oh my *** what have I done, this was my what came out of my mouth yesterday. I had a few rust bubbles on the windshield frame so I bought some rust converter(pretty cool stuff)and took out the dremel until I can fill it and sand. I started on the little bubble with the grinding attatchment and within seconds I had a nice hole on the metal, oops. so I freaked out and dumped rust converter in there so my car didn't fall appart.
heres my question, is this thin piece of metal the only thing holing the roof up, or is there more support, like a factory role bar, inside there. am I in trouble, I have bondo to fix it and all the rust is now black primer. please help, am I a dumbass

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neko
'87 trans am
car in the making

 

is the fiberglass filler better then normal bondo, is it easy to work with, I am a novice at this, please help

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neko
'87 trans am
car in the making

 

I will be putting bondo on tonight, unless someone has a better idea, sorry to keep bumping this topic but I need help and I'm freaking out about this

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neko
'87 trans am
car in the making

 

Whoa! How big is that hole? I assume your mean that the hole is in the the front a-pillar by the winshield. Am I wrong? Seriously, I you have a rustout on an area like that I would NEVER use bondo to fix it. Even the high strength stuff. You need to find out how bad it is and weld in new metal. Trust me, I have an old Challenger that had this area patched with Bondo. I ended up having to repair a ton of damage caused by the Bondo job.

 

the whole is about 1/4 inch around, I was thinking of putting in some jb weld to seal it up then finish it with bondo, I have no access to a mig welder nor do I know how to use it, by the way I'm poor so no body shops will take pennies.

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neko
'87 trans am
car in the making

 

if I take off the plastic moulding on the inside of the pillar can I get to the back of it so get rid of whatever might be back there.

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neko
'87 trans am
car in the making

 

am I going to end up killing myself trying to fix this, I love my car its all I got, well at the very least I could slow down the rusting out right?

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neko
'87 trans am
car in the making

 

A quarter inch isn't so bad. Just make sure you get rid of all of the surface rust. Putting on JB weld first is a good idea, it will keep moisture away from the Bondo. Bondo is porous, seal it up and it should hold for at least a while.