Hello fellow Honda owners.


Well, my car (96 accord ex 2 door) had a little dent in the rear fender and also its been missing the door strips for a while. Because i live in a city where everybody and their momma drives "transportations" there is not one junkyard that has this strips. the dealer does not have them anymore and i cant find them online ANYWHERE. (the only place that I've been able to find them on line was charging something like $50 a piece and there are 6 pieces.

So i decided to cover the ugly wholes with Bondo. Being the way I am i decided to do it myself (curiosity got the best of me and it couldn't possibly be THAT hard)

Anyway so i started and of course i didn't read THIS https://honda-tech.com/forums/paint-body-84/everything-you-need-know-about-autobody-repair-1962364/ so apparently i didnt put enought drier on the mix, and i also applied it very poorly. now the surface its really bumpy. also i covered the wholes with metal mesh and it looks like its goingto take some mayor skil to cover it up.

Please Honda tech ... what can i do? (keep in mind im broke)

Could i still take it to a body shop?
Wil they charge me a lot for doing the bondo only?
should i just strip the filling?
Can anyone tell me where to find the damn door strips?

Got to go .. wil ladd picture later

 

need pics

 

ur talking about the rubber line piece?? JUST BUY IT even if it cost u 50 dollar... y? becuz after you bondo the hole u need new paint job (MORE MONEY)

 

Bondo isnt meant to fill holes. Should have welded up the holes then done the body work. Once the bondo is removed, most likely you will have to repaint.

 

I have to paint anyways ... thats y im doing the filling in the first place. I already have the paint and someone who can dot it.

Thanks a lot for the reply!

 

I glued metal mesh over the wholes with jbweld. its solid and it was in a tutorial i found on line. the mesh came in a kit with the bond.

The wholes are about half an ich long by a quarter of an inch wide.

thanks a lot for your reply!

 

You are rite ... without pics this is a shot in the dark. Heres one. Ill will post more and close up in a bit.


Also .. WTF when i bought this it was a 96 body with a 94 engine and are those 92 rims??
Im not sure but its a hellspawm.

I call him "veneno"

 

Well, you need to sand down the bondo, to make it flush and smooth with the body panel. It looks like you just spread it on, and left it to dry.

The ratio hardener:filler is simple.

If you have a 2" diameter of filler, place 1/2" diameter of hardener and mix it.

 

use 80 grit sand paper n sand it like an X

just get 1 of those dura-block


best to get a black spray can (no gloss) n spray over the bondo area n start sanding ( X ) until it feel smooth and if there hole in the bondo (low spot it should be black cuz u spray it black)... relay bondo n repeat


after your done n it feel smooth/flat... primer it.
- spray black over it.. n sand it with 120 to look for any low spot u missed... if none. sand ur whole car with 400 n ready for paint...

 

Wooowww You are awesome! thanks a million man! im going to try this over the weekend and i will post results. Thanks a lot. a

 

o mybad... use 40 first... cuz it kinda hard to sand down the bondo... after it seem good use 80 than prime...

np

 

Sanding that stuff down is gonna ruin your paint and if you use heavy duty grits like suggested, its probably gonna go down to bare metal. So repaint it before it rusts cause one day sitting in moisture on bare metal will rust real quick...

 

Thanks a lot. You commented just in time. I was thinking of doing it today (its been raining so i was debating if i should start today and finish off next weekend)

specially since i live in the FL keys. (High humidity and salinity)

I'v been considering taking it to a body shop .. this might be too much for me.

Some one told me they would do the bondo for $200 (no paint)
what do you guys think?
Does anyone know a cheap place in the Miami area?