A project im working on for a buddy of mine.*PICS*
23-Apr-2006, 12:33 PM
#33
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I got a car half assed body work & paint done by a person in Hamilton (not sure if its the same person in this post). Before work began he told me he could do everything but on the day of the pick up, out of a long list of things he said he would do he only fixed 5 of them (maybe). One of my biggest concern is that he said he would fix my quarter rust... well he did on the outside and made it look all nice BUT he left a BIG gaping hole in the wheel well and he didn't tell me about it until I found out the next day he didn't patch it up with new metal, HE JUST LEFT A BIG HOLE IN THE REAR WHEEL WELL!. I was very angry because the price we agreed on was not cheap and he didn't live up to his end of the deal. Anyways I don't want to post any pics yet. I want to make sure the person on this post is the same person I dealt with before posting anything.
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23-Apr-2006, 06:13 PM
#36
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car has definately alot of work and its looking good so far.
some questions i have.
1. on the trunk pics i noticed that there is fibreglass bondo on it and then it looks like resin is put over it is this true? and if so why did you do that? I just weld in a piece of metal to fill the hole and then fireglass matt it with resin and then sand it down and apply body filler.
2. so the bodyshop guy is the one who got the kit or was it your friend?
3. did you just fill the holes in for the mouldings or did you use a piece of metal?
4. what did you do with the door handle? just fill it in with fibreglass?
again looks like you are on track just some things i would do differently would be instead of fibreglassing each hole area after you welded it i would have run a completely line that way your body wont be weavy. and what you should have also done was resin it from the back and bondo it from the front that way it will allow for flex and not crack.
what background do you have in autobody? i am looking to possibly hire and if you are interested and its not to far out for you i wouldnt mind having you on the team.
some questions i have.
1. on the trunk pics i noticed that there is fibreglass bondo on it and then it looks like resin is put over it is this true? and if so why did you do that? I just weld in a piece of metal to fill the hole and then fireglass matt it with resin and then sand it down and apply body filler.
2. so the bodyshop guy is the one who got the kit or was it your friend?
3. did you just fill the holes in for the mouldings or did you use a piece of metal?
4. what did you do with the door handle? just fill it in with fibreglass?
again looks like you are on track just some things i would do differently would be instead of fibreglassing each hole area after you welded it i would have run a completely line that way your body wont be weavy. and what you should have also done was resin it from the back and bondo it from the front that way it will allow for flex and not crack.
what background do you have in autobody? i am looking to possibly hire and if you are interested and its not to far out for you i wouldnt mind having you on the team.
