This may be a slow going project. I'm working on this in between my engine bay shave and wire tuck. I bought this car knowing that it needed body work because things were starting to crack and the handle shaves were popping. I had no idea how extensive the Bondo work was until today. I started picking at the rear fender and got a big surprise.






The door jam was built up like crazy and the hole they cut to make the side vents fit looks like they used an angry beaver, so I cleaned it up in order to weld a new plate in.





The Bondo was 5/8 in thick in some places. Who does that? Especially with BONDO!! This is going to be a fun project.

 

Holy **** thats a crap ton of bondo! why the f@ck would someone take that much time to lay all that down? so what u gonna do instead of the old widebody kit? u should do that one idea that i popsted on one of ur threads (if u member that one) lol thatd be sick as hell!

 

OK refresh my memory. What idea was it?

I'm thinking of going alot cleaner. No vents or maybe just a thin one going vertically. Might keep it in closer too. I have always like widebody kits but don't know if I'm going to go that route.

 

Got more ripped off today. Now I'm able to take off the fenders because they were blended in which is a huge help for my wire tuck.

 

I posted this after Scotts post in ur Engine Bay thread haha idk if ud be able to do something like that but it'd be bad @$$ and itd look clean as a ****!

 

I've seen worse bondo than that, but thats still significant. Ugh.

There was this thread where an NSX was sold as never wrecked and the dude found that the entire rear end was made of bondo when he went to repaint it. It was over an inch thick in some places to make it look original again.

 

Holy crap! Id definitely choke a b!tch thats crazy! Id get my money back and put that f@cker on the guys front lawn on blocks.

 

I'm already sick of grinding off bondo. I got the rest of the drivers door cleaned off today and it was a mess. Halfway up the door, no where near the blend of the kit, there was still a ton. And they filled alot of space in the handle shave too. I shot it with some etching primer to keep it from rusting before I get to work on it. I will have some filling to do of my own but no where near what they did and no Bondo.







I also started investigating why the doors, when closed, were 3/8 of an inch further out than the body. I thought that it may have to do with the popper mounts but no. All it took was a phillips and 15 seconds. The door latch post had to come in. Why wouldn't you take the time to do that? Is fitment of no concern to people?

 

Damn im so glad i dont have to deal with that on my car haha but still this car is gonna be one hella nice beauty once its all done...oh and about my idea...u think u could do something like that?