Thread: Redoing my 1998 daytona 500

Originally Posted by Akcalvinkid

Alright, so I had two small dings on my car, so I did a practice bondo and sanded it, then glazed it after the bondo, and primed it! Perfectly smooth now!

What is this supposed to be?

Originally Posted by gtpeddie

What is this supposed to be?

There was a small ding dent there, so I sanded it to the metal and applied bondo to it, sanded it down and spray primar over it so I could protect the metal. I posted this showing that I practiced on a small didn't with bondo before I apply bondo on the big area!

So is that black the primer? It looked like a patch or something I wasnt sure. If I were you I wouldn't tape out the primer like that it leaves a hard edge and its harder to feather out.

Originally Posted by gtpeddie

So is that black the primer? It looked like a patch or something I wasnt sure. If I were you I wouldn't tape out the primer like that it leaves a hard edge and its harder to feather out.

This man knows what he is talking about too lol

Definitely true. If you try to feather out hard lines like that, they will show up later on. If its just temporary protection from a rattle can, it will wipe right off with thinner and that problem can be avoided. Also, any straight line scratches that are primed over tend to appear later as well. Best to use a DA sander or at least finer sandpaper around the edges of the repair. That big dent looks like fun. You're lucky if the pillar isn't pushed in a little. No matter how nice you get that one out, its still gonna be a big pond o' bondo. I've been sanding bondo for two or three weeks now, every day all day. Arms feel like wet noodles!

The reason I didn't feather anything on my car is because I'm only using the primar to protect the metal and the bondo. Once I have all the dents pulled out of my car I will be sanding all the primar back down to the metal and bondo, then I will sand the rest of the car and everything will be even, then the entire car will be primed!

Originally Posted by Akcalvinkid

The reason I didn't feather anything on my car is because I'm only using the primar to protect the metal and the bondo. Once I have all the dents pulled out of my car I will be sanding all the primar back down to the metal and bondo, then I will sand the rest of the car and everything will be even, then the entire car will be primed!

Good plan!

But I do appreciate any advise from any one, as I am new to all of this!

Originally Posted by Scottydoggs

its 15 or 16 years old. my factory one was long gone when i got my car, ( i drive a 98) and then the after market cat back rotted out on me and its all had to be replaced with new parts again.

You also live in the northeast, I've seen 5 year old cars from up there with more rust on them than my 97 had on it when I crushed it. The factory cat back and mufflers are still sitting around somewhere, and they are perfectly fine.

If you can get under the car just tap along the exhaust with a hammer, mainly the resonator and the mufflers listen for stuff inside.

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Now just time to sand!

Its getting there, Ignore the black, that's just primar. I painted it blue just so I could see how it shaped with my car easier. I haven't decided if I want to fix my door yet. If I can find a door from a junk yard, I might just pick a door off a coupe, if not I'll just pull the dent and bondo it to shape.

As cheap as doors at the JY are I'll just replace it and save yourself the time.

And while your at it remove the door moldings and shave the holes.

well with where the dent is, the black is very hard to tell where things need to be fixed because of the color of my car, adding the blue helped a lot. Better safe then sorry. I need to make sure my car is 100% perfect. I wont put a new paint job on my car unless its done right. Ill spend the four dollars on a can of paint and two minutes to throw a quick coat on too see the body shape easier.

Originally Posted by REDCOMPG

And while your at it remove the door moldings and shave the holes.

I dont know, how does a grand prix look without the door moldings?

Originally Posted by Bluemagic

Good work by the way

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thank you! Ill have to look up some pictures!

Like big huge tits!