well here is my pix of what use to be my moldings. i filled them in with fiberglass then bondo over it. my question is, frmo this pix.. do you guys think i sanded too much bondo off?

 

it looks like a cloud.

 

hard to tell from the pic. i did mines exactly how you did it. here's how mine looks.

 

have you blocked it to see if there are any indentions?

 

im going to block it more tomorrow then apply guide coat. that is what im suppose to do right?

 

did you weld any metal in there? i hope so

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bottle fed &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you weld any metal in there? i hope so </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

you dont HAVE to weld metal for small holes. i ahve no experience with welding, i didnt wanna warp it and **** up the whole thing.

 

Not to be a dick ,but tell us that when that bondo cracks and falls out

 

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very true..my friend did the same way to his eg and during the winter it started to crack and fall off..

 

i did not weld my sides and it has last for about 4 years now.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CharlesInTurbocharge &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i did not weld my sides and it has last for about 4 years now. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah man, i live in n0rcal and he lives in Socal, climate changes arent drastic plus it also depends if you did the job right, what i did was before i fiberglassed it i dented the holes with a flathead screwdriver and a hammer so wen i layed the fiberglass, it sunk in oppose to leaving the holes flush wen u lay on the bondo/fiberglass and block it, the fiberglass is ver thing. its hard to explain i hope you guys can understand. im not good at explaining things

 

edit "very thin"

 

it's all about prepping. if the filler or fibarglass has a good foundation to bite to then it shouldn't crack. if yours cracked then you prepped it wrong.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 19civic93 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it's all about prepping. if the filler or fibarglass has a good foundation to bite to then it shouldn't crack. if yours cracked then you prepped it wrong. </TD></TR></TABLE>
nicely put i pray to god i prepped mine right

 

Ask anyone who does autobody work for a living if they would fill holes with bodyfiller or bondo.

 

My shop welded small 1"x1" metal from the back and then applied fiberglass and bondo... here are some pics....

 

when you dented the molding holes did you sand down the holes? it would help the fiberglass adhere to the panel better. FWIW, you dont need to know how to weld to shave your moldings. just need a few tack welds which is extremely easy to do.
just make sure you block it, gluide coat, block it again, the another spray of gluide coat to check for imperfections. GL.

 

yeah i did sand em down before i dented the holes. i did ask a professional thats been doing this since 1992. he said if you do it right, you dont need to weld it. as long as you prep it right. and if it starts cracking after 4 years, then ill post it up then you can flame me.

 

Excellent advice guys...im planning on filling my integra side moldings very soon