so the previous owner did some bondo work i guess. he filled the side molding (and a little more i believe) with bondo.

who should i go about fixing this? i have a couple of friends who have experience with bondo. do i just need to chisel the old bondo off? and how much do you guys think would a shop charge me to get this fixed? thanks

 

your gonna have to take the old filler out like you said. then you can build patches for the molding spots then have them welded in or glue them on with automotive glue. NO JB WELD. then use a fiberglass filler to make sure its not water proof then filler. and it will be done right. or if you wanna do it cheap take the filler out and sand everything so its all good get it painted and put the moldings back on

 

I have this same prob on my EG hatch... Some idiot didnt even sand it down before painting it... I have been scraping bondo for days... I thinking about just buying new doors... Its a pain!!

 

Buy an Abrasive Disk at wal-mart, it'll save you ALOT of time, don't spin it too fast though, you'll warp the metal.

 

what are you wanting to do are you wanting to fix it right by reshaving it or put it back stock with moldings

 

well my driver side door was like this, but i just bought a new door. the passenger side door is ok.

and i am not wanting to re shave it. i want to get my moldings back. haha. thanks for the input guys, im gonna look into doing this. never worked with body work before, but i do have a couple friends with experience. how much would a shop charge me?

 

then it's gonna be easy just sand off all the bondo and replace the moldings. hopefully theres not any more damage in that area. if you took it to a shope your looking at $100-200 for them to remove, not worth it do it yourself

 

oh it is more than just the molding part. it looks like he applied more bondo past the molding part.

 

maybe theres damage

 

ya i think there is.

so i'd have to re bondo the damaged part and smooth out the molding part right? it sounds simple

 

you have to see what the damage is...you cant just filler over damage to fix it

 

3M makes an abrasive pad that cuts through bondo without damaging the metal, it's a purple pad. autobodydepot.com or something like that.