dude before me had all these rock chips in the gfx.. so this is what he did, painted right over them. So its such a hassle getting the GFX smooth to its bare. Is there anyways to make this quicker?
Im just sanding it by hand, doing everything by hand.

Im also gonna slab on a ton of bondo onto this thing and get a cheap macco job.

But im not going to bondo the gfx, I mean im going to bondo the really bad parts of the car up, but once im done with a spot, do I just primer her up? casue this whole thing will take me mabye like a couple of weeks to a month and it might rain and stuff.

So this is how I got it planned out--> Sand, Bondo (if needed), and primer the spot up.

 

yeah when I started my body worked I sanded it down to metal where I wanted to bondo and cleaned it real well. Put the bondo down and sanded down smooth then primered. I did all the little spots. I sanded the whole car down to the factory primer. I havent got it painted yet, but the bondo hasnt fell out yet.

 

bondo got a bad name for falling out when people used it to cover up holes. bondo is not used for covering holes, it is a filler for dents and inperfections. if theres a hole your suppose to try and weld a metal plate behind it then bondo over that.

 

doneggo is right, but the cheap way: buy a can of GREAT STUFF from a hardware store. it fills the hole swells up inside. then chop it off, and when it's fully dry and hardened use some filler(bondo in your case) over the STUFF to smooth it out with the body contours. less chance of the bondo falling out with that backing in. also, theres a filler called tigerhair, it's like bondo with shards of fiberglass in it, it's like a huge hairball, but it lasts alot longer. Good luck man i'm glad my formula has no holes!

 

Don't sand down to bare metal unless you absolutely have to. Most primers are porous and will let moisture get to the metal. In fact, primer will hold moisture in and accelerate rust. If you have to leave primer on for a long time - get a "primer-sealer" that is not porous...

 

Well my cars problem is serious, the whole back area is rusted.
So Im thinking, ill just do the body, paint, sell it and than buy a much better 3rd Gen. depending if I stay in the country,