i want to shave my emblems, what is best to fill the holes with? in addition, what type of sandpaper would you recommend?

 

THats a job for a body shop man,
youll need body filler and then repaint
you cant paint just a section of a hood or trunk, those parts are the easiest to spot flaws on
so.......wait till your gettin the whole car painted....for now, paint your emblems black or gunmetal (if mine werent shaved I would do that )

 

yes its best done by a bodyshop but he probably cant afford to repaint at the whole moment...i would just do a poor man's job. for me, i juss took off the emblem and left two holes (where it said acura) ..doesnt bother me that much...just waitin to get it to a bodyshop.

 

i lost both my emblems to thieves...instead of replacing them, i simply went to a sticker shop and color-matched a few square inches of sticker. i cut tiny circles and placed them accordingly. cheap, effective, and nobody will know...just my experience.

 

i saw a teg that plugged in one of those license plugs into the rear emblems holes before. it looks kinda weird but i guess it does its job.

 

im getting the car painted in a couple weeks, but why pay a body shop when I can do it myself. Isn't that the point of this site. Thats like me going to the hybrid section, asking how to swap an engine, and them telling me to take it to a performance shop! Can anyone w/experience with this help me out?

 

bondo
fill
smooth
dry
sand
paint

 

thanks! i was just unsure of using bondo on a hood b/c i heard it wasnt too good.

 

it's not after a while like a year or so it will crack but it's cheaper than having someone fill it with sheet metal or fill it with liquid metal and sand/buff down the edges so it's factory smooth then paint it?

 

I had like 10 emblems in the glove box of my integra. When I ran out of emblems from getting jacked, I shaved them using bondo. Get something to cover the holes on the inside, and then use bondo on the outside, or else the bondo will just fall through the hole and it'll waste your money.

 

you dont bondo holes

thats sheer stupidity as the bondo will crack and fall out.

to do it right, you will need someone to weld the holes shut.

 

Ok, you cant bondo over a hole that has no backing on it. You could weld on the backside of the holes then bondo the face. Or you could fiberglass over the backside (using the mesh) then bondo the outside. Either way you do it, you have to have a backing on it or it will just fall out after time. Hope that helps a little.....


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