hey at first i was thinkin of welding in sheet metal to fill my mouldings, but now im thinkin of fiberglassing them, or whatever else is good/easier then welding.

I dont wanna weld because i will warp the **** out of the door and its a lot lot more work. Here is a pic of my mouldings, not my car, they are pretty deep, like 1" deep, expletivein things are massive, and have like a lip above them too.

my questions are;

a) how long should i expect this to last, without ever hitting the door (lets say if the car was to sit at my garage for a year, it wont but lets say that)
b) whats the best to use for this kind of filling, metal glaze? fiberglass? certain type of fiberglass?

thanks a lot

 

If your car just sat in a garage for a year you still might see some cracks depending on temps and quality of fiberglass.
If you open your door to get into your car, then the percentage of cracks goes up cause you have to close the door.
Think of it this way. You are gonna have to do body work on the door to fill the moldings in. Why not just weld the metal in and have peace of mind that it will not crack and then do the body work.
If you take things slow and weld on different sections at a time you will not warp the metal at all.

 

hmm, are u sure fiberglass will crack that quick? Ive heard stories of people doing that and no cracks for 2+ years on Daily driven cars....but i wanted to post to find out for sure, someone with fiberglass shaved mouldigs maybe?

 

Positive that it will crack that fast. And I am positive that doing it the right way will yield a greater result. That looks like a lot of area to cover with fiberglass.

If you are just trying to fill the holes where the molding is then you can glue a piece of metal to the inside of the door where the hole is and then do body work over that.
But if you are trying to smooth out your door where you get rid of the body line where the molding is then welding is your only option. I personally would not fill that whole area with fiberglass.

 

Positive that it will crack that fast. And I am positive that doing it the right way will yield a greater result. That looks like a lot of area to cover with fiberglass.
If you are just trying to fill the holes where the molding is then you can glue a piece of metal to the inside of the door where the hole is and then do body work over that.
But if you are trying to smooth out your door where you get rid of the body line where the molding is then welding is your only option. I personally would not fill that whole area with fiberglass.



x2 x2 it will break faster than you think

 

I actuially have the same car, and I shaved my mouldings and used fiberglass, its my daily driver, sofar almost a year and no cracks. I used Bondo brand bodyfiller with fiberglass in it. I used the long strand stuff, and it seems to be working fine.

 

hey thanks for the info!

 

if you actually love your CB7 you wont use the filler!

 

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Whats wrong with shaved mouldings? i like the look

but im still not sure what im gonna do, i might just not shave them.....

thats not my car by the way, just using it as an example

 

Fiberglass filler is for hacks. Dont use that ****