One more post on some progress
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Melting Slicks
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From: Massapequa Park NY
One more post on some progress
At some point the car had been hit in the rear left & repaired with some questionable work. There was a big hole that had been filled with resin and no fiberglass. I decided to cut out the section & fit a new piece in from another car. After much searching I was able to get a piece from another forum member.
The original repair
That bondo is about 1/2" thick
Chunks of resin & tape
The new piece
I cut some of the excess from the new piece & made some bonding strips & glued them on first
Then trimmed the piece to fit & glued in place
Now I just need to glass in the seams. Turns out that not all cars are identical though. I needed to reshape the new piece a little with the heat gun & some clamps to get it to fit correctly. It's hard to see but the one corner was up about 1/8" . Also the radius of the rear edge isn't exactly the same. Thats for the body shop to fix.
Now its time to get back out to the garage
Jim
The original repair
That bondo is about 1/2" thick
Chunks of resin & tape
The new piece
I cut some of the excess from the new piece & made some bonding strips & glued them on first
Then trimmed the piece to fit & glued in place
Now I just need to glass in the seams. Turns out that not all cars are identical though. I needed to reshape the new piece a little with the heat gun & some clamps to get it to fit correctly. It's hard to see but the one corner was up about 1/8" . Also the radius of the rear edge isn't exactly the same. Thats for the body shop to fix.
Now its time to get back out to the garage
Jim
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Melting Slicks
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From: Massapequa Park NY
