Normal for quarter panel replacement?
07-29-2008, 10:17 PM
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Car: '89 Trans Am
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Normal seam for quarter panel replacement?
Is this seam normal for a quarter panel replacement? I had to sand about 1/2 inch of bondo to get to the bare metal. They also overlapped the old/new quarter...
Seam/overlap...
There was also bondo over the rocker corner too, didn't stop the rust though
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Don't worry I did sand all the way back to bare metal before shooting the epoxy primer on. I tried to use as little bondo as I could get away with. Whoever did the quarter panel replacement put bondo over most of the panel and I welded a piece of metal in the rocker rust hole.
Seam/overlap...
There was also bondo over the rocker corner too, didn't stop the rust though
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Don't worry I did sand all the way back to bare metal before shooting the epoxy primer on. I tried to use as little bondo as I could get away with. Whoever did the quarter panel replacement put bondo over most of the panel and I welded a piece of metal in the rocker rust hole.
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07-29-2008, 10:44 PM
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Re: Normal for quarter panel replacement?
There probably is no "normal" place for a qtr replacement seam, as everyone tends to do it their own way.
However, a 1/2" of bondo is WAY too thick and was probably applied that thick to cover up extreme warpage.
However, a 1/2" of bondo is WAY too thick and was probably applied that thick to cover up extreme warpage.
07-29-2008, 11:09 PM
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Re: Normal for quarter panel replacement?
then put about a 1/4 inch of bondo over it. I'll post pictures of that tomorrow.Forgot a pic:
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