I have my race car off the road right now, as it was in an accident. While I was able to get most of the sheetmetal mostly straight, there are a couple tears that I want to seal. I also have a rust spot that I dremel-ed away. What should I use to patch the holes? It dosen't have to be pretty, I just wan't something light, that will apply easily.

 

stickers!!

i would stay away from bondo on a racecar -- after the first "incident" it's going to crack and fall apart. i'd probably just weld up the holes if you're really worried about them.

-tony

 

hmm so how do you go about doing body work on a bashed in rear fender if you dont use bondo? is there some alternative that is more pliable, and even lighter perhaps? otherwise, i dont see how it can be striaghtened, except some serious cutting and welding which i dont want to do.

 

on the majority of our cars, we'll replace the panel if it all possible. if the damage is somewhere like the rear quarter panel, we'll just straighten it the best that we can. if there is bondo on a race car, i doubt it will hold up for more than a couple of races, so why bother? my view at least...

then again, if you do the repairs correctly and only use a tiny amount of bondo to fill in the hammer-marks, it might last -- but personally, i wouldn't risk it...it could possibly be a lot of wasted time and energy...

-tony


[Modified by delinquent, 4:15 AM 1/23/2003]

 

Duraglass...if you absolutely have to fill it.

 

just leave it as is...especially if its a "racer".
Keep your eyes peeled for some body parts at a junkyard...or get some cheap parts from autobodypartsonline ...even though they aren't oem, its better than a bunch of holes?

hows the snow karl? and the cold weather? Its even snowing here

 

Yea its the rear quarter panel. I only want to fill the holes, Im not worried about the hammer marks.

What is that some kind of epoxy? Sounds good. There is also part of the seam caulking that needs to be replaced. I was also thinking of using a bath/tile/window caulk.

The rear panel is a bitch to replace, or at least thats what I heard. And thats the only other panel besides the hood and rear bumper that need work. I straightened out the front fender and the front bumper just has a small piece missing. I might get a new hood, but will probably just get some pins to keep this one secure. We got ~6in of snow last night, and its colder than . The low tonight is supposed to be below 10

 

If it's a race car, then just rivit sheet metal over it. A good friend of mine had a metal race car and fiberglass race car. There was sheet metal patches all over the metal car.

FYI: The cars ran late model class. The fiberglass car was for up here, the steel car ran down in Kentucky.